12 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

I’d rather have 7, 100m players than 1 700m

10 Eric Feddes or 1 Ohtani?

1 minute ago, Kyyle23 said:

I hope Kikuchis sushi dinner was very nice 

The fact that it was at a sushi restaurant raised internet bullshit alarms to me

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Can’t imagine how upset Angels and Jays fans are.  I’m pumped it wasn’t the Cubs.

I was never really worried about them. Jays are at least a playoff team, and The Dodgers are the Dodgers.  After years of non-competitive Angels teams no way he was going somewhere that couldn’t win right away. 

Thank god. Now the offseason can really begin.

This just in:

JR offered 8 years at 600 mil with incentives to make it 10 year 700 mil based on plate appearances and innings pitched in year 7 and 8 of the contract ???

Dodgers have been planning their entire roster around this for two years. 

lol Toronto, such a dumb rumor why would he ever go there. 

Ohtani pls buy white Sox.

9 minutes ago, fathom said:

Can’t imagine how upset Angels and Jays fans are.  I’m pumped it wasn’t the Cubs.

I have 3 right in the free agent contest.  I'm on a roll!

8 minutes ago, bmags said:

Jon Morosi lmao 

White Hector

I hate that it's the Dodgers. He really could have transformed the city of Toronto. A study done at Kansai University put his economic impact in 2022 at $337million. 700 million dollars is a HUGE capital investment, but it's a savvy financial one that could potentially return $3.3 billion. Even if he played for the Cubs, which I would hate as a baseball fan, it could potentially help our city. The rich get richer. Congratulations to Ohtani though.

Edited December 9, 20232 yr by nrockway

This is by far the worst contract in sports history. 

Time for an upper and lower division. Sixteen teams in each. Bottom two teams move down each year. Let more cities have a chance at some success. 

1 minute ago, TaylorStSox said:

This is by far the worst contract in sports history. 

I'm inclined to agree with you. I want to be the insurance rep on that contract. Huge commission. 

Dodgers are the new Evil Empire. 

28 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

10/700. Passan confirmed.

 

my god

I’ll wait for word from Morosi.

4 minutes ago, TaylorStSox said:

This is by far the worst contract in sports history. 

I’m sure it won’t be. They will recoup every single cent of it with merchandise sales and marketing. Plus the deferrals will allow LA to spend even more 

3 minutes ago, Vote4Pedro said:

I’m sure it won’t be. They will recoup every single cent of it with merchandise sales and marketing. Plus the deferrals will allow LA to spend even more 

How many jerseys do you need to sell to recoup $700M for a 29 year old coming off his second Tommy John surgery?

Just now, TaylorStSox said:

How many jerseys do you need to sell to recoup $700M for a 29 year old coming off his second Tommy John surgery?

Not saying his play will live up to the contract but they for sure won’t lose money on his deal. 

2 minutes ago, TaylorStSox said:

How many jerseys do you need to sell to recoup $700M for a 29 year old coming off his second Tommy John surgery?

The second UCL reconstruction is a big worry. There is a really good chance he won't be the same pitcher. 

1 minute ago, Vote4Pedro said:

Not saying his play will live up to the contract but they for sure won’t lose money on his deal. 

Of course he won't live up to the contract with his play. That's a given. 

Just now, ptatc said:

The second UCL reconstruction is a big worry. There is a really good chance he won't be the same pitcher. 

Or the same hitter.

For a team like the Dodgers, the extra revenue they can make from Japan now will be huge.

Already a very popular team there. Having Otani (basically a national treasure right now with his own dedicated news updates daily on all channels) on the team now will just add to it.

No idea if it will offset the massive cost of the contract, but it's still worth noting that $700M for the Dodgers is more likely to be offset by Japanese revenue than $700M for the Blue Jays of Cubs, for example.

1 minute ago, JoeC said:

For a team like the Dodgers, the extra revenue they can make from Japan now will be huge.

Already a very popular team there. Having Otani (basically a national treasure right now with his own dedicated news updates daily on all channels) on the team now will just add to it.

No idea if it will offset the massive cost of the contract, but it's still worth noting that $700M for the Dodgers is more likely to be offset by Japanese revenue than $700M for the Blue Jays of Cubs, for example.

The Dodgers already being popular in Japan is a negative. It limits growth.

Edited December 9, 20232 yr by TaylorStSox

Red Sox  Cubs  Giants now under huge pressure.

Basically the entire NL West.

Watch it end up like Pujols to LAA.