it's just gotta be his age and how well he sees the ball. he's going to be a great DH late in his career still.

700 million for a DH is just an unfathomable price tag for anyone who isn't a fan of the NY teams or the Dodgers

Best of luck to whomever ends up paying that

for a dh? or just a fielder? shohei playing 2 positions at an elite level earned him that much

Assuming it's a 14 year deal that's 50 million a year

Surely you expect MVP caliber play every year at that price, and I just don't know if you get that value from a DH in general but especially as his career goes on, if his bat declines and he becomes even more of a liability on the basepaths (think of what Stanton is right now)

How many rings would he need to deliver for ownership to not be pissed that he's making 50 mil a year until he's 40

nah I agree im just saying I see where the justification can come into it if that makes sense. like he's 26, you'll have him more than likely during the middle of his prime and the contract is longer than 10 years etc

I mean for the Blue Jays (I'd imagine) and Mets we just want 1 and he's a legend forever. It would be worth it entirely just based off 1 ring.

heard. i can definitely see a team talk themselves into it. like he said i hope its not my team (zero chance of that but still) giving him all that lol

Ohtani is worth like 2 billion to the dodgers even if he doesn’t pitch but performs offensively the majority of his contract….marketing, willingly deferring his contract, having first dibs on any japanese star that’s posted as a byproduct

Soto has unfinished business as a Yankee.

Oh they're really getting everybody

No f***ing way

f*** them

manfred has to step in

Man f***ing crazy

Must be great to win a championship then be able to sign whoever you want lol

oh

oh wow really

yup imagine if the braves weren't owned by a boardroom

#FuckLibertyMedia

Why is Boras allowing and encouraging a client to take a deferred money deal with the Dodgers when he wouldn't do it with the Nationals

I hate him so much

They're probably still the frontrunners for Fried too

at least we can make fun of them extra hard if they dont win back to back