Yankees Fan Rich Eisen React to Yoshinobu Yamamoto Choosing Dodgers over Pinstripes 

and financial planner(deferring $680M)

LehTani

@@greenparkokada😂😂😂

KYOJIN IS THE #1 TEAM IN JAPAN

There's already a bunch of fans there.

​​@@arkangelarkangel1302yeah, kids don't remember Nomo anymore.

@@T.C.Clarienlol not anymore softbanks now is the best team and with money in japan league kyojin or giants is not event in championship like for 5 years now

​@@SuperCatacataThe Dodgers have had many Japanese pitchers after Nomo. Ishii, Saito, Kuroda, Maeda, etc. I've been in Japan for years and there are a lot of Dodger fans here.

It does seems money means less to him than other players compared to winning, but we don't know how much less. Maybe he only takes $20 million a year if his endorsements are $5 million. I don't think there's any way to know with any reasonable certainty because we're not in his head. I'm sure there's a line he'll draw but we don't know where that line is. But I do give him credit for taking probably less than his market value

100% correct, and I attribute this to the insularity of American baseball journos, and their disinterest in listening to the dozens of Japan-based, fully bilingual media members who cover these guys daily side-by-side with the Passan's of the world. There is definitely a market available for a bilingual journalist who covers both the NPB and MLB to make an impact on baseball journalism.

I doubt he hates money but he just has very little need for it while he’s still playing.

lol. Because he wants to win. He wanted the dodgers to use that money while he was here and I guess to help avoid most of the LA luxury tax. Money was Not the issue here. Dodgers are a class organization I really don’t get the disservice to his character comment. It just shows that he wants to win more than all other mlb players. No other player in history has even remotely tried to help their team financially like this lol Also the dude is going to be worth more than 2.5 billion when he’s done playing baseball barring career ending injury. I don’t think you understand just How Big he is internationally and will become. For reference, as a Japanese star athlete. When Matsuyama won the Masters, he was guaranteed in advertisements and marketing to become a billionaire. He’s nothing compared to Shohei lol. Shohei made 50mil last year outside baseball as an invisible Angel. I say invisible because it’s the Angels lol. Now that he’s part of a worldwide brand, top 3 in the nation, he and the dodgers are going to make wayyyyyyyyy more back. And think exponentially. So no. Yankees had no shot. And while 5 million is a lot for Judge, it’s less than One of the deals Shohei signed his Rookie year

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This is the way.

The first thing that came to my mind when we got Otani San was how fast he runs the bases 👍🏽

So its gonna be Betts/Ohtani/Freeman/Smith right?

Back in 2018, I heard Jeff Passan and others say Ohtani hits like a high school player and needs seasoning in the minors. Wow!

@@wilburwood8261 that's because Jeff was being used by his MLB sources to downplay Ohtani's potential for their own possible benefit. Passan, I guarantee, hadn't spent more than the length of a RU-vid highlight video studying Ohtani.

彼の体はmlbの中4日の登板間隔と長距離移動が耐えられない

Yamamoto watches Ohtani's games, so he sees all the booing and lack of respect rants against Ohtani by the Yankees fans. Especially, the MVP battle between Ohtani and Judge last year was bad. That might have made his impression of the Yankees worse... I liked the Yankees when Tanaka and Matsui were there, but I don't like them now. If the self-centered mindset of today's Yankees fans doesn't change, Roki Sasaki will never go to the Yankees, no matter how much they pay him.

Either the Mets! They were pawns in this!

​@@popozz ohtani Insulted New York he wouldn't even hear what the yankees had to say What the hell do you expect That the New York Yankee fans will gonna shower him with love When you insult an entire city don't expect roses when you go to that city

​ Also Follow-up you act like Yankee fans on the only ones that boo I guess you've never been to Philadelphia And believe it or not I've heard Boeing in dodger stadium I guess Yankee fans don't have a monopoly on it

@@flar5022 I truly think othani didn't want to play with Judge, a fellow companion in the MVP race. I feel like he rather face them, just like now with Trout.

not nearly as bad as all the Yankees/Cowboys/Lakers fans out there. Those people are the absolute worst.

