Official Shohei Ohtani Thread (Update: Ohtani signs with Dodgers 10 years, $700 million)

JTT · Post #141 » by **JTT** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:17 pm

70 per year is more than Oakland or Baltimore team salaries last season…yikes

Ramako · Post #142 » by **Ramako** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:18 pm

Post #143 » by **Harry Palmer** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:19 pm

RalphWiggum wrote:I'm only a little upset because I never thought there was a real chance he would end up a Jay.

I was staying pretty strong until the SI article. **** hell.

Post #144 » by **Duffman100** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:20 pm

Damn.

WuTang_OG · Post #145 » by **WuTang_OG** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:21 pm

dagger wrote:
WuTang_OG wrote:jays used as leverage , happened to toronto again

700M is insane

Jays and others, but it’s why I argue that the Jays are overly reliant on free agency and trades and have to do a better job of developing their own top tier talent.

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this one was worth the strikeout but time to turn the page

Raps in 4 · Post #146 » by **Raps in 4** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:22 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:
dagger wrote:
WuTang_OG wrote:jays used as leverage , happened to toronto again

700M is insane

Jays and others, but it’s why I argue that the Jays are overly reliant on free agency and trades and have to do a better job of developing their own top tier talent.

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this one was worth the strikeout but time to turn the page

It's time to turn the page on this FO.

Post #147 » by **Cyrus** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:24 pm

Lol so Toronto got Toronto'd yet again, why do we constantly fall for this.

rapstarter · Post #148 » by **rapstarter** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:28 pm

Guessing Rogers was only even considering this because of the business side of it, so the 600M is lost forever?

Fairview4Life · Post #149 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:28 pm

Cyrus wrote:Lol so Toronto got Toronto'd yet again, why do we constantly fall for this.

Don’t pretend like you have something better to do.

Post #150 » by **Cyrus** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:31 pm

Fairview4Life wrote:
Cyrus wrote:Lol so Toronto got Toronto'd yet again, why do we constantly fall for this.

Don’t pretend like you have something better to do.

Hence why I said we! But I did say from the start that this sounds like leverage play and he'd be Dodger.

No doubt being swept on this is better than following going no where raptors.

SharoneWright · Post #151 » by **SharoneWright** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:34 pm

JD Martinez here we come!

JN · Post #152 » by JN » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:34 pm

Matt Chapman time Baby!

Fairview4Life · Post #153 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:35 pm

Time for delabott to show up and let us know this is all cool. We dodged a bullet.

PushDaRock · Post #154 » by **PushDaRock** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:38 pm

Geez, everyone was thinking 12 years if it was 600m. This AAV just smashed those expectations.

rapstarter · Post #155 » by **rapstarter** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:39 pm

PushDaRock wrote:Geez, everyone was thinking 12 years if it was 600m. This AAV just smashed those expectations.

So really, we dodged a bullet.

Fairview4Life · Post #156 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:40 pm

rapstarter wrote:
PushDaRock wrote:Geez, everyone was thinking 12 years if it was 600m. This AAV just smashed those expectations.

So really, we dodged a bullet.

Sounds like it.

So. Orelvis Martinez. How’s he looking this winter?

Parataxis · Post #157 » by **Parataxis** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:40 pm

Holy heck, that's a boatload of cash. Guess the whole Tommy John surgery didn't diminish his signability one iota.

I wonder what the rest of the terms are... opt outs? no-trade clause?

Post #158 » by **Harry Palmer** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:42 pm

If comedy really is tragedy plus time, a few years from now we’re gonna be rolling on the floor about this. Honestly, I think there’s gotta be something wrong with us that we keep doing this to ourselves. Or at least letting it be done.

PushDaRock · Post #159 » by **PushDaRock** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:43 pm

rapstarter wrote:
PushDaRock wrote:Geez, everyone was thinking 12 years if it was 600m. This AAV just smashed those expectations.

So really, we dodged a bullet.

Wouldn't say that, no such thing as a salary cap in baseball and it's not my money. He would have made the team significantly better without giving anything up in assets.

Post #160 » by **Harry Palmer** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:44 pm

PushDaRock wrote:
rapstarter wrote:
PushDaRock wrote:Geez, everyone was thinking 12 years if it was 600m. This AAV just smashed those expectations.

So really, we dodged a bullet.

Wouldn't say that, no such thing as a salary cap in baseball and it's not my money. He would have made the team significantly better without giving anything up in assets.

He was coping with comedy, let him grieve.