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NPDS - 🚨 SHOHEI OHTANI JOINS THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.9 β€’ 8.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 9 December 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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HOLIDAY MERCH SALE: https://davidsamsonpodcast.com/shop/ Shohei Ohtani has signed a $700 MILLION deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers! Sorry, Anaheim! Sorry, Toronto! Sorry, San Francisco! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here you go.

0:04.0

go. go. What a weird existence I have waiting for the news of Shohai O'Tine to sign, not able to leave, go to dinner, go for a run.

0:25.8

Last night, he's going to the Blue Jays,

0:29.4

going about my day, and here's the news

0:32.3

that you've already seen, and I'm glad you tuned in we're

0:34.8

live nothing personal with David Sampson YouTube channel show hey otani's going

0:39.9

to the Dodgers 700 million dollars over 10 years.

0:48.0

Seven hundred million dollars over 10 years.

0:52.0

So I see that. $100 million over 10 years.

0:54.3

So I see that number, and I was thinking,

0:56.8

wow, we gave Stanton 325, now that's 13 years, now Otani's up to 700 over 10 years.

1:05.0

There's no way that's what the Dodgers did.

1:09.0

So let me break this down in four ways. Number one, the Dodgers are not paying Shoaho Tani

1:18.0

$70 million per year. It's the most important fact of the day.

1:24.0

Why is that so important?

1:26.0

Because in baseball, if you pay a player, 20% of your payroll,

1:31.0

you're not going to win. if you do you got lucky.

1:37.1

So a payroll of 350 million dollars would be required for Otani to make 70.

1:44.0

So it can't be that from a cash standpoint,

1:48.0

he will make 70 million.

1:50.0

Then word comes out from Ken Rosenthal and others that there are massive

1:55.6

deferrals, unprecedented deferrals. That means the cash outlay per year to Otani will be less than 70, way less than 70.

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