The person who did the surgery on Ohtani is the head physician for the Dodgers. So likely good chance Dodgers have a good feeling he's gonna return to his normal self when your team doctor is the one who did it.
Ohtani is worth every penny and more. The Dodgers aren't just paying for a player, they invested in a global brand. He brings incredible value on the field but even more off it, to the point that this contact will pay itself in a matter of years for any team.
Lol. No, he isn't. Not even close. In ten years, if he has better numbers, then anybody else who's ever played. Then you can say that. He has already had TJ surgery this year. So next year, he's a DH. So ask yourself, is he better than Acuna? I say no way.
the MAJOR major thing about the Ohtani deal, that you overlooked especially at the end, was that it's heavily back-loaded. So he's not making 70mil a year, in fact he's making a lot but not as much as you'd really expect, because he wants them to be able to continue to build a winning team around him for the next decade. I'm not a Dodgers fan by any means, but I still think them having a Super Team is great for the sport and hopefully wakes up some of these sleeping owners in other franchises, plus would be cool to have another team like the 1980s-2000s Yankees.
If the Dodgers are smart with investments, this will not be a big deal for them. The Mets were heavily invested with Bernie Madoff and because of this they thought Bobby Bonilla's deffered payments(with 8% interest) would be no big deal...
@laartwork…Well smart guy for starters Babe Ruth to this day still holds the record for the longest complete game pitched in playoff history. A 14 inning complete game victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, winning 2-1 . Also in his 1920 season he hit 59 home runs , batted .378 and a .846 slugging percentage , Ruth also scored 177 runs , 119 extra base hits and 457 total bases . A feat that is unmatched in modern day baseball and still stands out in 2023 . So let’s see your boy Shohei match that smart guy .
As far as landscape of the MLB going forward, this huge deal will only change things slightly. Remember not so long ago when the Mets decided to break the bank to put a winning team on paper well how did that turn out? In order to build a winning culture, it does not matter what kind of market you have, you need to build a foundation from the ground up to win. That means drafting and developing well. The Tampa Bay Rays have shown alittle of what could be the potential of that mindset. Winning is what ultimately attracts the stars.
@@therealjaystone2344 Bullpen had the third best era in baseball in the second half of the season, so it's pretty solid. Also, it's anchored by Phillips(2.05 ERA, 61 1/3 IP, 66 K's, 24 SV), Graterol(1.20 ERA, 67 1/3 IP, 48 K's), and Ferguson(3.43 ERA, 60 1/3 IP, 70 K's). Pretty good trio of arms.
Teams that win a title typically go through 8-10 starters in the season and playoffs. If they reduce how many pitchers a team can carry, it would greatly change the current game.
They will have to make a move to have space for Kelly and Ohtani but besides that, yes they should make another move for starting pitching. It was a huge weakness we all saw on display in the NLDS. That and a bat who has no problem in the bright lights.
@@therealjaystone2344 I wish I can agree with their young pitching core being all they need as they all showed a lot of promise, but as last year’s injury report and early NLDS hooks proved, ya can never have enough quality starting pitching.
trout vs ohtani now have a manga plot straight from Adachi Mitsuru classics...where the MC is in a relatively weak school while his main rival is in a hot shot school with generational talents...
I really think that really helps both of them - Yamamoto's transition to MLB, and Ohtani's rehab. I know many people could see this coming, and I would be mildly shocked if it didn't happen.
What would happen to my Angels team now? Ohtani made me an Angels fan and I still an angels fan. But i'm also a Dodgers fan now. ;-) Ohtani is more than a MLB player, he's a brand and he will bring in more than $700m for the Dodgers throughout his contract. And other free agents who will want more because of Ohtani's $700m, the fact is, do they have the "revenue" production that Ohtani has?
@@jiimbow Not even a knock on the team, lol. Pepiot has 50 career IP and is 26. Miller is 24 and just had a solid rookie season. Sheehan is 24 as well and didn't even pitch in AAA. Dodgers called him straight up from AA. Stone started like three games, a literal cup of coffee, for the Dodgers, and is 25. I'm pretty sure they've got one of the youngest, if not THE youngest rotation in baseball.
Currently in japan for vacation. In major cities hes plastered everywhere. A good amount of it is in his dodgers blue so it works here he is literally the main celebrity currently
@@mariokart9227yea the Mets are another favorite for him. But if the dodgers are truly going all in and offer a relatively close deal to what everyone else is offering than I think Shohei recruitment will seal it. Senga is really good but Ohtani is just on a different level and way more allure obviously. Not unless Steve Cohen just goes bonkers and refuses to be outbid which is possible
the last time Ohtani had his TJ. he wasn't out for 1 year, he was about for almost 2 full years from pitching. I don't expect him to be on the mound at full strength until 2026. but the TV deals, Japanese ads around the stadium, and Japanese TV ad money that involves any LA dodger logos will all pay forward to his salary, I highly doubt the Dodgers lose any money in this deal.
