Ohtani’s AAV of $70mill (which it won’t be because some money will undoubtedly be deferred) is higher than the payrolls of EIGHT MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMSin 2023 (source: Sportrac).
Three of those teams did something last year Ohtani has never done - played in the postseason…
So...
Yamo to NYM, TOR, NYY?
Snell to TOR, NYY?
Monty to NYY or BOS?
Lugo to BOS?
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
More than a billion dollars for two players: Ohtani and Mookie!
While money is differed, it essentially comes to about $100M a year.
That is about the same or more than about a third of MLB teams.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I thought he'd get 10 yrs $520 mil. Never in a million years would think $700 mil. Holy shit
Hal sucks
A potential 1-2-3 of Mookie, Freeman and Ohtani is absolutely absurd. Plus they will have Will Smith, Muncy, Outman and will be getting back Gavin Lux back among others.
Figure out how much Ohtani is being paid per game . It will possibly drive you nuts.
Old school is good school.
The details on this deal is wild
$68MM of Ohtani’s $70MM annual salary will be deferred, leaving him making just $2MM per year in the short term. The deferred money is to be paid out without interest from 2034 to 2043. This will reduce the CBT hit of the contract to around $46MM per year.