Ohtani to Dodgers!!!!!

[Seattle or Bust]

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.

If he pitches...

[D-train]

What would it have been if he didn't injure his pitching arm????

[Seattle or Bust]

What would it have been if he didn't injure his pitching arm????

Probably about the same tbh...

Sounds like there was a bidding war between the Dodgers and Blue Jays that drove the price up.

No other teams were likely even close to those offers.

[Southpaw773]

Hilarious. That contract will be an albatross down the line and handcuff them. Teams that try to buy their way don’t always do well either (see last year’s Padres and Mets)

[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.

If he pitches...

I meant mathematically

Judge got 9 years and $360M

Ohtani got 10 years and $700M


I am sure we have had this ci carnation before, but wouldn’t baseball benefit from a salary cap?

[D-train]

At $8M per WAR he just has to put up 87.5 or 8.75 per season for it to by worth it in the saber sense.

[D-train]

Hilarious. That contract will be an albatross down the line and handcuff them. Teams that try to buy their way don’t always do well either (see last year’s Padres and Mets)

LOL I am sure a few millionaires commit suicide in this country every year. Does that mean people shouldn't try to become wealthy?? A couple exceptions does not negate an obvious correlation between spending and winning.

[D-train]

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.

If he pitches...

I meant mathematically

Judge got 9 years and $360M

Ohtani got 10 years and $700M


I am sure we have had this ci carnation before, but wouldn’t baseball benefit from a salary cap?

It has a pseudo cap in the form of a Luxury tax.

[D-train]

Hilarious. That contract will be an albatross down the line and handcuff them. Teams that try to buy their way don’t always do well either (see last year’s Padres and Mets)

Also thinking the Dodgers will EVER be handcuffed is crazy.

[ddraig]

Hilarious. That contract will be an albatross down the line and handcuff them. Teams that try to buy their way don’t always do well either (see last year’s Padres and Mets)

In today's dollars, yes, but with inflation and revenues rising, in 10 years, maybe not.