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Because Carlos Correa couldn't get insurance either.
He's got a bad ankle.
Jose Altuve could not get insurance to play for Venezuela.
So Lindor had a right elbow cleanup this offseason, which is what the MLBPA said prevented him from securing insurance.
Correa has had a history of ankle injuries, so I assume that's the same story for him.
I can't speak to Altuve, and I don't have it in the article in front of me.
Now, what's interesting about it is that Bad Bunny, of all people, over the last couple days or weeks, he has offered to cover the insurance of some of the Latin American players, which guys I'm forgetting.
Okay, which makes sense.
That's where he's from.
Right, so there was a question, would Francisco Lindor and Carlos Correa somehow get insurance through Bad Bunny and whatever company he deals with that maybe is more a high-risk insurance company because of their physical issues?
But as of right now, none of those three guys are playing in the World Baseball Classic because of pre-existing injuries that they cannot get insurance for.
Obviously, if you're the Mets, if you're the Astros, if you're whomever, you're not going to be on the hook paying a guy $300 million.
If you don't have insurance to play in a game, that means nothing to you.
It's the Players Association.
And here's the answer to why.
Because teams don't want their best players.
As much as publicly they love it, they endorse it, how great it is for growing the sport globally, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The reality is that the New York Mets would rather Francisco Andor and Juan Soto not play.
The Yankees would rather Aaron Judge not play.
But they can't stop him because he was bargained for.