The Dodgers need 2 quality starters for sure. They will still spend and have plenty of farm talent to trade. But heck they won 100 games last season with the worst Dodgers starting rotation in the last 10 years so maybe they don't need much.
@@blairmcbride5437 Yeah it seems starting pitching is a key to the post season. However, this year Mookie and Freddie only getting 2 hits between them didn't help either.
I'd like to point out that the Dodgers for all their wins in the regular season, have only won, one title, in a 60 game season, where they didn't have to travel out of their own back yard. I wouldn't start the victory parades just yet, they are still the Dodgers.
Well that’s why they got Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Glasnow. The Dodgers get Bueller back also. We shall see if Roberts manages the team better and paces and rests players so they are fresh and ready to go in post season. No baseball franchise has the secret formula. Baseball is not like basketball or football. There is no way the 1988 Dodgers should have beaten the Mets or A’s but they did.
Ohtanis contract is an outlier. He’s a Unicorn. So his contract will not affect other players negotiations. Imagine Snell saying “I want a bigger contract bcuz I’m like ohtani ” 😂
You forgot to mention the fact that the Astros cheated and still had to go to game 7 to win the World Series. Also, there was talk about the Red Sox doing something similar. So that could have been THREE WORLD SERIES RINGS.
No alibis your team got hammered and that’s that . Don’t bother about that pandemic series, everyone knows that was a disgrace to MLB . The only time they won was in your dreams.
@@robertlosasso4222alibis? When a team knows what you're about to throw, I would think that's a pretty good alibi. Also, I just checked. The 2020 MLB season still crowned a champion. Keep crying.
You're half right about the taxes. Professional athletes have to file taxes in each state they play in. So the away games will be taxed differently than home games.
Bro has a gross misunderstanding of the dodgers free agency track record under Friedman. The highest value was for Pollock until they got Freddie who was cast away by the Braves by trading for Olson. And now clearly they broke the bank for Ohtani. Fix the narrative, as critical as I am of the dodgers at least portray what happened right now
Alright so hear me out… I know imma get hate BUUUT I don’t care the dodgers do NOT have the best lineup, I ain’t saying that it’s bad (the top 3 players Betts, Ohtani, and Freeman, might literally be the best trio ever) however a teams lineup consists of 9 players, not just 3. The rest of their players are mediocre at best and there pitching staff needs work. Not saying their not elite, but Betts and Freeman can’t keep carrying the whole team on there backs. With Ohtani signed it will lighten the load a good bit, but not enough to dominate the playoffs. Besides, baseballs a wild game, you never know what’ll happen next.
They have 1 pitcher and the rest are coming off of serious arm injuries. They are not the best and im a Dodgers fan! They have Bobby Miller and Walker Buehler who is coming off his 2nd tommy john. The rest are hurt.
Everyone keeps talking about how high his yearly salary is without acknowledging that most of his contract is deferred (according to Jeff Passan). He will most likely get an average of less than 50 per year (before taxes) and the rest will be paid out for decades. Still... wow!
@@PurelyBaseballYT California is a total tax rip-off for what we get. They charge us to death and care more about immigrants than tax paying citizens. It is a true scam...☺
Another part of signing Ohtani, that I've yet to see anyone talk about (that adds significant value) is that when he's pitching and batting, he essentially opens up another roster spot to carry another relief pitcher or bench player. That is huge. And adds value, beyond just his play on the field.
A team that spends the most is the best team in the league? Wow! Get back to me when they can win while cutting their payroll substantially. I used to love Magic Johnson, I despise him now.
The spending money thing does feel a bit unfair, and I don't know how it is in the MLB with luxury taxes, but as long as teams are willing to pay even those luxury taxes, MLB is just gonna open their bag for teams to pour the money in and look the other way. The one thing MLB has going for it is that even with a super team it's far from a guarantee to win the world series with baseball being a highly luck dependant game and the difficulty and layers of the MLB playoffs especially nowadays. Still, the Dodgers basically have to win 100+ games or a ring and anything less will be a failure with this much talent and cash spent.
Ohtani, Freeman, Mookie, Smith, Muncy. 5 great hitters. Third best ERA for the pen in baseball. Rotation, yes I agree its a problem. But I also think they’l address it
They said he won't pitch in 2024. Expensive hitter to say the least. Congrats to Ohtani. They are doing some salary deferment on his request, likely for tax planning.