@@brandondillman5841You could add Alabama Football and Duke Basketball fans to the NYY/DAL/LAL fans

​@brandondillman5841 There's no justification for that. 😂

I could see it if they are from Connecticut or something. It’s a little self serving but it’s not like you are snubbing a “local” team I guess other than the Whalers if they are old enough.

I’m a Dodger/Lakers/Kings/49ers fan

He doesnt want to wait. He wants to be posted now. Dodger could get him next year.

@@stevedoe8622 His team already said that's not gonna happen

@@stevedoe8622 That will definitely not gonna happen. Because Sasaki is under 25, so he can get only something like a 3-5 Mil contract. That means his team can get only like 1 Mil something for him. Yamamoto is 25, so his Japanese team got like 50 Mil. That is an unacceptable difference.

He’s the best pitcher of the 3…. By a country mile.

Dodgers: 1 World Series in 35 years, they SUCK

Thunder buddies for life.

caught that as well. legend.

Plus they could have Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer right now too

How many TJ surgeries between the names you listed?

and urias. @@chuckdeuces911

Good one🤣!!!

Roki Sasaki, who probably will be the best of them all, will join in a few years too.

If Dave Roberts is manager nothing is guaranteed

I love a salty Yankee fan. Talk about calling the kettle black. Good Lord, they are the original Evil Empire

Lol

As an O's fan it makes me incredibly happy seeing all the Yankee fans being this upset. Thank you Dodgers!

@@brandondillman5841 The trouble is, you might not think that way when the Dodgers win over the Orioles in the next World Series, if that happens.

@@brandondillman5841as a Yankees fan the Os will never amount to anything or be nearly as successful as the Bronx bombers but go off lol

@@oswaldboelcke5470that won’t happen lol

@@PapitoLouFacts at least the Yankees spend money unlike the Orioles cheapskate of an owner 😂😂😂.

Not high enough. His salary should be spread over the life of the contract. Shame on the owners for allowing it.

As a dodger fan I agree , I’m sure plenty and many of other dodger fans feel the same way

Knock on wood. If we are healthy the last 2 seasons we make deep playoff runs if not to the WS. It’s hard to blame him for things out of his control like bauer’s framing, urias beating his wife etc

Depends with how much money they could make out of Othani.. Even if they lose another world series but earns twice they made last year then I'm pretty sure he still reached his quota 😂.. Winning is going to be just the bonus while earning money is the main goal for buying out Ohtani who's going to have his second TJ..

Ohtani was not his only teammate playing in the MLB. He just cared about money. Obviously other teams wanted to pay him the same.

As much as I hate that he chose the Dodgers over the Yankees, I can’t fault the guy. If I was in his shoes, I probably would have done the same.

he said he wanted money. idk why we thought 26million less wan gunna get him in NY lmaooo. it sucks but we were too cheap. yamamoto is going to shove @@youtubeconnollyfamily

He has two opt outs, and it’s backloaded. The Yankees will get Yamamoto when he’s old, and pay a premium.

@@kingelvis4688 yeah, he does not know much about America. Otani probably told him to come and he listened. I hope the Dodgers stink. Just so they can have all this money tied up in those players.

Example?

@liduck52 Mike mussina. Roger clemens. Traded for Paul oniell, wade boggs. Signed El Duque, chuck knobalch. They were already stacked with jeter, B Williams, pasada, wells and cone, Pettit. In Early 2000s Matsui, cc Sabathia. Alex Rodriguez, Garry sheified Jason Giambi, dodgers signed who in 90 s or 2000???

If he stills on the team, which I hope he will be. Unless he gets injured again.

​@@TheGreyCrayonthey will let him walk and go after Max Freid

Don't need to wait until 2025, next year he'll be the fourth starter after Yamamoto, Glasnow, and Miller.

@@Adam-tw8ydhell no i’d rather resign buehler if he pitches elite again. buehler is elite in the playoffs and fried isn’t!

@@jnthxn_ they're not gonna pay Walker

Is it “catching a break” when you spend over a billion dollars on 2 players?

Yamamoto is unproven, Ohtani and Glasnow are injury plagued. Showtime won't last for very long.

