Shohei Ohtani got SEVEN HUNDRED MILLION dollars, live reaction

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6 ай бұрын

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@jc7741 6 ай бұрын

Didnt Stephen A say he couldn’t be the face of the MLB because he was Japanese? Now he’s calling him a “brother” what a joke of a man 😅..

@andrewpal 6 ай бұрын

You'll notice the weakest in every race are the most racist and money hungry.

@greatfullded 6 ай бұрын

he dispised him a couple years back.. now he is his brotha??? Only in America .. Only in America..

@greatfullded 6 ай бұрын

Np.. we all have a opinion and i have thumbs up across the board..@@eddievanich

@eddievanich 6 ай бұрын

@@greatfullded I was looking for this comment. It's completely racist. He's basically saying only in this country can someone like Shohei who is an outsider get away with it.

@eddievanich 6 ай бұрын

Just to clarify, SAS said if he's going to be the face of MLB he should learn to speak English. He got called out after people point out he does speak English. The man is racist no doubt.

@cmorales5 6 ай бұрын

Finally SAS recognizes the grandeur of Ohtani.... he said previously things with a different taste relating Ohtani as a MLB face. Remember?

@tuankhoinguyen9198 6 ай бұрын

yeah it was stupid but he apologized for it

@qaxcgyujm 6 ай бұрын

@@tuankhoinguyen9198more like he was forced to. I remember after the backlash happened when he said what he said on the episode of First Take he went on Twitter and doubled down on it. It wasn't until later he apologized it's obvious ESPN called him up because they made him do an entire episode of First Take listening to his colleagues some of them of Asian descent the day after.

@msr7827 6 ай бұрын

@@tuankhoinguyen9198it was not a sincere apology whatsoever

@user-pg5st3sn5b 6 ай бұрын

大谷は日本人にとって神である。大谷を敵に回すということは日本人1億2000万人全員を敵に回すことと同義。

@gptsiteuser 6 ай бұрын

He’s never gonna have hall of fame numbers, and he’s not gonna win any World Series

@HOusEoFsiERRa 6 ай бұрын

Oh, so Shohei's a brother now? Smith is such a fake. We all know he's burning on the inside.

@meinking22 6 ай бұрын

Dodgers will make up the $700 Million to Ohtani on jersey sales in the first year alone. Dude is a national treasure in Japan. Genius move.

@Kevon420 6 ай бұрын

that's a bit of a stretch, I've heard quite a few times that jerseys sales, even for global superstars like LeBron or Cristiano Ronaldo really don't make a fortune that you might think. Regardless Ohtani will definitely sell a shitload of jerseys and be nothing less than a superstar and probably reach even greater heights at the Dodgers.

@lahellight4337 6 ай бұрын

not only jersey sales or even merch sales- TV contracts, japanese company endorsements - those japanese ads you see in the ball parks PAY BANK, pple fly from all over the world to see Ohtani play - more seats filled in Dodger stadium. Even if Ohtani is injured and doesnt play for a full year, the dodgers will have those endorsements and ad revenue . 700 million isnt much at all. the Dodgers make MORE for just having him in the roster - Ohtani is worth well over 1 billion dollars.

@cynicalexpat 6 ай бұрын

Not sure if the money will be recouped that quickly but it will be recouped in relatively short order. Just Ohtani alone means increased broadcast right sales (more fans in Japan tune into his regular season games then in the US), home ticket sales 📈 IF he helps to get them there, there are the Championship/world series monetary payouts for teams. This, on top of the jersey sales/merchandising will mean the Dodgers will profit from this monster deal. The Dodgers are playing a game in Seoul next year, pretty sure its sold out already and the crowd will be half (if not more) Japanese and I would not be surprised if a one day stop in Tokyo is arranged prior or after the game - If Ohtani is there, the national interest, and subsequent fees generated, would be astronomical! Edit: the Seoul game is the Dodgers opening home games for 2024 so they will be Ohtani's debut in the regular season for the Dodgers the interest/media interest will be mind blowing.

