Signing(s): Shohei Ohtani signs with the Dodgers (10 years, $700 million)
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Jays fans in shambles…
and perhaps MMC too who laughed at the thought of him signing in LA
and perhaps MMC too who laughed at the thought of him signing in LA
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After all of that, the most likely thing to happen is what happened
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82Ninety42011
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Least surprising thing in the World. A star of that magnitude was never going to waste his time in Toronto.
82Ninety42011
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Is he at least gonna send a fruit basket to Jays brass for getting him an extra 100 million plus from Dodgers haha.
Soo..what does that mean then? He isn't getting paid every year? He gets a fraction of 700 million every year until the end of the deal? How do they defer that much money each year?
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It means the sticker price is $700 million but the actual value is probably closer to $500 million. We won't actually know until we get annual figures.
He's absolutely getting paid a lot every year - the question is how much.
Hell yeah! .... Now hopefully he stays healthy and isn't mired by injury.... 
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At the end of the day, Ohtani like everyone is just about the money.
Yanks and Dodgers making the biggest splash as usual. Nothing to see here.
How is this allowed? I feel like this is luxury cap circumvention.
Yanks and Dodgers making the biggest splash as usual. Nothing to see here.
How is this allowed? I feel like this is luxury cap circumvention.
500 million is no less absurd than 700. Half a billion dollars for a DH? Insanity.
I've said it lots and I'll say it again. As a Jays fan it would have been thrilling to land him, but I don't think it was a smart move in the long run. Some people out there though who seem to think that not wanting a contract that massive on the payroll is just cope.
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Depending on the deferral he might have even taken less to go to the Dodgers. So much for wanting his privacy in smaller market. Was a good ride now let's see what happens with the dominoes.
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Oh no! We suck again!!
Dude f*** this sport. I think I'm getting close to done
So he gets to stay in same location, a ton of money, great team in a terrible division. Pretty smart move for him
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Oh My God... Like I wanted him on the Jays badly but wow... what a contract. Can't even process the magnitude of this deal. $700m.... $70m a year... insanity
They’re both absurd numbers, but if his decision came down to getting 70 million a year versus a paltry 50 then he may as well just come out and say the money was the only thing he wanted. He probably would have stayed in Anaheim mired in mediocrity if they offered him the same.
