The contract is said to be for $10 million over two-years, ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick reports.

The San Diego native pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates last season where he had a 12-11 record with a 4.21 ERA over 32 games pitched (28 starts).

Correia pitched for the the Padres in 2009 and 2010, combining to go 22-21 with a 4.54 earned run average and a 6.7 k/9.

At best Correia is a No. 3 starter.

He will be a good addition to the Twins’ starting rotation, which will feature the newly acquired Vance Worley, Trevor May and the heralded Alex Meyer.

I’ve always liked Correia and I wish him nothing but the best in Minnesota.

Source: YardBarker.com

The deadline to offer arbitration to players was tonight at 9 PM and the Padres have offered arbitration to 3 Type-B Free Agents, Jon Garland, Kevin Correia, and Yorvit Torrealba. If these players do not accept arbitration, then the Padres will receive a supplemental draft pick as compensation.

The Padres did not offer arbitration to David Eckstein (Type B) or to Miguel Tejada (Type A).

Definition of Type A and Type B Free Agents:

In Major League Baseball, free agents are classified as either Type A, Type B, or unclassified. Type A free agents are those determined by the Elias Sports Bureau to be in the top 20% of all players based on the previous two seasons. Type B free agents are those in the next twentieth percentile. Unclassified free agents are those remaining in the bottom sixtieth percentile.

Teams that lose a Type A free agent, to whom they have offered arbitration, receive the top draft pick from the team that signs the free agent, plus a supplemental draft pick in the upcoming draft as compensation. Teams losing Type B free agents, or Type A’s not offered arbitration, receive only a supplemental pick as compensation. Teams that lose unclassified free agents do not receive any compensation. – wikipedia.com

The probable starting pitchers for the Padres are Clayton Richard, Wade LeBlanc, and Kevin Correia.

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