Ohtani is a huge signing for the Dodgers, but there are a few concerns. 1. Ohtani has played 0 meaningful games in September or later because his teams always missed the playoffs. We dont know how he would do when every game matters during those months, especially when you consider the fact the Betts was never good in the playoffs. Not saying Ohtani is bad in the playoffs yet because he hasnt played a playoff game yet, but this would he his 1st real attempt. 2. Dodgers needs more starting depth. Buehler will be back which is good, but Bobby Miller and Ed Sheneen are there #2, #3 right now. Even if they get Kershaw back, hes injured for half the year, and even if he comes back, playoff Kershaw kills their run everytime. This sucks because Ohtani can't pitch in 2024. 3. Dave Roberts over manages every situation. He is a great coach in the regular season, but anything besides a World Series win is a fail for them. Dave Roberts is awful in the playoffs. Getting Ohtani might help their offense in the playoffs, but it doesnt fix the bad bullpen decisions Dave Roberts does. Not saying that this signing wont help the dodgers, because Ohtani is one of the best players in baseball, his skillset can help any team, but this one signing wont make the Dodgers win another WS. Thoughts???
Ohtani closed out a WBC final against 2 former MVPs, (Bumgarneresque). Ohtani put himself on as the winning run in the 9th v Mexico to tie the game and walk it off. Scoring 2 of the 6 runs japan put up. This was all vs MLB pitching too, so no excuses. Dude is a monster when he wants it. Absolutely no question he will show up in october
Lol, what? 1-Did you not see what he did during the WBC-which was on a far bigger stage than the WS? Pressure clearly doesn't get to him. 2-The 2024 rotation is as follows Buehler Miller Pepiot Yarbrough Sheehan It's essentially Buehler, a veteran there for innings, and three young SP's who've never pitched a full season before sandwiched between them. Sheehan is not their #3, lol, and Miller is far from a "bad #2". He's widely considered to have front of the rotation potential, was our #1 pitching prospect and was a top 30 prospect in all of baseball, and he did solid in his rookie season(3.76 ERA, 124 IP, 119 K's). Him taking a step forward next year will be huge. Sheehan didn't do as well(4.92 ERA, 60 1/3 IP, 64 K's), but he's still got the stuff to be a back-end starter, and he skipped AAA entirely. The Dodgers called him up straight from AA. One more year in the minors, but in Triple-A, and you've developed a solid SP for the future. Pepiot gets zero love. He was the most impressive Dodgers rookie last year, albeit in a VERY small sample size. 2.14 ERA, 42 IP, 38 K's after returning from a nasty hamstring injury suffered at the start of the year. He has a career 2.76 ERA in 78 1/3 IP and 80 K's in parts of two seasons at the MLB level and looks like a hidden gem IF he can stay healthy and is given more opportunities. He's already 26. They've also still got top prospects like- Gavin Stone(who the guy mentioned had a cup of coffee in the majors last year and is our top pitching prospect right now-#4 overall), who's looking to break into the rotation once and for all. Nick Frasso(our #5 prospect), who's been widely coveted in trade talks. He's still thought to be a year away, but he will make his debut at some point next year and contribute some IP. And River Ryan(our #8 prospect), who's also 25 and just came off a solid year in AAA, and is also going to make his MLB debut at some point next season. The Dodgers, in addition to having a bunch of young arms in the rotation, also have a trio of really good pitching prospects in the minors that will either fight for SP spots or be trade bait to get a guy like Dylan Cease or Tyler Glasnow. 3-This is 2023. If you really believe Dave Roberts manages or "controls" anything, I don't know what to tell you. No MLB manager is actually a traditional manager anymore, making their own, real-time decisions. Every decision is already preplanned and micromanaged by their F/O before and during the game, and all they do is execute their orders under the guise that they're the ones doing it. There's managers on record like Kevin Cash and Alex Cora who have flat out admitted this.
The baseball gods are going to make my baseball dreams come true when the f'ing Dodgers lose in the division or wc again.. orrr, even better: Not even make the playoffs! It's Def going to happen in 24. Can't wait.
My Braves are going to beat the Dodgers in every meeting and in every way this season, just like we did last year. The Dodgers just spent a billion just to be second place. God bless em!!!
Lol, he's not making 70 million a year. Come on, putting up vids with incorrect information. Most of his contract is deferred. Like Bobby Bonilla he'll get paid for 30+ years after he retires.
They did build the best team in baseball. If they had, they would have more than 1 title. And Ohtani will be a curse. The team will never win and he will be injured and never pitch again. That's some good spending. He cares about money more than winning. Toronto would have been he better choice. But we'll see what happens. All.i want is for the dodgers to never win again.
