Breaking MLB free agency news: Shohei Ohtani is signing with the LA Dodgers 10 years 700 million.

[Trojan 24]

The nba being kids from poverty has been a myth for decades now.

Bron the Last of the Mohicans

 

[supertrekker]

Angels should have traded him last year. Just a dumb ass organization.

They were hoping he would've taken the hometown discount. Well half of that came true. He did take the hometown. But didn't give the discount.

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Not a damn thing

Nola Contract

 

[KnickstapeCity]

You know Ohtani slanging though

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Damn. Instantly becomes the worst contract in all of sports. And his elbow is shot.

 

[Left.A1]

They were hoping he would've taken the hometown discount. Well half of that came true. He did take the hometown. But didn't give the discount.

Fireable incompetence

 

[pete clemenza]

You actually have to make the league first. MLB money is crazy but going through the minor leagues ain’t for the weak.

Don't bring logic and reality to the thread. Let everybody believe that baseball is easy money as soon as they give up the other sports

 

[tremonthustler1]

Angels should have traded him last year. Just a dumb ass organization.

before the season? Perhaps. Two seasons ago? Absolutely.

Last season? The issue they ran into was that they played their best ball right around the trade deadline and had a shot at the last WC, so they started going after pitchers and hitters to make one more run (and that being how they keep him around)


The problem was that Lucas Giolito goes to LA and proceeds to have a 6.89 ERA, Trout gets hurt again and submarines everything.

I could go on for why they've failed during his time there, but ultimately signing Ohtani was the one move they made that actually worked. Trout got his deal and started breaking down physically. Jo Adell was their big blue chip prospect and he looks like a AAAA player. They spent big on Rendon fresh off a WS and he has become the worst contract in baseball.

This would be like if Patrick Mahomes was a Jet.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Don't bring logic and reality to the thread. Let everybody believe that baseball is easy money as soon as they give up the other sports

I'm watching baseball right now, and it's full of dudes who hope that hitting .375 will get them a spring training invite.

In basketball you don't even need to go to college to earn a check. Scoot went to Ignite at 16 and been eatin ever since. Football, you just need 1 real good season of tape and you'll get drafted to the big club. Baseball, Aaron Judge didn't get his giant contract until he was 30 because he didn't get into the majors til he was 24. Ohtani passed up big money 6 years ago to get posted for the low so he can make it to the majors sooner. If he didn't do that, he woulda had to wait til he was 31-32 to get paid

 

[Left.A1]

before the season? Perhaps. Two seasons ago? Absolutely.

Last season? The issue they ran into was that they played their best ball right around the trade deadline and had a shot at the last WC, so they started going after pitchers and hitters to make one more run (and that being how they keep him around)


The problem was that Lucas Giolito goes to LA and proceeds to have a 6.89 ERA, Trout gets hurt again and submarines everything.

I could go on for why they've failed during his time there, but ultimately signing Ohtani was the one move they made that actually worked. Trout got his deal and started breaking down physically. Jo Adell was their big blue chip prospect and he looks like a AAAA player. They spent big on Rendon fresh off a WS and he has become the worst contract in baseball.

This would be like if Patrick Mahomes was a Jet.

Look at Soto, at least SD was smart enough to get sommmmething for him...the fact that LAA sat on their hands trying to cash in on merch and shyt instead of prioritizing next steps is an indictment of that organizations competence and probably why he's leaving to begin with. Just embarrassingly bad asset management... You have arguably one of the greatest baseball talents ever in his prime walk out your door and you get..... Nothing? Insane

 

[42 Monks]

baseball money crazy good god

 

[Bennett80]

His prime pitching days are behind him. 70m/year for a dh, lol.

 

[Sauce Dab]

But at least there's the minor leagues where you can make a good living until you make the bigs and the elite athletes ain't gonna be in the minors too long. Imo professional baseball is more practical as a young athlete than the other two major American sports and the upside is fukking incredible. Brothas need to get back into baseball.

You can not make a decent living in the minor leagues. You don’t have a damn clue of what you talking about. Minor league ball clubs barely have money to pay for motels

 

[Sauce Dab]

nikkas really wanted Kyler to pick baseball and play in the trash ass minor league system and eat poverty sandwiches every night

Minor leaguers just now getting housing after all these years. Folks just don’t realize how tough it is in the minors. Picking Baseball over another sport ain’t always the easiest decision

These the stories barely anybody talk about when it comes to baseball. This man was the #1 overall pick and it took him almost a decade to make the league. You gotta be built different to play Minor league

You can not make a decent living in the minor leagues. You don’t have a damn clue of what you talking about. Minor league ball clubs barely have money to pay for motels

 

[Juggalo Fred]

For years whenever baseball deals come up, I've always shyt on Mike Trout for doing the owners a favor and not hitting the open market. He should have got ~$500m and opened the market up. Shohei wasn't going out like a sucker.

Trout doing what he did fukked up the money for dudes like Harper, Machado, and had salaries basically stalling out.

Yeah trouts a dumbass for that