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

[CarltonJunior]

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

It's hard to make into any professional sport, really. If you have the means though and your kid seems like they have the talent and chops, nothing wrong with putting them in baseball

 

[tremonthustler1]

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

Soto got dealt cuz outside shyt happened and they couldn’t afford him anymore. If not for that, they keep him, but that situation lowered his value.

Ohtani wasn’t gonna end well either way, especially it was an open secret that the Dodgers were gonna get him (didn’t help that everyone who could potentially re-sign him was out of the race except the Dodgers). Once he wasn’t dealt last season, the writing was on the wall. At least Ohtani made the decision to leave. Trout kinda gave Arte false hope that Ohtani would be just like him.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

have these contracts ever worked?
the only ones I can think off are Scherzer, Kershaw and trout

Gerrit Cole

 

[tremonthustler1]

have these contracts ever worked?
the only ones I can think off are Scherzer, Kershaw and trout

The back end of the deals are a given that they end horribly. You're just hoping the first half pays off.

 

[supertrekker]

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

Cole Tucker found another way and is winning in life outside of baseball.

 

[chineebai]

If you got kids teach them baseball.

 

[Left.A1]

Soto got dealt cuz outside shyt happened and they couldn’t afford him anymore. If not for that, they keep him, but that situation lowered his value.

It doesn't really matter why... the point is he didn't walk out their door for nothing.. Ohtani did and that's unacceptable

Ohtani wasn’t gonna end well either way, especially it was an open secret that the Dodgers were gonna get him (didn’t help that everyone who could potentially re-sign him was out of the race except the Dodgers). Once he wasn’t dealt last season, the writing was on the wall. At least Ohtani made the decision to leave. Trout kinda gave Arte false hope that Ohtani would be just like him.

More incompetence, that franchise is terrible.

 

[mastermind]

He did the right thing. This is what Trout should have done when he was about to become a free agent. (Test the market)

 

[god shamgod]

Congrats dodger fans

 

[RaspberryFitted]

this exactly what finna happen


Same outcome as the Angels with a sprinkle of hope

 

[Da_Eggman]

There has to be some incentives thou can’t be just 700 regardless…has to be if he pitches a certain amount of innings or something…this looks so damn crazy

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Bet Ohtani becomes a closer in the last year or two of this deal :rus:

 

[AJtheOne]

 

[Da_Eggman]

dodgers have 3 MVPs on the team now

 

[jerniebert]

Cubs fans lost.