@ronkonkoma4223 6 ай бұрын

No they won't and they will regret this contract in four years or less. This is one of the worst contracts ever given out.

@Dan-ce3sd 6 ай бұрын

jersey sales... lmfao. You must be an accountant.

@aznnp77 6 ай бұрын

Stephen A rarely talks about Ohtani because he doesn't want people to remember when he said it would be better if the face of baseball spoke English and received massive backlash.

@nanox4 6 ай бұрын

This

@eamonkelley3811 6 ай бұрын

He rarley talks about Ohtani because he barley talks about baseball. Most of those shows First take, undisputed, the herd etc talk football and hoop that is it.

@whodatking26 5 ай бұрын

@@eamonkelley3811He rarely speaks about him because he said racist things about him

@pharoah5624 6 ай бұрын

This guy was talking smack earlier this year saying he wouldn’t even get 500mil cause of his surgery

@westhoodqualzini7884 6 ай бұрын

Yeah the dodgers overpaid. What else is new?

@Tonyconstanza 6 ай бұрын

@@westhoodqualzini7884the dodgers got a good deal considering how much revenue ohtani will bring in it pays for itself

@sixtynine2856 6 ай бұрын

Source?

@FaceFamous 6 ай бұрын

@@sixtynine2856SAS mouth on first take just this last week. And earlier this year.

@xaevius5319 6 ай бұрын

@@westhoodqualzini7884 can you really overpay with a no cap league?

@jlpark79 6 ай бұрын

The $700M baseball superstar, congrats to Shohei and the Dodgers!

@marcusc5682 6 ай бұрын

Remember when stephen a said he can’t see a person who doesn’t speak english as the face of baseball? Well he’s the face of world athletes now.

@solidstudd22 6 ай бұрын

Stephen A. Smith was so racist to Ohtani a while back. What a 🤡

@Jews_C0ntr0l_daa__worldd 6 ай бұрын

Well… probly still is just keeping it inside cuz his employee told him to stfu. When ppl show u who they r , trust them

@FaceFamous 6 ай бұрын

BUT YOU'RE ON HIS CHANNEL😂

@UHaulShorts 6 ай бұрын

yellow hate

@whodatking26 6 ай бұрын

@@FaceFamousTo call out racism

@jesuswasbrown6960 6 ай бұрын

Is he not asian?

@heller_high_water1647 6 ай бұрын

Only in America? Hell, he’s the highest paid athlete in the world 🌎 🇯🇵 💪 💰

@Dodgers-sw2uk 6 ай бұрын

Ok only in America and Saudi can a team player make that much not counting endorsements

@NerdChannelBrasil 6 ай бұрын

Per year basis no.

@Dodgers-sw2uk 6 ай бұрын

@@NerdChannelBrasil outside of artificial Saudi money who makes more than 70 million a year in team sports? Not counting endorsements.

@ezioaltairac 6 ай бұрын

@@NerdChannelBrasildoesn’t Cristiano make like $200M a year from Nassr?

@axe2grind244 6 ай бұрын

@@ezioaltairacWhat?? Holy ffffffff

@mirikaku5811 6 ай бұрын

Shohei HAS MARKETED the Angels, a whole nation and half of Asia is rooting for the Angels. He has actually awaken this provincial sport of baseball to markets who have no idea what this sport is about and quickly had to learn the rules. He is a great ambassador for the sport by his international background, his gentle and dignified persona on and off the field. Someone the kids can look up to.

@bsu88 6 ай бұрын

100%

@nancyabeleda8585 6 ай бұрын

I thought you were going to say something stupid again about Ohtani like before. Thankfully not and that you finally recognize how special he is.

@user-tf3yi1kg6t 6 ай бұрын

Whose Asian brother?? Didn’t you diss Ohtani on the grounds that his “Asian” face can’t align with MLB and he can’t speak English?

