Carlos Correa

Carlos Correa is known as a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He is most famous for playing for the Houston Astros and winning the American League Rookie of the Year Award.

Background and Age

Carlos Correa was born on September 22, 1994, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was born to Sandybel Oppenheimer and Carlos Correa. Sr. He grew up with siblings, Jean Correa and Leibysand Correa. His working-class family had little income and lived in a little house in Barrio Velazquez. From his youth, he had a commitment to the game of baseball.

Marriage with Carlos Correa

After winning the 2017 World Series, Carlos Correa married the former Miss Texas USA 2016, Daniella Rodriguez. He purposed to his model-sweetheart on national TV.

Career and Net Worth

Carlos Correa was drafted first overall by the Houston Astros in 2012. He is the highest draft pick to come straightforwardly from a Puerto Rican High School. He is additionally the third Latino to be the first overall pick in the MLB draft, after Alex Rodriquez and Adrian Gonzalez. Subsequent to being signed by Houston Astros, he went through a year getting moved to a few clubs before at long last starting his career for Houston Astros in 2015.

Carlos appeared in a 3-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox, going 1-for-4 with an RBI single off of Chris Sale. On June 9, 2015, Correa took his first career base hitting his first MLB grand slam off of Zach Duke. Further, he turned into the second-most youthful player to take three bases in his ninth game, after Rickey Henderson who beat Correa by 21 days.

Philanthropy

In January 2020, Carlos Correa announced he was stepping in to help in the aid ventures of his local island, Puerto Rico. The assistance comes after Puerto Rico was shaken by a 6.0 earthquake. The shake created additional harm along the island's southern coast, where past ongoing shudders have toppled homes and schools. The U.S. Topographical Survey said the 8:54 a.m. (1254 GMT) tremor hit 8 miles south of Indios at a shallow profundity of 6 miles.

Correa is fund-raising through his nonprofit, the Correa Family Foundation. Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority said blackouts were accounted for across quite a bit of southern Puerto Rico and teams were evaluating conceivable harm at power plants. It was the most grounded shake yet since an extent 6.4 quake, the most grounded to hit the island in a century. It took out force across Puerto Rico, leaving numerous people without water. In excess of 2,000 individuals stayed in shelters and numerous were frightful of coming back to their homes.