Ohtani Signs for 10 years/700 Million
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shohei Ohtani&#39;s deal with the Dodgers is for 10 years and $700 million.</p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1733579104916492574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Can’t wait for the hate now.

Congrats to him. Can't imagine what it feels like knowing you've got $700 million coming guaranteed.

My ****ing God. That's not a Brinks truck; that's a Brinks convoy.

Yeeesh.

Still prolly worth it.

That's unreal. Just completely beyond comprehension.

And he can't even pitch next season. I just cannot understand this one at all.

They have to figure that the marketing side of it will pay for itself. Because lord, how can that deal possibly work out?

Dodgers still won't win the WS

For a pitcher with a history of elbow issues and a DH?

Naw, man. Just naw.

That's a MASSIVE overpay.

Is it all guaranteed? If it is the Dodgers management needs to be checked out for insanity.

Still done before Bonilla's deal.

Sent from my SM-S906U1 using Tapatalk

No athlete ever was worth $700 million or $70 million a year.

It's not a financially prudent deal from a $/WAR perspective, even though that stat overly inflates the value of a win, but goddamn, I respect the balls to even ask for that.

All MLB contracts are guaranteed

Sent from my SM-S906U1 using Tapatalk

Hans Gruber could have robbed Ohtani and gotten 10 percent more than the value of the bearer bonds at Nakatomi Plaza.

****ing amazing. I hope John McClane is his agent.

The plucky Dodgers and Yankees making huge moves in hopes of adding to the trophy case is just heartwarming…God you gotta love baseball.

If you figure for him as a DH what 45 million a year. Judge is 40.

Then you got to do the pitching side. **** Jordan Lyles is a 10 to 15 million as a starter. Sonny Gray is a 25 million per year guy.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">start working on those pass rush moves ��<br><br>Imagine being able to do both at an All-Pro level.<br><br>Guy is insane.<br>������</p>&mdash; JJ Watt (@JJWatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/JJWatt/status/1733581825216532726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ridiculous

This is after his 2nd Tommy John surgery. His pitching days are much closer to the end than the beginning.

Billy, this is Shohei Ohtani. With his combination of pitching and hitting acumen, he is the most unique player in a century of baseball. By all metrics, he should be getting $45 million per year. We can get him for $70,000,000

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ohtani’s deal with the Dodgers includes “unprecedented deferrals” - the majority of his salary - which was his idea, according to a source. He wanted the team to have flexibility to be as competitive as possible. It’s believed to be the largest contract in sports history.</p>&mdash; Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1733580271918973235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

he wont even need to move houses

You'd know better than I would. I honestly didn't know about his injury history outside of this most recent one

Ohtani about to be ruined when Weimar-style hyperinflation forces him to load his entire contract in a wheelbarrow to get a loaf of bread.

Baseball is trash.

The Dodgers will win a million regular season games only to choke in the playoffs.

There's never been a player like him, so this one I kind of understand.

I bet Mozeliak offered him 5/$125

Soto to the Yankees, Ohtani to the Dodgers, but it's ok because, you know, the Rays made the playoffs, so what are you small markets complaining about?

Soto is only signed for one year. It's a nice move but the Yankees gave up a bunch for him without a long term deal.

Judge isn’t a DH

Arizona only had the 21st highest payroll last season.

As an Angels' fan, I'm very glad that they didn't put that many eggs in one basket. Of course, they could have traded him before the deadline last season and at least gotten something for him. Might not have been the haul that some wanted, but even a couple of young, talented players would be better than nothing. I would have traded both him and Trout to get as much young talent as possible. Every veteran free agent signing that the Angels have done has been a disaster. Pujols, Rendon, Hamilton, Wells, Matthews Jr, Upton.

Judge isn't get paid for his glove.

Geezo...I'm not even sure the numbers matter anymore these days

Those high California state income taxes will take a bite out of that contract.

Not primarily, no, but there is a lot of value in being able to competently play all three outfield positions versus being Kyle Schwarber.

$700 Million over 10 years for a 30-year-old baseball player who still has to recover from his SECOND Tommy John surgery in 5 years. WTF? That makes no sense financially.

Loser ass Dodgers need another shortened season to win anything.

****ing losers.

This will be thought of the worst contract in baseball in probably 3 years. He turns 30 next year.

I can't believe he didn't take the Pirates' offer of a renamed bridge and a free parking spot.

His agent had to just throw out an obscene number while holding back his laughter.