@JS-te2vj 6 ай бұрын

He's like what CR7 was for Juventus - he alone can sell f*ck tonnes of jerseys, caps and what not. Plus, he made the deal so that the majority of the money can come later - allowing the Dodgers to spend more on other players, without breaching the spending cap. This is Shohei, doing whatever he thinks is best for the Dodgers

@SY-fo3bb 6 ай бұрын

Penaldo the 🐫🤡🤡🤡

@masarunakano459 6 ай бұрын

They made 162 million in revenue off him in 2022

@JS-te2vj 6 ай бұрын

@@SY-fo3bb This isn't about Messi vs Ronaldo, it's just the reality of the revenue surrounding CR7 at Juventus. Now take your gaslighting somewhere else

@ajoybarua124 5 ай бұрын

@@JS-te2vjmessi broke that record when he went to psg!Messi again beat Ronaldo's shirt selling records when he went to miami!

@jsong21 6 ай бұрын

If he is healthy... he is worth every penny. He is a top 5 pitcher and hitter when healthy.

@jklax 6 ай бұрын

IF! coming off surgeries

@harnaras2400 6 ай бұрын

Glad he’s not being racist 😂

@kenjistevenakama7133 6 ай бұрын

Ohtani didn't care about the amount of money he was getting, he cared about the team, he deferred money, told Dodgers to get Yamamoto 😮😃

@rayxmen 6 ай бұрын

Team Player!

@masonjenkins5037 6 ай бұрын

Dodgers will get bounced in their first game of the playoffs again, with or without Shohei.

@tootspogsforever5590 6 ай бұрын

@@masonjenkins5037cope some more L!!!😀

@reno-san87 6 ай бұрын

@@masonjenkins5037whatever helps you sleep at night 😂

@dustin6528 6 ай бұрын

@@rayxmenlol

@11Suncere 6 ай бұрын

I remember Stephen saying he wasn’t good fit baseball, lol

@bobkendler7149 6 ай бұрын

I don't want to hear any discussions anymore about him getting a half a billion dollars,” Smith said. “There's a “bunch of empty seats that I see when Shohei Ohtani's pitching, let alone hitting… you're not filling anything, you're not winning, I'm not giving up that kind of money for him.” Who said this again?

@JCool123 6 ай бұрын

Mad Dog Russo said that whoever gives Ohtani this money needs to have their heads examined I want to hear his reaction.

@xaevius5319 6 ай бұрын

lol god damn that's an insanely bad take. you're measuring his skill by how the angels can't get people to watch their team? once again, god daaamn. plus it's baseball we have like a gajillion games in the regular season

@Tu_Padre31 6 ай бұрын

@@xaevius5319funny thing is, the dodgers lead MLB in attendance every year. Have the highest capacity stadium in baseball, and draw 50k+ plus per home game. They pretty much just guaranteed selling out every game with this signing.

@carlosvader77 6 ай бұрын

Ohtani is a superstar, just check what was the highest selling jersey in the MLB in 2023. He may be a quiet, humble guy but he is a superstar, he sells.

@johnkeen37 6 ай бұрын

This guy against Otani years ago when BLM going on now Otani became huge changed mind SoB

@cynicalexpat 6 ай бұрын

$700 for Ohtani is cheap assuming he stays healthy.

@randolphdefreese7874 6 ай бұрын

yes,7 hundred dollars is cheap.

@RockyMiller-tc1wj 6 ай бұрын

Are u nuts man's 30 and always injured and he's not playing the field this season

@Tu_Padre31 6 ай бұрын

@@RockyMiller-tc1wjhe puts up Aaron judge numbers offensively and judge got $40m a year for 9 years. When he pitches he puts up cole numbers and het got $30m+ a year.. do the math. Even if he can't pitch, in advertising alone he rakes in $20 million a year for the dodgers.

@iitsrjbruh 6 ай бұрын

70M a year is crazy.

@davidgutierrez4606 6 ай бұрын

It'll be more like 50 mill a year once the deferred money is dealt with

@uncleb7821 6 ай бұрын

Bargain.

