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

[Rob's al Ghul]

Halos fans have to be tight right about now. Not only do they see him walk for nothing, they're seeing him go to a geographical "rival". Bringing it personally closer to home, that'd be kind of like Lamar Jackson signing with the Commanders this past offseason. I couldn't even....

High key, glad he won't be in the ALE. Not sure how well that contract's gonna age on the back end, though.

 

[King P]

Juan Soto definitely gotta be happy as hell seeing Ohtani get a huge deal, given that he's a free agent next summer and the market has been reset

 

[Blessings]

Wonder if this could have an effect on the kids and the future. Seeing that high a salary may have some tempted to try both hitting & pitching. Especially if value is that high.

Best players usually try both but most managers ain’t going for it

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Japan and DR producing some talents in this era of baseball

Yamamoto coming over next, and don't sleep on Murakami who should be making the jump in a few seasons

Elly de la Cruz, Ronny Mauricio, Soto, Vlad Jr, all getting paid next

 

[hood b. goode]

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Atlanta offered him a hot dog and a handshake. His loss.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Harder to lean on natural athleticism
Lack of training at young age
MLB + MLB intentionally made baseball unattractive to the black community

Allota politics similar to soccer at the grassroots level. We’re gradually seeing the same with basketball (half of the league bout to be mixed with black or form an upper middle class household)

Black American athletes ran MLB from damn near since they were allowed to play in the league up until probably the early 2000s. I know there has been some effort in trying to get young Black kids in this country back into baseball but there has to be something that would gain more traction. I think a big part of why young Black athletes don't get into the sport is because MLB doesn't market their top athletes well. Most kids would walk right by most of the Top MLB players if they walked by them in the street. Can't say that about NBA and NFL stars, especially NBA.

 

[Kenny_Powers]

Blue jays have more titles than the dodgers in the last 30 years. And that cimovid titl was fraudulent.

Dodgers have more world series titles than the blue jays in the last 40 years. Let me just throw an arbitrary number to make myself feel better

 

[King Poetic]

Dave half Japanese though, he might even speak the language. He might have been essential to the deal

In that case demote this nikka to the japanese dodger training facility

 

[Da Jungles]

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

I wonder if it's like 200 Ms deferred

Mans will be paid well into his 60s

 

[wire28]

Lil Koufax bout to come back to get another one

 

[Serious Face]

That contract is so stupid.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

insane and not worth it. crazy

He’s worth every penny

 

[Trojan 24]

In that case demote this nikka to the japanese dodger training facility

We all hated Dave but he probably spoke to Mama Ohtani and sealed the deal