Shohei Ohtani signs a 10-year, $700 Million Contract with Dodgers
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Two Tommy John surgeries, won't pitch again until 2025. Have to wonder how many years he will be able to both hit and pitch at a high level after that. Ohtani will make $25 million less than Mahomes & Burrow combined.
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Here comes a right winger who calls others Marxist’s saying no one is worth that kind of money in 3… 2… 1…
Wow, ate up with politics. How sad for you, what a terrible thing to be caught up in.
Problem is, there is nothing to stop owners from spending this money if they choose. No real penalty aside from the luxury tax.
Just not sure why baseball thinks they can't make a salary cap work like the other sports. You know, if they had one, maybe then you wouldn't have the 6 or 7 totally useless franchises that no one shows up for.
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With revenue sharing what’s the point if you’re an owner you can bank.
Cycle through a bunch of young players and hope your scouts are good - look at marlins and rays.
Won't prove fruitful. Guy turning 30 next year. Two major surgeries will likely limit if not soon end his pitching career. He will be a .275 and 30 guy within 3 years.
Good on him though....got paid.
Good on him though....got paid.
I was hoping my Cubs could've signed Ohtani, but now I'm glad we didn't. That's obscene money. Give me 3 or 4 decent players for about half that.
I'm not mad about it like some seem to be. I don't understand getting mad because an athlete gets an obscene amount of money. There's 22 year old female Twitch streamers who sit in their little gaming chairs after probably doing an hour of yoga and coming back from Starbucks who probably make $200K+. I do think at some point fans should question why they're willing to pay what they pay to watch a live sporting event if the front office is willing to pay this much though. These are billion dollar organizations and the every man has just accepted paying some absurd amount for a lukewarm beer in a crappy little cup. That I don't understand.
(I posted this on HOB as well) of course the Ohtani deal is stupid, no one player in baseball is worth that much money, but at least the Dodgers are doing it in an effort to win the World Series, just like the Yankees have done over and over again, it probably won't work, but their intent is to win a championship. Hell, the NYY won their only WS this century with A Rod in the lineup in 2009, so that $325M wasn't a complete waste.
I wonder how much of that $700M is back filled after the 10 year playing time is up. Maybe 15-20 years total to payout the $$$.
That's probably the biggest problem with baseball - the revenue sharing is nothing like NFL. In MLB, the local media contracts are all kept by the team. I'm guessing the Yankees, Dodgers, Bosox, etc have local media contracts >>> Rockies, A's, Reds, Marlins, etc so they're never going to be able to sustain and keep all their homegrown stars on the roster. Rockies are a great example. Over the years, they've had a few really good players and they've all left for greener pastures (Nolan Arenado most recently).
Haven't seen exact numbers but ESPN's Jeff Passan says most of it will be deferred much like the Ken Griffey Jr & Bobby Bonilla contracts are. Read somewhere from endorsements, he gets $35 million every year on top of his MLB salary.
Dodgers Sign Shohei Ohtani
The Dodgers officially announced the signing of two-time MVP Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year contract. The two-way superstar had announced …
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Its almost like I said that.Haven't seen exact numbers but ESPN's Jeff Passan says most of it will be deferred much like the Ken Griffey Jr & Bobby Bonilla contracts are. Read somewhere from endorsements, he gets $35 million every year on top of his MLB salary.
Dodgers Sign Shohei Ohtani
The Dodgers officially announced the signing of two-time MVP Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year contract. The two-way superstar had announced …
