Ohtani to Dodgers for an ungodly amount of money

[Backtobanks]

1 hour ago, s2obed said:

Levine was talking Bellinger on the Score this AM. Says now that the Yanks are out it leaves the Cubs and Mariners interested in him. Mentioned signing Hoskins to a pillow contract then Belli shifts to 1B if PCA works out when Hoskins leaves in a year. 

Assuming they can talk Bellinger down from the rumored amount he was asking, this would be amazing for solving the offensive side.  Far too many people are assuming PCA will be okay in the ML, but I still have my doubts.

[David]

25 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Or when they posted a picture of Las Vegas pretending to be at the Winter Meetings but the sign in the background was advertising a show that ended a few years before. 

I've been to the winter meetings too

 

[David]

11 minutes ago, Backtobanks said:

Assuming they can talk Bellinger down from the rumored amount he was asking, this would be amazing for solving the offensive side.  Far too many people are assuming PCA will be okay in the ML, but I still have my doubts.

He really doesn't need to hit all that much to be worth starting with that defense.

[17 Seconds]

what if all the silence from the cubs means they're actually working on Yamamoto instead of Ohtani 

something has gotta be up

[Rcal10]

18 minutes ago, David said:

He really doesn't need to hit all that much to be worth starting with that defense.

True, but offense has to come somewhere. If he is going to be in the line up he hits 9th, the catcher 8th. You need a solid 7. 

[JHBulls]

I just came home from my walk. Did we get him?

[ToolDRT]

23 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

I just came home from my walk. Did we get him?

Not yet. Get back out there!

[David]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0pR_vyvLpR/?hl=en apparently we can't embed from insta?

Edited December 9, 2023 by David

[David]

its' the dodgers

 

[Bertz]

 

Holy horsefeathers!

[ILMindState]

1 minute ago, David said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0pR_vyvLpR/?hl=en

Source? /s

 

This sucks

[CubbyBlue2008]

It would be nice if the Cubs flexed their financial muscle like that every once in a while.

[muntjack]

Ugh

[Jason Ross]

$700m. Holy horsefeathers.

[Tryptamine]

He's getting 700M, good god.

[gocubs218]

The only team doing that deal was the Dodgers. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Wow that contract is crazy. I thought he'd end up there. 

[ToolDRT]

Yeah we were never doing that deal. Good for the dodgers. Seems like he was going there all along and used other teams to get the best deal. 

[soccer10k]

That’s insane money. So with this, Betts and Freeman they’re pretty much locked in to whatever the max luxury tax is right? Like unless they just have cheap guys all around them.

[17 Seconds]

it was always the dodgers

[UMFan83]

Apparently a crapload of the money is deferred long term so that the Dodgers can balance the competitive tax and add more talent around him.

 

 

[Tryptamine]

Look, I was all in on Ohtani but 70M a year is just mind blowing. The Cubs could put all stars at 3 different positions for that.

[Dfan25]

Well , can’t wait until Hoskins and Chapman 

 

[WhyCantWeWin]

 Not mad at all at 700 mil, I love ohtani but can't justify that

[Tryptamine]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

Apparently a crapload of the money is deferred long term so that the Dodgers can balance the competitive tax and add more talent around him.

 

 

My understanding was that, that's not how the salary cap works. That it was just what ever the per year average was, despite what they were actually paid in that year. Maybe I made that up, but I could swear that's what it was.