Ohtani (10/700) pushes athlete contracts closer to 1B

[Patriot Missile]

Of the two he did play Outfield when he was in Japan so that would be my guess. Most likely it’s gonna be DH.

I wonder money wise how much he benefited from the NL adopting the DH?

Lol, didn’t even know they adopted a dh. Shows you how much in touch I’ve been with that sport. Signing makes a little bit more sense now.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

No matter what they do or who they get, the bats disappear when the postseason comes around. Opposing teams seem to find a way to pitch around them or make the batters swing at pitches they don’t prefer.

Pitching is a yearly postseason issue as well with Kershaw always getting rocked.

Mattingly and Roberts have had some awful in game coaching decisions that have costed them.

Kershaw has pitched some good games into the 6th and 7th inning and he starts to lose it and they keep him in too long. Mattingly was guilty of this a few times. I'd be yelling at the TV, take him out and they let him keep going.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Lol, didn’t even know they adopted a dh. Shows you how much in touch I’ve been with that sport. Signing makes a little bit more sense now.

He can DH 4 days, pitch the 5th and it won't be too much on his body. He's never had a good glove but he can hit and he can pitch.

 

[ahmed]

After hearing about the deferred money Bobby Bonilla day will eventually be replaced by Shohei Ohtani day.

People think deferred money is worth less but IMO given the tendency for pro athletes to burn money it should be worth more. Can bet you that Bonilla loves his yearly million cheque more than any money he got during his playing career. Players should just think of it as the bond allocation part of their investment portfolio.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

With franchise valuations what they are today and the impact of superstars, I don’t think it’s unreasonable that guys like Brady, Mahomes, Messi, Ronaldo, Jokic, Curry, etc would be worth a billion dollars of career earnings.

 

[DarrylS]

The revenue stream for the Dodgers was 605mil last year, their payroll was 240mil because they were in the luxury tax.

They dumped contracts and now their payroll is currently at 140mil after the Ohtani signing for 2024.

So the owner for 2023 payed out 240mil to the players and had 365mil left over to pay whatever staff and operating expenses associated with the team.

So the owner is probably clearing a good 200+mill a year easily and this season could see even more revenue with Ohtani on his team.

The Dodgers are also valued at 5.4Billion.

Major sports make a ton money and the players are the main draw, they deserve what they make as the alternative would be the Billionaire owners making even more hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

I am not contesting he is a valuable player, but this contract seems to overvalue him.. it is a 10 year deal given to a 29 year player who is currently recovering from elbow surgery... next year they essentially pay 70 million for a DH??

 

[cmasspatsfan]

I am not contesting he is a valuable player, but this contract seems to overvalue him.. it is a 10 year deal given to a 29 year player who is currently recovering from elbow surgery... next year they essentially pay 70 million for a DH??

He should be able to pitch in 2025 but that's the gamble they took, I thought sure once he had the second Tommy John the price would drop, it didn't.

 

[Jim Beankie]

If they was richah, they'd still be witchah...