@jleiz6624 6 ай бұрын

Should of been a billion

@mirikaku5811 6 ай бұрын

@@davidgutierrez4606nah, it said Majority of the amount is deferred. That’s a minority. He may get something like 30MM a year

@McFlashh 6 ай бұрын

@@davidgutierrez460635m

@continentcrazy832 6 ай бұрын

@Stephen A. Smith Why have I only heard you bashing Shohei in the past? Now you seem to have opened the other side of your mouth. As a Black woman in my 50s, I never watched baseball until Shohei “showed” up in my feed in 2021; I watched his skill set and was hooked! I recall that I definitely heard you say that Shohei would never be the “face of baseball”. I beg to differ - he has been the face of baseball for me, for I doubt that I would be a baseball “SUPER” FAN if it were not for this “SUPERSTAR”! After hearing your rants against Shohei, I questioned your honesty and caliber as a sports commentator and how you were hired. Now the other side of your mouth drips sheer hypocrisy, as you “brother” up to the 700 MILLION DOLLAR MAN! The moral of all this … WATCH YOUR MOUTH!

@tonyswe9463 6 ай бұрын

Truth

@logicmind1817 6 ай бұрын

Everyone think 70m is crazy for shohei but have you ever look around and think to yourself why is jaylen brown got pay 60m a year. If you don;t know who jaylen brown is, you just answer my question.

@spenser6353 6 ай бұрын

does baseball bring in ratings like that? its pretty much a regional sport right now

@sixtynine2856 6 ай бұрын

@@spenser6353😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jayceh1031 6 ай бұрын

@@spenser6353 He opens up the entire Asian market for endorsements and TV deals. 90% of Japan watched the WBC. Does 90% of the U.S. watch Jaylen Brown play in the postseason or even the Finals?

@ChappellX 6 ай бұрын

Wasn't 90%. All the games were between 42-46%(excellent). Final between JPN vs USA was the lowest at 42,% plus because it was shown at 8am. If it was night, probably around 60-70%.

@ChappellX 6 ай бұрын

@@spenser6353 millions of Japanese tourists will pour billions in the US economy over next decade just to see Ohtani play in Los Angeles. Ohtani actually being underpaid. 700m is a steal

@MrAlvarez23 6 ай бұрын

Finally, he got out from the Angels😮. 700 million that insanely 🎉

@KohliN7 6 ай бұрын

"Why did I move here ? I guess it was the weather."

@JW-dy8ru 6 ай бұрын

As a life-long Giants fan, I'm now switching to the Dodgers

@jbus9219 6 ай бұрын

Welcome.

@OutNAbout415 6 ай бұрын

As much as i am frustrated with the giants, I would never make the move over to the dodgers.

@Tu_Padre31 6 ай бұрын

Ahh warms my heart hearing this, welcome brother 🔵🔵🔵

@tonyswe9463 6 ай бұрын

Welcome.

@chinitopinoy1726 6 ай бұрын

"The Asian sensation" lol

@tonyswe9463 6 ай бұрын

That is cool phrase. “ Asian Sensation “

@mitchkim6763 6 ай бұрын

As an Angels fan, i get it. It was 100% inevitable even if we had made the playoffs. I don’t know why Arte Moreno didn’t trade him when we could’ve got so much in return. That will be Arte’s legacy for us. He needs to go.

@randolphdefreese7874 6 ай бұрын

how would you trade him?no way you are getting equal value and who ever got him would have to come up with money

@mitchkim6763 6 ай бұрын

@@randolphdefreese7874 I believe back in August, Angel’s could’ve traded Ohtani to a bunch of contending teams for a decent haul of prospects. Angels decided to not trade him because side they thought they could make a push for the playoffs and entice Ohtani to resign. Hindsight is 20/20 but I feel like we all knew that playoffs were stretch. The owner wanted to maximize his earning potential out of Ohtani and decided against trading him. Now the Angels will be irrelevant for another 10 years. 😭

@ContentinMesa 6 ай бұрын

@@randolphdefreese7874 you will never get equal value correct. But not they get nothing while losing him.

