Ohtani FA destination
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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.
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@SkunkyTrees1977 Nathan Eovaldi....
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Dodgers collection gonna be expensive next year
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@jaychvz said in Ohtani FA destination:
He's staying in Anaheim
I guess it's possible to keep his residence there and just have a longer commute to work now.
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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.
Nailed it!
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@NCStateHokie said in Ohtani FA destination:
@jaychvz said in Ohtani FA destination:
He's staying in Anaheim
I guess it's possible to keep his residence there and just have a longer commute to work now.
Maybe shorter if he had a mansion in Hollywood already.
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I'm just saying that 700 million is too much for a player coming off of his 2nd TJ surgery, no one should ever get that kind of money
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@sbchamps17 said in Ohtani FA destination:
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700 million is too much for 1 player period.
Thats stupid money, the Dodgers have no way out of this contract either.
Thats more then most teams payrolls.
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How does MLB even allow it, the Dodgers are now WELL OVER the luxury tax, this is why we need a salary cap for MLB so that way there is no more stupid contracts like that in this game
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For those upset about how much his contract is, think of it this way. He gets 70 million a year over 10 years. The Dodgers will rake in an additional 700 million a year in marketing revenue - whether it's from ticket or jersey sales, TV revenue, and who knows what else.
All they need him to do is step on the field in a uniform and they will have their money back.