Lol... since it was obvious the Yankees were going nowhere and you guys were in the playoffs I was really rooting for the Baltimore Orioles to go all the way!!,,, c ya in 24!!!

Well I think Rangers is winner now after Ohtani and Yamamoto sign with Dodgers haha Let's Go Orioles !! Let's beat the Dodgers in World Series !!

As a Yankee fan I'm glad he went to the NL. Despite the fact the Angels never won anything with him.

Still gonna lose 😂

Dave Roberts is still there. It’s going to be hilarious to see how they’ll blow it this time. More embarrassing than the chargers.

The city of fallen angels is in for a bad time, lots of sins...

All the delicious salty cope 🤣

Such a boring sport, and unfair as only a select amount of the teams can spend unlimited money with no salary cap. The Ohio teams near me could never afford ohtani or betts or even freeman

Nobody will sign in SF until their legislature cleans the city up. Homeless people, poop and crime! Big draw for major free agents.

switch teams. :) Giants dont care.

Why? They acquired JH Lee

People act like SF isn’t a stones throw away from Palo Alto, Sausalito, and the really nice parts of SF don’t exist. Yeah there’s a problem throughout California with homelessness but these guys have the money to live a Beverly Hills lifestyle up there. All the FAs the Giants have pursued would be among the richest in the city. It’s not like Yoshi was going to get an apartment in the heart of the Tenderloin lmao

Nobody feels bad for the Giants. Yall got to watch your team win 3 World Series since 2010.

Imagine Senga and Yamamoto as 1-2 punch in your rotation? Insane.

How about pairing up Imanaga with Senga. That might be about as big.

@thefishhobbyist5478 Not according to Scherzer. When they offered to trade him last season he said no cuz he wanted to reload the team and try again next year, management told him they are not reloading and are looking to 2025, he said that's bs and he won't believe it until he hears it from Cohen, then after he talked to Cohen he changed his tune and said OK trade me. Since then, there have been additional rumors that have been similar, if not exactly the same, about the Mets plans or lack thereof for 2024. There is even chatter of them not re-signing Alonso since he doesn't fit in their current timeline. The only thing different that has been put out is Cohen recently said that life moves on after Yamamoto and the team will keep trying to get better.

Money being equal, neither NY team has their act together. Do you think Yamamoto wants to hear “Fire Cashman” chants throughout home games? Join a Mets team that publicly announced they weren’t in it next year? And the time zone difference is big money for him as well as quality of life.

This is baseball, best team’s pitching gets worn down or lineup goes cold for a few games & you’re out

I say 50/50. Dodgers choke during the playoffs. Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Glasnow are question marks. Yamamoto might end up needing Tommy John. Glasnow has poor playoff record like Kershaw. When will Ohtani pitch again. Dodgers have the best pitching facility to protect pitchers yet their pitchers are walking Tommy John billboards. We will find out in the coming years. This is a boom or bust gamble from the Dodgers.

​@@Paul_Sleepingcope some more paulie!!😀

@@Paul_Sleeping wow, u are so pessimistic. That is why you are in front of your PC making these comments as a car mechanic instead of being a deal maker on the Dodgers.

Of note anyway, the 2020 ring counts but not at the same time due to chokes after being on going

MLB has to make sure the team the Dodgers face in WS doesn’t CHEAT! No excuses if they do get caught cheating Dodgers will be awarded the Trophy 🏆

The reason is the west coast is closer to Japan.

How is judge and Soto turmoil

@@gokulebron when's the last time yall won the pennit? Or make the playoffs? Yankees are irrelevant af. No one likes the Yankees

2022 I don't even count bc yall got washed af loool

Well, then there's Pedro Martinez.

Ok hater.

If he becomes the next Lincecum, I'm sure Dodgers fan will take that, like an 8 year career with 3 years of some of the most nasty stuff you've ever seen and maybe 1 or 2 World Series?

you get nothing!!!

@@cameltoeinspector6015 Good day Sir !!

I see you've been hanging out on Kensington Ave.

Did Phillies sign any big name free agents from Japan in history?

@@wilburwood8261 I don’t know

lol I mean they have billions of dollars

Investing. They’ll make it up with Japanese money.