NEW YORK — When Carlos Correa picked up the phone on the afternoon of July 31, he could almost sense the words he was about to hear by the tone in Derek Falvey’s voice.

“Something was different, and that’s when I knew,” Correa said.

Suddenly, he had a decision to make.

Correa had never envisioned leaving the Minnesota Twins, but given the option to go back to Houston, where he began his career, where he maintains his offseason home, where he would be playing for a first-place team, or stay in Minnesota, where it became clear that much of the roster was about to be torn down as the Twins hit the “reset” button, the three-time all-star took time to process his options.

He called his wife, Daniella, a Texas native. He phoned his agent, Scott Boras. Then he chose Houston, and waived his no

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