Signing(s): Shohei Ohtani signs with the Dodgers (10 years, $700 million)

[MMC]

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[Filthy Dangles]

Jays fans in shambles…

and perhaps MMC too who laughed at the thought of him signing in LA

 

[Filthy Dangles]

700M

Holy shit

 

[GKJ]

After all of that, the most likely thing to happen is what happened

 

[Carlzner]

There was always a 0% chance Ohtani signed with the Dodgers but he should be fired regardless

 

[MMC]

Jays fans in shambles…

and perhaps MMC too who laughed at the thought of him signing in LA

Hardly… no way we could’ve done that contract

 

[Killer Orcas]

700 eh hot damn they really wanted him more then.

 

[Live in the Now]

One more for the good guys

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Least surprising thing in the World. A star of that magnitude was never going to waste his time in Toronto.

 

[GOilers88]

So glad this wasn't the Jays. What an absurd contract.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

So glad this wasn't the Jays. What an absurd contract.

Bs

 

[Killer Orcas]

Is he at least gonna send a fruit basket to Jays brass for getting him an extra 100 million plus from Dodgers haha.

 

[GOilers88]

Bs

Soo..what does that mean then? He isn't getting paid every year? He gets a fraction of 700 million every year until the end of the deal? How do they defer that much money each year?

 

[Vamos Rafa]

0% chance tho

 

[Cas]

Soo..what does that mean then? He isn't getting paid every year? He gets a fraction of 700 million every year until the end of the deal? How do they defer that much money each year?

It means the sticker price is $700 million but the actual value is probably closer to $500 million. We won't actually know until we get annual figures.

He's absolutely getting paid a lot every year - the question is how much.

 

[Telos]

Hell yeah! .... Now hopefully he stays healthy and isn't mired by injury....

 

[End of Line]

Mother of God. 700mil!?

 

[TheBeard]

At the end of the day, Ohtani like everyone is just about the money.

Yanks and Dodgers making the biggest splash as usual. Nothing to see here.

Bs

How is this allowed? I feel like this is luxury cap circumvention.

 

[GOilers88]

It means the sticker price is $700 million but the actual value is probably closer to $500 million. We won't actually know until we get annual figures.

He's absolutely getting paid a lot every year - the question is how much.

500 million is no less absurd than 700. Half a billion dollars for a DH? Insanity.

I've said it lots and I'll say it again. As a Jays fan it would have been thrilling to land him, but I don't think it was a smart move in the long run. Some people out there though who seem to think that not wanting a contract that massive on the payroll is just cope.

 

[Cas]

I do think that's an awful lot of money to pay for a DH. Gotta put up something like 50 WAR to be worth this - a rather tall order.

 

[Killer Orcas]

At the end of the day, Ohtani like everyone is just about the money.

Yanks and Dodgers making the biggest splash as usual. Nothing to see here.

Depending on the deferral he might have even taken less to go to the Dodgers. So much for wanting his privacy in smaller market. Was a good ride now let's see what happens with the dominoes.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Dude f*** this sport. I think I'm getting close to done

 

[JWK]

So he gets to stay in same location, a ton of money, great team in a terrible division. Pretty smart move for him

Annual reminder JP Morosi doesn’t have sources and constantly make things up.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Oh My God... Like I wanted him on the Jays badly but wow... what a contract. Can't even process the magnitude of this deal. $700m.... $70m a year... insanity

 

[TheBeard]

500 million is no less absurd than 700. Half a billion dollars for a DH? Insanity.

I've said it lots and I'll say it again. As a Jays fan it would have been thrilling to land him, but I don't think it was a smart move in the long run. Some people out there though who seem to think that not wanting a contract that massive on the payroll is just cope.

They’re both absurd numbers, but if his decision came down to getting 70 million a year versus a paltry 50 then he may as well just come out and say the money was the only thing he wanted. He probably would have stayed in Anaheim mired in mediocrity if they offered him the same.