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1. Los Angeles Dodgers (215.1° With their 2024 World Series win, the Dodgers regain their status as baseball's hottest franchise https://global.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/43225363/mlb-offseason-2024-2025-ranking-starting-pitching-rotations-right-now

https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-2025-mlb-free-agents-best-fits-for-top-unsigned-players Two (ex SD) players predicted to the NL West, one back to the Padres...will the Dodgers sign them, too? Bregman to Tigers or Jays? Carlos Estevez to Cubs?

Once again...that's counting Ohtani at around $2 million (or adjusted backwards???), still have Enrique Kiki Hernandez and Clayton Kershaw to fit onto the roster. "In 2025, Ohtani will earn a base salary of $2,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $70,000,000. Ohtani's adjusted salary with the Los Angeles Dodgers is $2,000,000 Source: MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports." 30% After Tommy Edman's extension, the Dodgers owe $989 million in deferred money on their current contracts. Five contracts on the Dodgers' payroll include deferred money, and more than 30% of each deal is deferred. Ohtani's deal is unique, however.

See 1997 vs. 2003 Marlins. This Sasaki thing was close to The Decision II.

Even the A's are spending to qualify for their revenue sharing subsidy of $70 million...

He also got benched by Ozzie for not hustling. Moncada-esque emotionally.

7 years and $69 million seems so quaint right now...the original Blue Jays extension. Of course, Rios didn't exactly help them win anything...the Javy Vazquez of position players.

Sure but that hasn't carried over to anything related to the White Sox other than a set of empty parking lots.

Gifted in the sense we couldn't normally afford him...Yankees also sent money along with. Trade literally went through the fax machine at 3:59 EST, beating the deadline by all of one minute. 15+ fWAR pitcher over six seasons, include two AL Pitcher of the month awards in late 2005 and April 2006. https://www.pinstripealley.com/2024/1/29/24053877/yankees-trade-partner-history-chicago-white-sox-eddie-lopat-todd-frazier-david-robertson-cashman

Kellen Moore to the Cowboys?...or does he pull a Jerry Jones and get someone like Lincoln Riley or another candidate from completely out of left field? We know it won't be Deion.

The Dodgers are going to sell $25+ million in blue LAFD shirts jerseys hats and related merchandise in SoCal and Japan alone over a 162 game season, playoffs and ST. Hopefully they donate a good chunk of that money.

Jerry sucks in a different way...but he would never finance anything from his own pockets. Being told no to Ricketts is more like "yes, maybe?" if he can see the long-term benefits of shorter term pain/investments.

What would have happened in 2005 without Contreras? They were very fortunate he struggled with that big contract and the pressures that go with pitching for the Yankees. It literally killed Irabu...and Loiaza was nothing like his 2003 form at that point. But they had to get Jose off the roster somehow...and he obviously wasn't going to Boston.

Or the 9/10 pm news not having the late results or West Coast scores.

Has to get stronger finishing at the rim...has the finesse. Holloman and Carr were tough. Really like Ivisic too.

More than 3x the gate receipts...make that a spread of 4x for 2025. And Houston Astros' 0.0 tv shares like at the beginning of their rebuild.

Cut that in half without Robert and Benintendi...

Deng is the next Crochet...

At least Ohtani might be the greatest player in history...unlike that prick Derek Jeter.

Shouldn't it instead be 6:41 for the 2024 win total?

It's called the law of diminishing marginal utility. Cuba is nearly tapped out...the market opportunities are in Asia, DR, Venezuela.

What do you expect of sports writers? To cheer for the Dodgers getting bigger and better by the day? Maybe F1 is the closest parallel...fans seem to love the same 2-3 drivers winning every race.

"But from an entertainment perspective, it’s underwhelming, dispiriting. The rich are getting even richer, the strong even stronger. The Dodgers, a team with an armada of superstars, add yet another, this time at a bargain-bin price. Chavez Ravine, it seems, is hogging all the hardball joy." https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-flex-evil-empire-might-in-signing-roki-sasaki-and-give-rest-of-mlb-reason-to-grumble--especially-jays-padres-022729768.html

So the Dodgers aren't the Evil Empire villains now, lol? When I lived in KC for a decade (98-2007), fan protests were always directed at the Yankees. No more.

Bellinger turned into Colin Rea and there's just no way they keep Tucker in-house. The Cubs spend just enough to create the appearance of competitiveness...but two years ago was their best shot. Top 5 farm system the last couple of years but nothing close to a Jon Lester anchor this time around. Just one shot with Tucker in 2025. Only chance is their rookie 3B becomes a total stud. Go BrewCrew/Chourio.