Joel Sherman on Shohei Ohtani's Reported Deal with Dodgers 

100% agreed , the fact the angels thought of themselves as a contender is a shame because we need to see him pitch / hit in the same playoff game but now that won’t happen until 2025. We will be telling our grandkids that the Angels let a 700m dollar man walk and got nothing in return

He’s not winning anything cut the shit 😭

Couldn't have said it any better. He really gave it his all and deserves every single trust / money he is getting.

@@AL-ge4sp you can't have it both ways, you can't criticize the angels for losing him while also criticizing them for letting him walk for nothing. if they had traded him earlier, that would have guranteed 100% that they wouldn't keep him. keeping him at the trade deadline was their best shot at keeping him long term. at the deadline they were above 500, were coming off impressive form, and had a bunch of key players returning soon. going all in on making the playoffs was their best shot at keeping him, it didn't work out, and they were STILL one of the finalists to land him. the angels are not why ohtani injured himself. he injured himself because he insisted he could handle the load, even when the angels wanted to rest him. the angels weren't asking him to go as hard as he did, and he ended up doing too much for his own good. complete respect to ohtani and all, obviously an amazing professional but he is the reason for his injury not the angels. if he had been traded to a contender he would have put even more pressure on his body, and might have suffered even worse injuries. also, remember he sat out the last month of the season. rightfully so, but still, if he was on a contender he probably would have still tried to hit, which could have made his injury situation worse.

​@@AL-ge4sp Why should the Angels feel deserving of something in return? They should just thank their lucky stars that Shohei chose them as his MLB debut team, and that they had Sho-time from 2018-2023.

Dodgers are definitely breaking the team attendance record and maybe event the all time record.

That's the Ohtani effect 😀

I started watching baseball ⚾️ again after 20 years because of the excitement and thrill of seeing this two-way player.

Because baseball objectively sucks compared to all other major pro sports.

The US and Japan are not the world. No more than the "World Series" is.

​@siberianvodka dude baseball is popular all over world especially in Central and south America and east and southeast Asia for decades and now getting popular in Europe, Australia and in the parts of Africa and in thr Middle east😊

@tootspogsforever5590 The US, Japan, and a select few Latin American countries isn't the entire world 🙄. Getting popular in Europe, Africa, and Middle East??? 😂😂😂 Don't hold your breath. They already have cricket which is even more popular internationally. You don't know what you're talking about.

No editors, I see. 😂

Jon Morosi runs their RU-vid page 😅

Shoe Hi

He went for the money over legacy, who cares

@@erniejohnson677no he didn’t. If he did, he would’ve taken the $200 plus million when he first gotten into the league six years ago. He earned it. It’s a statement number, nothing else.

Contract is differed. He'll be g set ting 30-40 million a year for 10 years and get the money after his contract finishes so rhe dodgers can have a easier time building around him. That contract was also implemented by shohei. He wants to win.

lmao!! what a salty dude!!!. Is quite obvious why: 1. Dodgers needed a DH they got a DH (in hopes he regains his ability to pitch wich they also needed) vs. the Padres not needing another SS but geting Bogaerts only to have a "big name" splash signing; 2. The Dodgers are capable of maintaining this payroll for at least 4 more years vs. the Padres already having to cut payroll; 3. The Dodgers signed a 1st ballot HOF bound player vs the Padres signing....well....extended half their team to multiple years. Not to mention Ohtani is arguably the best player nowadays

@SP.007, probably not. He's always wanted to be a Dodger

He was the highest paid mlb player without the contract, Imagine with the contract 😂

Buddy you answered your own question. Put 2 and 2 together. Its because if he wins a title with the dodgers then the dodgers win in asia for the next 30 years minimum. And since everyone knows the future is in asia, 700 million dollars is the market price for winning in asia. That is how you think when you are globalist status not villager status

Soccer is one of if not the most boring sport ever.See,no need for me to say that .What I do is follow baseball and comment on baseball clips.i don't go to a kick and giggle soccer channel and put it down so please go back into your lane and leave our beautiful game for us who love it

@somekindaguy100 As an honest and objective person it is my duty to point out when people are lying. Ohtani and any other pot belly ass scratcher who handles a bat and balls is no where near the biggest athletic star in the world. Take your star spangled blindfold off, turn down the Lee Greenwood music, and acknowledge the world outside of your dome.