Pure insanity.

What the hell is the purpose of the luxury tax if teams can just skirt around it like that?

Sent from my SM-S906U1 using Tapatalk

He's getting paid for being the most prodigious power source in baseball while being able to play average CF, thus opening up DH for another quality hitter.

There's a fairly substantial distinction there.

The Angels are a dumpster fire franchise, but if Ohtani is so great why couldn’t he at least get them to sniff the playoffs during his time there?

Especially with the expanded playoffs.

They would have if Pete started a thread about it

I get it because they're about to make a killing on merch and tickets and just overall attention. But coming off two Tommy Johns there's a risk you're going to be spending $70 million a year on a DH. A great DH no doubt but what a contract.

lew,

How do you really feel about the dodgers??

That useless asshole wouldn’t go that high, 5/95 is his best and final offer

Now that's a lotta walking around money when you're down in Chinatown

Chinatown is where Busch Stadium is actually built on.

Epically bad deal, just ridiculously stupid but its the Dodgers, that's what they do.

That seems beyond crazy. And I think Ohtani is a generational talent, maybe the best there ever was. But $700 million is just insane.

Losers have an asterisk next to their 2020 "championship."

So haven't won one since 1988!!! That's hilarious. ROFL

MLB is a poverty league that doesn't have a salary cap.

I'm just glad we'll finally get to see him in the playoffs. Top of that order is gonna be bonkers. Whether it's a good deal or not isn't my problem

Baseball is funny like that. There's no QB-like position of paramount importance you can focus on, and unlike the NBA, two superstars aren't enough to basicallty guarantee a playoff run.

That’s true, good way to look at it. It’ll be interesting to see how he does in the postseason.

That isn’t how baseball works. The Angels were awful outside of two players.

I think you mean "Crimetown"

1. Mookie Betts
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Shohei Ohtani

That is a very tough top of the lineup.

Ohtani will make more than two entire teams this 2023 season. One of those is the Orioles who had 101 wins and lost in the divisional round of the playoffs.

I don't know this guy, but there's no way he's better than Mahomes.

Duck the fodgers. May that franchise die in an HPV/AIDS fire.

Well I will just have to bring this new data point to the table for the next union contract negotiations. LMAO

Better build a stadium on the backs of taxpayers for him to play in

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A couple people (rightfully) have brought up the franchise tag and salary cap responding to this. And yeah, it&#39;s hard to imagine what a great quarterback would command if football didn&#39;t have a cap and franchise tags. I bet we&#39;d be into nine figures per year by now. <a href="https://t.co/VUrMvcxLim">https://t.co/VUrMvcxLim</a></p>&mdash; Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertBreer/status/1733587875885727906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Maybe if the quarterback was also the pass rusher as well. Ohtani is getting paid to hit and be a starting pitcher

This is why baseball will never be number one again in America. This contract is something only a few franchises would be able to pay out. In NFL any team would be able to go for any free agent, not baseball.

The odds of him holding up as a pitcher are slim to none. You do realize that right?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The interest rate was applied extremely incorrectly, and upon fixing the formula, I got a staggeringly different number. Upon recalculating, the $400M in deferrals goes down to *$129M in present value* based on my hypothetical schedule, bringing the total down AAV down to $42.9M. <a href="https://t.co/fKUdDDTLEg">pic.twitter.com/fKUdDDTLEg</a></p>&mdash; Jon Becker (@jonbecker_) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonbecker_/status/1733855098231566806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ohtani shouldn’t be making 25 ••••••• million more dollars than Patrick Mahomes if he’s not pitching.

Judge actually plays pretty damn good defense.

Isn’t this basically what the Eagles did with Hurts contract?

Ohtani is such a good dude so I can’t hate on him for this. I hate that he went to the dodgers. But one thing that’s real real bad for the dude is the angels are such a toxic franchise. It’s despicable the way they didn’t shut him down as a pitcher. Pretty much his entire time there they ran him into the ground.

His usage was so unsustainable. Maybe with a contender they put him on way more of a pitch count.

LMAO this is amazing.

Baseball's problem is that the regular season games are boring, mainly because there are 162 of them. I don't care about baseball until the playoffs. Shorter season in football helps create more urgency & entertainment in the schedule.

This should break the baseball structure. In no way should this be legal. I'm a huge baseball fan but it really needs to go to the NFL model of revenue sharing.

That is incredibly stupid on his part.