Shohei Ohtani Signs with the Angels

[WrigleyField 22]

Nippon will not stop until every last Ham is destroyed.

[imb]

are they predicting a strike a 6-man pitching staff

[biittner77]

Nippon will not stop until every last Ham is destroyed.

 

False. They use ham as a weapon to fight for freedom wherever there's trouble.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

are they predicting a strike a 6-man pitching staff

 

Amongst Japanese pitchers, only Daisuke Matsuzaka has thrown 200 or more IP in his first US season. They're probably assuming some sort of injury or a team protecting him since a) he throws on 5 saysbrest in the NPB and b) didn't pitch much this season due to injury.

[chopsx9]

Nippon will not stop until every last Ham is destroyed.

 

I've destroyed a ham or two in my time...maybe I should try out.

[Cubswin11]

[Cubswin11]

Annnnnnd they stopped negotiating tonight and extended the deadline until tomorrow.......

 

[Cubswin11]

[jersey cubs fan]

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I want him so bad but Im betting LA will get him.

[d_money]

Is it a forgone conclusion that he’ll go to the team with the most IFA money to spend (ie Yankees)? If not, how would a deal be structured for a team like the Cubs?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is it a forgone conclusion that he’ll go to the team with the most IFA money to spend (ie Yankees)? If not, how would a deal be structured for a team like the Cubs?

 

No, he's intentionally coming over now when he'll get a signing bonus of less than 10 million(followed by pre-arb salaries) when he could wait a year and make 9 figures, so money clearly isn't a primary factor. If the Cubs were to sign him, they'd give him the max signing bonus of 300k, and then he'd be a 1st year player just like Happ was this year, making 500k or so and being 6 years from free agency.

[davell]

Actually though, its two years. If he wanted to wait to get paid, he'd be coming over after the 2019 season.

[champaignchris]

What will be the rule for Ohtani regarding arbitration and when he becomes a free agent?

 

Is he stuck on three years Major League minimum and then three years of arbitration (or whatever the standard is for drafted players) absent an extension? Or could that timing be shortened by signing a one year contract?

 

On one hand the difference between the Cubs’ $300k and another team’s $3M isn’t much in the grand scheme of baseball money, but if that $3M is the majority of what he’s going to earn for three years, that’s a pretty big number.

 

Or is he just going to make so much gobsmacking money in endorsements that all of this is arguing about pocket change and pretty much irrelevant?

[Agony and Ivy]

What will be the rule for Ohtani regarding arbitration and when he becomes a free agent?

 

Is he stuck on three years Major League minimum and then three years of arbitration (or whatever the standard is for drafted players) absent an extension? Or could that timing be shortened by signing a one year contract?

 

On one hand the difference between the Cubs’ $300k and another team’s $3M isn’t much in the grand scheme of baseball money, but if that $3M is the majority of what he’s going to earn for three years, that’s a pretty big number.

 

Or is he just going to make so much gobsmacking money in endorsements that all of this is arguing about pocket change and pretty much irrelevant?

 

He's already wealthy from salaries and endorsements from his time in Japan and by all accounts the dude is suspiciously disinterested in money.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

What will be the rule for Ohtani regarding arbitration and when he becomes a free agent?

 

Is he stuck on three years Major League minimum and then three years of arbitration (or whatever the standard is for drafted players) absent an extension? Or could that timing be shortened by signing a one year contract?

 

On one hand the difference between the Cubs’ $300k and another team’s $3M isn’t much in the grand scheme of baseball money, but if that $3M is the majority of what he’s going to earn for three years, that’s a pretty big number.

 

Or is he just going to make so much gobsmacking money in endorsements that all of this is arguing about pocket change and pretty much irrelevant?

 

Teams buy out young players arbitration years (though they normally get an extra year before free agency when they do that, something I doubt Ohtani will be interested in). I'm sure MLB will be watching for anything fishy so that stuff might be tricky.

 

He's definitely going to make the bulk of his money on endorsements, both here and in Japan.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

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That's future Cub Bryce Harper, Shohei.

[Cubswin11]

I’m completely fine with giving Darvish the 5/150 or 6/180 (or whatever it was) if it guarantees we get Otani

[Gilby]

#getitdonetheo

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I’m completely fine with giving Darvish the 5/150 or 6/180 (or whatever it was) if it guarantees we get Otani

 

Just sign Ichiro to a one-year, $800,000 deal instead.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

Just sign Darvish, Hirano and Ichiro if it guarantees Ohtani.

[UMFan83]

Ohtani, Hendricks, Lester, Darvish, Quintana seems fine (in no specific order)

[davell]

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/262407198/shohei-ohtani-looking-for-best-mlb-fit/?topicid=151437456

 

Ohtani sent a questionnaire to every team.

[UMFan83]

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/262407198/shohei-ohtani-looking-for-best-mlb-fit/?topicid=151437456

 

Ohtani sent a questionnaire to every team.

 

I think this is a good thing for the Cubs. If he is looking for a team to blow him away with an articulate and detailed plan etc that is where Theo can shine