Ohtani FA destination
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@X-FREEZE-OFF-X said in Ohtani FA destination:
Looks like the wait is over.
Or it could be one big elaborate..... hoax. No official signing today, maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe after Christmas.... maybe.
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@ChuckCLC said in Ohtani FA destination:
@Jacky-Chan1 Lol, you think he would make a half a billion dollar choice and a career life decision based on something as petty as that? lol
Maybe? I know a lot of people have been saying that very thing in Dodger circles. I sure do hope that is true though.
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@X-FREEZE-OFF-X said in Ohtani FA destination:
Looks like the wait is over.
JP is hardly a huge source but good for him if this is where he wishes to play. That is the best division in baseball by far and Toronto is a nice city so you can’t blame the guy if they’re gonna match the dollars.
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@fubar2k7 said in Ohtani FA destination:
@X-FREEZE-OFF-X said in Ohtani FA destination:
Looks like the wait is over.
JP is hardly a huge source but good for him if this is where he wishes to play. That is the best division in baseball by far and Toronto is a nice city so you can’t blame the guy if they’re gonna match the dollars.
absolutely - half of the american baseball teams are in horrible cities to begin with - for example, who wants to live in baltimore or detroit?
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@TheHungryHole said in Ohtani FA destination:
@fubar2k7 said in Ohtani FA destination:
@X-FREEZE-OFF-X said in Ohtani FA destination:
Looks like the wait is over.
JP is hardly a huge source but good for him if this is where he wishes to play. That is the best division in baseball by far and Toronto is a nice city so you can’t blame the guy if they’re gonna match the dollars.
absolutely - half of the american baseball teams are in horrible cities to begin with - for example, who wants to live in baltimore or detroit?
I’ve been to Los Angeles to watch the Dodgers. I’d take Toronto over LA any day although if we are talking where he would live I’m sure he’d have a mansion in Hollywood so that wouldn’t be much of an issue.
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@ChuckCLC said in Ohtani FA destination:
@Jacky-Chan1 Lol, you think he would make a half a billion dollar choice and a career life decision based on something as petty as that? lol
It’s about trust. He can’t trust Robert’s to keep a confidence now.
I’m wondering if Robert’s will lose his job over it.
Think about teams that go to the post season most often. Those are the front runners now. The Braves and Astros. Any other team, he may as well stay with the Angels. Too bad for the Dodgers -they would have has a great 2025.
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@Blind_Bleeder You sound ridiculous.
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@Blind_Bleeder said in Ohtani FA destination:
@ChuckCLC said in Ohtani FA destination:
@Jacky-Chan1 Lol, you think he would make a half a billion dollar choice and a career life decision based on something as petty as that? lol
It’s about trust. He can’t trust Robert’s to keep a confidence now.
I’m wondering if Robert’s will lose his job over it.
Think about teams that go to the post season most often. Those are the front runners now. The Braves and Astros. Any other team, he may as well stay with the Angels. Too bad for the Dodgers -they would have has a great 2025.
I’m not sure it matters what he said since all he did was state the obvious. Nor do I necessarily think signing him matters all that much. Post season in the MLB since they keep expanding isn’t about the best team anymore. It’s about the hottest team at the right time. Let him go where he feels better. Maybe he doesn’t wanna pay obscene California taxes for half his games or even wanna live in the USA for all we know.
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@TheHungryHole or St Louis, Boston, or either team in Florida.
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@fubar2k7 said in Ohtani FA destination:
Post season in the MLB since they keep expanding isn’t about the best team anymore. It’s about the hottest team at the right time.
Technically even when it was only division winners with no wild cards that could be argued to be the case.
Here is a case in point
1906 Chicago Cubs
116 wins, +323 run differential
The Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance team -- it remains infinitely charming that they once wrote songs about a double-play combination -- has the highest winning percentage in baseball history, at .763, winning 116 games and losing only 36. (With two ties. Ties happen when you have no lights.) It’s fair to say run prevention was the team’s strength: The team’s ERA was a collective 1.76. In the World Series, they played their crosstown rivals, the Chicago White Sox, a team so bad with the bat they were known as the “Hitless Wonders.” But they had plenty in this series, including 26 in the final two games to win the series 4-2. -
2001 Mariners immediately sprung to mind while I was reading that lol. Good post!
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Yesterdays news was all false, he never traveled down to Toronto, he didn't choose Toronto over LA, i still think he signs with the Dodgers by next week.
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@samguenther1987 said in Ohtani FA destination:
Yesterdays news was all false, he never traveled down to Toronto, he didn't choose Toronto over LA, i still think he signs with the Dodgers by next week.
I’m like you Sam. When something happens it’ll be on MLB.com and not before. Been plenty of speculation because people are genuinely interested and it’s fun to see and once Ohtani does agree to terms it’ll probably take a week just to draw up the contract lol.
I think he’ll be a Dodger as well (that’s if he leaves the Angels), if it was only money he was after then I could rest easy knowing he’d be a Met lol but there’s no way someone as private an individual as he is would come to New York and I don’t blame him.
I wouldn’t put it past the Dodgers to build him a penthouse suite inside their stadium haha since that’s where he spends all his time - either sleeping on that magnificent pillow of his or hanging out at (in) the ballpark
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700 million
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All of the Dodger haters must be punching the air right now
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Absolutely unnecessary for him to get 700 million, not worth it at all, major league baseball needs to step in and stop this contract
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Bet he got a zillion just for announcing via instagram lol
I think he’s worth much more especially when you consider the billions in revenue he generates. He’s the greatest player in a generation and he’s just getting warmed up
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Think about this though, this is his 2nd Tommy John surgery, most pitchers don't come back after having a 2nd because it's way more rehab and you don't come back as fast
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@BxnnyMxn_ said in Ohtani FA destination:
@samguenther1987 said in Ohtani FA destination:
Yesterdays news was all false, he never traveled down to Toronto, he didn't choose Toronto over LA, i still think he signs with the Dodgers by next week.
I’m like you Sam. When something happens it’ll be on MLB.com and not before. Been plenty of speculation because people are genuinely interested and it’s fun to see and once Ohtani does agree to terms it’ll probably take a week just to draw up the contract lol.
I think he’ll be a Dodger as well (that’s if he leaves the Angels), if it was only money he was after then I could rest easy knowing he’d be a Met lol but there’s no way someone as private an individual as he is would come to New York and I don’t blame him.
I wouldn’t put it past the Dodgers to build him a penthouse suite inside their stadium haha since that’s where he spends all his time - either sleeping on that magnificent pillow of his or hanging out at (in) the ballpark
I mean i feel for it yesterday as well, it goes to show that you shouldn't believe anything until the player himself says something.
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@sbchamps17 Why are you hating so hard? There are plenty of pitchers out there with 2 Tommy John's. Just recently Jacob deGrom, Shane McClanahan, Walker Buehler, Dustin May, Chris Paddack and Hyun Jin Ryu.
