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

[Filthy Dangles]

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.


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

The Dodgers will win more games than the angels, blue jays, cubs and giants this year

 

[Ben Grimm]

It was obvious. Guys saying other teams were crazy. If he isn't a great SP, $700M is a lot.

 

[GOilers88]

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.

You know we as a society have lost the plot when we're discussing a single athlete signing a 700million dollar contract with deferrals as "taking less".

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Good.

Bluejays brass didn’t deserve Ohtani for continually employing a shit manager and being cheap the last few years.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Can't wait to see the deferred money. Will he be making money from the Dodgers into his 90's? Did he just make the infamous Bobby Bonilla situation look like chump change?

No opt-out in the contract too.

 

[Breakers]

Dumbest contract in the history of professional sports

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Dude getting paid more than every Dr nurse teacher etc... sports is a joke.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Dude getting paid more than every Dr nurse teacher etc... sports is a joke.

Are you mad when actors make a lot of money?

 

[GOilers88]

Are you mad when actors make a lot of money?

It doesn't anger me. But it makes me question our priorities as a society sometimes.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Dude getting paid more than every Dr nurse teacher etc... sports is a joke.

And there’s a reason why you didn’t major in economics.

 

[koyvoo]

Dude getting paid more than every Dr nurse teacher etc... sports is a joke.

Maybe when Dr nurse teacher etc have people pay billions of dollars to watch them play and we hear their merchandise, they too can demand a piece of that pie. Right now, that’s not how it is.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Betts-Ohtani-Freeman

Just wow.

 

[DAkings20]

 

[koyvoo]

Dumbest contract in the history of professional sports

Likely to remain the truest comment in this thread.

 

[Contenderorpretender]

And almost every sports owner looks for tax payer funding for stadiums. Fck off

 

[Terry Yake]

i thought he was for sure going back to the angels? if you're a fan of baseball, you should be happy he's finally gone from that organization where he had no chance of ever winning anything and his career would have become the biggest "what if" in baseball history

he was never going to leave the west coast

 

[TheBeard]

The Dodgers will win more games than the angels, blue jays, cubs and giants this year

Yeah, well when you’re signing guys like Ohtani for nearly a billion dollars you better be.

Good.

Bluejays brass didn’t deserve Ohtani for continually employing a shit manager and being cheap the last few years.

Huh? How have they been cheap?

 

[Breakers]

There is athletes that can affect his teams outcome in sports to justify money like this over a lifetime deal.

This isn’t that.
Dude turns 30 years old this season with two Tommy John surgeries.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

This is the first time a contract in a professional sport made my jaw literally drop when I saw the announcement. 700 million? I am in shock

 

[Ben Grimm]

My wife can't name 5 MLB or NBA players but she is claiming their contracts aren't guaranteed.

 

[GKJ]

I remember when Kevin Brown shocked everyone’s shit and that was $600m ago

 

[Vamos Rafa]

I wonder if he’ll stay in his OC home or move somewhere closer to Dodger Stadium. The drive from OC to LA everyday is a pain in the ass

 

[GKJ]

 

[hockey20000]

blue jay media needs to be cleaned out house smh

 

[punk_o_holic]

Even at $500 I would have thought it's crazy but $700 million lol. Imagine being his agent. What's his cut? How many World Series wins to make it worth it?