​@@somekindaguy100No need for you to say that the most popular sport by several times any other is boring??

@@greasyfatnewtit’s the most popular because it is one of the oldest and most basic sports not because it is super entertaining.

@beastly2823 Baseball is super old and super basic....but how do baseball's numbers compare to "soccer" (football) internationally...or basketball for that matter. Not even in the same ballpark.

We don't care about soccer in America

But shohei is way more athletic than Messi…

That why I said he is the most dominant athlete in his sport, but not the biggest star in the sports world; that honor belongs to Messi who is a legend in Europe and in ALL of Latin America and most likely China as well.@@LAbigsnoopac

Shohei also is big from a marketing standpoint, and viewing it like that, he is probably the most marketable athlete in the world. Even larger than Messi. Perhaps you should have said, I don't care about baseball, because there are parts of the world that do care about baseball.

I live in Puerto Rico, we love baseball, I love baseball. You cannot compare the marketing capacity of fútbol and Messi, with Ohtani and baseball. @@paulgodbey304

The money is deferred. Allowing the dodgers to make other moves. Jays didn’t dodge a bullet they missed on the greatest player of all time in the sport. Add in the economical aspect and revenue Shohei brings all by himself. Jays have been searching for an impact lefty bat for years. This is bad for them. Now they have no where to pivot. The best hitter on the board is Bellinger who is due for regression. Soto got traded already so the trade market is lacking in the hitting category.

You do realize the dodgers will make that money up in merchandise and jersey sales plus other engagements over the next ten years easily. Think bigger.

And we all know he was never going to go to the Jays. Ohtani stressed not being in cold weather. He likes warm weather and SoCal has it. I’m born and raised in LA. You can’t beat the weather and location. I wake up everyday to amazing, consistent weather. You know what you get in LA. Can’t really say that about anywhere else, especially Toronto.

@@Harcorwrestlerit’s great until he gets hurt again. Dude has only had one season fully healthy but dodgers fans will say he’s a god and best player all time can’t get injured

Shit they may get it this year lol@@Harcorwrestler

You should fight him

Lol don’t be jealous

@@boxscorewatcher413 I’d do it for 1% of that contract.

I used to make minimum wage, and have gradually worked my way up. But I'm fine with this deal. There have always been wealthy and poor in this world. As long as no laws are being broken, why should I have issue with it. The Dodgers and the players on their payroll will be paying huge sums in state and federal taxes. Although, I do agree with you on the front that modern society values entertainment, sport, and recreation WAY too much. And that fuels these industries.

In the last NBA 20 years the Warriors 6 of the years some of them back to back to back. In the last MLb 20 years the Dodgers won it one time. Nice comparison. Just because you make the playoff each year, doesnt mean you will win it all.

Except for the fact that KD made the playoffs consistently with OKC and even a finals. Shohei was part of a team that is pathetic and run horribly. Did you really expect him to go back the Angels. Would it have been good for league for him to waste his career there. Don’t you think Shohei deserves to be on a team with other stars and a franchise where everyone contributes in every aspect?

@@hepatitiscyalater7269 your comparing NBA to MLB? Think about it. You want Shohei to coach the team as well? Two different sports my man. If you think one MLB player can change a team.

@@beelstyle I’m not comparing the sports I’m just saying KD was part of team that makes the playoffs in OKC. Ohtani was part of a franchise that couldn’t even make it in. The dude above was making the comparisons

Oddly I think him keeping away from media has added to his mystique. You have fans of other teams going to games to watch him. LeBron is a bigger star but Otani is a bigger needle pusher. He has grown the footprint of baseball around the world LeBron has helped maintain basketballs.

Yeah sure thing because everyone wants an obnoxious loudmouth who is Me, myself and I.

LeBron has been around for 2 decades. He should be more popular.

Y not