Ohtani to Dodgers for an ungodly amount of money

[chopsx9]

20 minutes ago, LBiittner said:

Does Dansby Swanson and Craig Counsell help Ohtani put on uniform 17 at the cubs press conference?

He can hit and pitch but can't put on his own jersey - don't need this clown!

[Stratos]

11 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

For clarity's sake:

From multiple sources (two Toronto based, Passan and Gonzalez) he has not made a decision. It would be weird if he hadn't made a choice, but took a flight to Toronto. It wasn't that "a decision was unknown" but a definitive "not". 

The "dinner reservations" was tweeted by an opera singer in Toronto who's been tweeting incessantly about Ohtani for days now and has under 1K followers. None of whom had any connection to being a legitimate sports reporter.

I don't think that is his plane. I don't think that the dinner reservations are accurate. I think the first is a coincidence and the second someone pretending to know things. That doesn't mean I think any less of the smoke blowing; it certainly seems like right now Toronto is likely the choice ultimately. Only that I think these other two things are not useful in helping us make that determination. 

[Crusader]

That would be cool if we could sign the best Japanese players and develop a reputation for helping ease the transition for Japanese players coming over to hopefully team friendly deals.

Edited December 8, 2023 by Crusader

[ToolDRT]

It really was him. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by ToolDRT

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, ToolDRT said:

It really was him. 

Dodgers guy seemed like he was right, too. 

[s2obed]

It's cool that someone from X/Reddit found the plane stuff though. Sucks for us and the Cubs though.

[WrigleyField 22]

2 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

It really was him. 

Very classy to go turn them down in person, after leaving LA to do same to Dodgers.

 

Last leg of flight to new home soon.

[Cubfanintheknow]

1 minute ago, WrigleyField 22 said:

Very classy to go turn them down in person, after leaving LA to do same to Dodgers.

 

Last leg of flight to new home soon.

Well played! 

[thawv]

Maybe he's flying to each city to tell them in person that they did not win.  Solid move!  The last city is his new team!

Never mind, I see this idea was already posted.  Sorry!!!

Edited December 8, 2023 by thawv

[Irrelevant Dude]

8 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

It really was him. 

Yes, but how do we know he isn't just really good friends with Tucker Barnhart and is accompanying Tucker on a free agent visit to Toronto?

[Irrelevant Dude]

He is actually going to fly to every city and whichever trip doesn't get leaked is the team he will sign with.  We win, since apparently he was never here.

[ToolDRT]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Yes, but how do we know he isn't just really good friends with Tucker Barnhart and is accompanying Tucker on a free agent visit to Toronto?

Damn. We never should have let that legend go! 

[Outshined_One]

15 minutes ago, Crusader said:

That would be cool if we could sign the best Japanese players and develop a reputation for helping ease the transition for Japanese players coming over to hopefully team friendly deals.

Welcome!

[Bertz]

15 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

It really was him. 

This is presumably going to be the physical, not sure if anything else needs to be done?  Have to assume we have details by at absolute latest lunchtime tomorrow.

[JBears79]

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[ToolDRT]

Obviously have to wait and see how this all plays out. But I have ZERO faith in Jed to make the 2024 cubs better than the 2023 cubs. I think we’re in for one terribly disappointing offseason. 

[ToolDRT]

2 minutes ago, Bertz said:

This is presumably going to be the physical, not sure if anything else needs to be done?  Have to assume we have details by at absolute latest lunchtime tomorrow.

Yeah, I think tonight we’ll get the contract details to be honest. This has slowly been leaking out all day. 

[CubinNY]

I can imagine whatever the Blue Jays equivalent of this board is being off the wall at the moment. 

[17 Seconds]

2 minutes ago, ToolDRT said:

Obviously have to wait and see how this all plays out. But I have ZERO faith in Jed to make the 2024 cubs better than the 2023 cubs. I think we’re in for one terribly disappointing offseason. 

I think he'll make the 2024 cubs better quite easily. I think you need a break

[JBears79]

Shame he's going to the Blue Jays. Gonna be the same situation he had with the Angels.

Toronto must have offered him an obscene amount of money and blew everyone out of the water.

[CubbyBlue2008]

Maybe he’s just going to tour the stadium or whatever?

[ToolDRT]

1 minute ago, 17 Seconds said:

I think he'll make the 2024 cubs better quite easily. I think you need a break

I don’t need a “break” at all. I’m fine. Not even upset. I don’t trust him to do whats necessary. You might. Hopefully you’re right and I’m wrong. But it’s entirely possible (if not probable) he plays in the third tier of player acquisitions and were mediocre again. 

[ToolDRT]

2 minutes ago, CubbyBlue2008 said:

Maybe he’s just going to tour the stadium or whatever?

I’d assume this is done. He’s already met with them and (allegedly) toured their spring training facility. There’s been a lot of writing on the wall too that this is the outcome. 

[17 Seconds]

Just now, ToolDRT said:

I don’t need a “break” at all. I’m fine. Not even upset. I don’t trust him to do whats necessary. You might. Hopefully you’re right and I’m wrong. But it’s entirely possible (if not probable) he plays in the third tier of player acquisitions and were mediocre again. 

by pretty much every indication, the cubs are going to the luxury tax or above it. which means they're adding a ton this offseason. we have every logical reason to believe this. you're just pouting.

[soccer10k]

3 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

Shame he's going to the Blue Jays. Gonna be the same situation he had with the Angels.

Not really. Toronto has more playoff appearances the last two years as LA has in the last 14. Toronto won 89+ games each of the last 3 seasons. The last time LA did that was 07-09.