Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers Agree To 10-Year, $700M Deal

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 8:08 pm

Shohei Ohtani has announced on Instagram he will sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a 10-year, $700 million deal.

hyper316 · Post #2 » by **hyper316** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 10:05 pm

Maybe the biggest contract ever witnessed in our lifetime

TimeisIllmatic · Post #3 » by **TimeisIllmatic** » Sat Dec 9, 2023 11:01 pm

I don't know if signing Shohei will change much in the playoffs for the Dodgers but I must say I am surprised the Dodgers landed him and glad I can see him play some games in Dodger Blue.

ontnut · Post #4 » by **ontnut** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:10 pm

TimeisIllmatic wrote:I don't know if signing Shohei will change much in the playoffs for the Dodgers but I must say I am surprised the Dodgers landed him and glad I can see him play some games in Dodger Blue.

Why would you be surprised? They were and always have been the favourites.

the_process · Post #5 » by **the_process** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:49 pm

Salary cap in baseball now.

TimeisIllmatic · Post #6 » by **TimeisIllmatic** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:12 pm

ontnut wrote:
TimeisIllmatic wrote:I don't know if signing Shohei will change much in the playoffs for the Dodgers but I must say I am surprised the Dodgers landed him and glad I can see him play some games in Dodger Blue.

Why would you be surprised? They were and always have been the favourites.

Besides Freeman, Friedman hasn't spent big money on a free agent especially someone that also can pitch.

Fairview4Life · Post #7 » by **Fairview4Life** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:16 pm

TimeisIllmatic wrote:
ontnut wrote:
TimeisIllmatic wrote:I don't know if signing Shohei will change much in the playoffs for the Dodgers but I must say I am surprised the Dodgers landed him and glad I can see him play some games in Dodger Blue.

Why would you be surprised? They were and always have been the favourites.

Besides Freeman, Friedman hasn't spent big money on a free agent especially someone that also can pitch.

Mookie Betts extension was huge.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/los-angeles-dodgers-sign-mookie-betts-to-massive-12-year-contract-extension-worth-365-million/

Not technically a free agent I guess, but they spend.

23artest23 · Post #8 » by **23artest23** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:22 pm

Seems rather unfair to have $680m of 700m deferred a decade into the future to skirt the rules now.

KGdaBom · Post #9 » by **KGdaBom** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:10 am

23artest23 wrote:Seems rather unfair to have $680m of 700m deferred a decade into the future to skirt the rules now.

Yeah that does seem to be BS.