Baseball: Shohei Ohtani agrees to record $700 million, 10-year contract with Dodgers

lambrini · Post by **lambrini** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:27 am

29 years old! 700-mil.

Good for him.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67673620

Post by **Carlos J** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:20 pm

He's a pitcher and a batter. Is also a free agent and baseball players can play on in age, plus he will sell a lot of merch. So what's the problem?

Well, as the BBC article says, he's just had surgery. In fact, in 2018 he had Tommy John surgery, * He's just had further surgery on his UCL, will be able to bat in 2024, but not pitch until 2025: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/shoh ... or-return/

So the elbow is already a risk and will only get worse. For pitching that is. What effect it will have on his batting is unknown. But I doubt he will manage 10 full seasons without some break.

Even so, the Dodgers will make a lot of the money back, so probably worth the gamble.

* I love the name, Tommy John surgery, named after the pitcher it was first performed on: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_c ... nstruction

lambrini · Post by **lambrini** » Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:23 pm

700-mil. That's crazy.

Vespa · Post by **Vespa** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:36 am

Good luck to the guy but such a dull sport.

The Ghost of Alex Higgins · Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:45 am

You a catcher or a pitcher Vesp-o?

Vespa · Post by **Vespa** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:22 am

The Ghost of Alex Higgins wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:45 am You a catcher or a pitcher Vesp-o?

I sit on the side lines these days but when I did play I was very flexible.

9 to 5 · Post by **9 to 5** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm

lambrini wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:23 pm 700-mil. That's crazy.

Aye you said twice!

Sid Pervcat · Post by **Sid Pervcat** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:01 pm

700 mil? That's crazy!

chelseachelsea · Post by **chelseachelsea** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:49 pm

Sid Pervcat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:01 pm 700 mil? That's crazy!

Todd Boehly splashing other peoples cash again

The Ghost of Alex Higgins · Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:02 pm

700-mil. That's crazy.

theleader82 · Post by **theleader82** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:05 pm

Baseball used to be a popular past time in the uk many years ago. It declined after ww2. I imagine it evolved from rounders, one of the few sports I was good at. It v popular in South Korea, cuba and dominican republic also.

lambrini · Post by **lambrini** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:29 pm

Sid Pervcat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:01 pm 700 mil? That's crazy!

Cray cray

lambrini · Post by **lambrini** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:29 pm

The Ghost of Alex Higgins wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:02 pm 700-mil. That's crazy.

Cray cray cray

Cray.

antdad · Post by **antdad** » Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:58 am

Don't know anything about U.S sport. How does that work out in contractual reality?

He isn't really going to be at the club for ten years nor earn that total fee or is he?

Asking for a friend, Enzo.

Post by **Carlos J** » Thu Dec 14, 2023 2:49 pm

antdad wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:58 am Don't know anything about U.S sport. How does that work out in contractual reality?

He isn't really going to be at the club for ten years nor earn that total fee or is he?

Asking for a friend, Enzo.

A lot of deferment. See here and links from it: https://redbirdrants.com/posts/can-sala ... hhfgj97kxj

And here: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/s ... th-dodgers

There's NFL players who retired years ago still getting paid, as was this Basketball player: https://brobible.com/sports/article/uta ... er-wright/ Though it was probably for his own good and they maybe thought he would be dead before they paid it all.

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