Bad Bunny offered to pay Carlos Correa’s insurance for the World Baseball Classic.
Major League Baseball, the Astros and his agent, Scott Boras, told the Astros infielder think again.
“They all told me it was a bad idea,” Correa told The Athletic. “They all told me the insurance company that was proposed to me had cases where they were not paying players back. Since it was not approved by MLB, not approved by the organization and not approved by my agent, I could not sign my life away with something that three people that I trust are telling me not to do.”
Correa, one of several players not cleared to play in the tournament, still expressed his appreciation for Bad Bunny’s offer.
“It means a lot that he’s that involved,” Correa said of his countryman. “He tried to do everything possible … I’m deeply grateful that he tried that hard.”
Bad Bunny, real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, offered to pay the insurance for Mets star Francisco Lindor, who was also denied by National Financial Partners, which is the insurer for the WBC.
Team Puerto Rico was hit hard by insurance issues, with Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos and Twins catcher Victor Caratini also not being cleared.
So much so, that the team was nearly forced to withdraw from the tournament.
Puerto Rico will host the first round of the WBC in San Juan from March 6-11 in a pool that also includes Canada, Colombia, Cuba and Panama.
The wave of insurance denials comes after a wave of high-profile injuries during the most recent tournament.
Ex-Mets closer Edwin Díaz missed the entire 2023 season after suffering a harrowing right knee injury in that year’s WBC.
Jose Altuve also broke his thumb in that year’s event, which took him out for several months.
