Ohtani to Dodgers!!!!!

[Big_Maple]

10 years and $700M

https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani- ... th-dodgers

[Cascade Kid]

Amazing. There must've been some big time bidding competition to reach those numbers.

[Lamda]

Good - I'm glad he's out of the American League at least.

[Big_Maple]

At least he’ll get a World Series ring.

And the Dodgers are over the luxury tax threshold.

I’m looking for silver linings here.

Also - makes the Aaron Judge deal look tiny in comparison.

[Seattle or Bust]

The Dodgers have some pretty big gambles in contracts if father time catches up.

Paying Mookie Betts $30 million a year until he's 39.

Paying Freddy Freeman $27 million a year until he's 37.

Paying Shohei Ohtani $70 million a year until he's 39.

[OLdvanDawg]

And there was talk that the Mariners were offering $61,000,000 for one year. This doesn’t even come close to the average over 10 years. We were never in the hunt, especially when they started dumping payroll. Ohtani saw that and knew Mariner owners really didn’t care about the product on the field.

[D-train]

Lol. I always said to the dopes that thought we had a shot at him that I am sure we are going to go from our biggest FA signing being $7M to almost 100x that. I guess I didn't need the "almost" since it was EXACTLY 100x that.

[Big_Maple]

The Dodgers have some pretty big gambles in contracts if father time catches up.

Paying Mookie Betts $30 million a year until he's 39.

Paying Freddy Freeman $27 million a year until he's 37.

Paying Shohei Ohtani $70 million a year until he's 39.

Was thinking that, too. My guess is they will try to trade them near the end of their contracts and then buy more talent.

[Big_Maple]

Lol. I always said to the dopes that thought we had a shot at him that I am sure we are going to go from our biggest FA signing being $7M to almost 100x that. I guess I didn't need the "almost" since it was EXACTLY 100x that.

Mathematically, he’s almost worth twice as much as Judge. And I thought that contract was insane.

The good news is, the first domino has fallen. Now the hot stove can warm up.

[Mesully11]

Moreno must be half crazy angry right now!
This is any Angel fan's worst nightmare.

I wonder if his agent made a bluff towards Toronto Friday to get the dodgers to come up that high.