@Tu_Padre31 6 ай бұрын

@@randolphdefreese7874the haul of prospects they would've gotten from the team of their choosing would've been IMMENSE. Would've set them up right for the future, as well as given them bargaining chips for future trades. They were going to lose ohtani anyways to free agency. By not trading him not only did they still lose him, but they got nothing in return

@shaundm78 6 ай бұрын

LA a city of homelessness and bankruptcy, but can pay one player 700 Million

@pch0014 6 ай бұрын

before i started this video, i thought this dude was gonna hate saying its ridiculous to pay him this much

@99bimmer 6 ай бұрын

The Dodgers will make more money this year than the entire value of his contract just from partnerships and Jersey sales

@mikevickilovedogs 6 ай бұрын

A country 125+ million with baseball as the unanimous favorite sport. Correct you are.

@randolphdefreese7874 6 ай бұрын

no they wont

@tonyswe9463 6 ай бұрын

Thank you SAS for being cool to Shohei Ohtani. I am Asian and you are our brother.

@Alex90210 6 ай бұрын

Ahahahah Blow Jays thought they was getting Shohei 😂😂😂😂😂

@suspiciousafternoon 6 ай бұрын

The way Stephen A says "dollars" 😂😂

@FaceFamous 6 ай бұрын

He says it like that on purpose he found that out when the cast laughed at him when he first did it. Now it's part of his comedy shtick .. so He messes up the pronunciation on purpose. It was funny the first time earlier this year. Not anymore

@UHaulShorts 6 ай бұрын

dow as

@lmphm 6 ай бұрын

The other teams must have offered at least 550 to 650 millions until the Dodgers put down their last offer of 700 millions and won him. God damn

@SamPhillips01 6 ай бұрын

Of course Stephen brings up Lebronda in the same conversation as Ohtani. Don't curse Ohtani that way

@luisprieto4589 6 ай бұрын

Cristiano Ronaldo makes like $300 million in 1 year. With that said, Othani deserves the money.

@Tu_Padre31 6 ай бұрын

From oil money, not revenue. Ronaldo would not make that in Europe

@Longtime420 6 ай бұрын

“My Asian brother” 😂😂 can’t wait to see him in person LA BABY 💯

@jklax 6 ай бұрын

40$ hot dogs in Dodger stadium now

@soufianeelmekkaoui1850 6 ай бұрын

You forgot the WBC champion, which clearly indicates you have poor knowledge of baseball lol

@khh8776 6 ай бұрын

This guy is a weathercock who doesn't want to face the Dodgers fans. Haha.

@cwc8979 6 ай бұрын

Angels should trade Mike Trout to the Phillies ✅✅✅

@whodatking26 6 ай бұрын

Dont act like you didnt straight up outcast this dude a couple years ago due to the fact he couldn't speak English very good. Now you wanna back peddle. We all know what it is.

@TyreseJones-kn4vn 6 ай бұрын

The Japanese Babe Ruth 💙

@assist7257 6 ай бұрын

Bruh💀

@AZ-jq9oe 6 ай бұрын

Better than babe Ruth

@iemb4tman 6 ай бұрын

No no he's not just Japanese Babe Ruth he's even better

@rickdeckard9810 6 ай бұрын

Don’t insult him by calling him Babe Ruth.

@minton7437 6 ай бұрын

Dude he’s way better than Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth was good for his time but Babe Ruth in the MLB today would be average. It’s not even close look at the stats

@kalindufernando77 5 ай бұрын

Dude is box office uranium.

@mrmeadowsiscool 6 ай бұрын

theyre betting on him till hes 40 ... good for him

@cynicalexpat 6 ай бұрын

I paraphrase a Mr Jay Z, 'Ohtani is not a businessman, he's a BUSINESS, man'

@eniceflims940 6 ай бұрын

Get ‘em SA

@JK-cf2ti 6 ай бұрын

How much does this guy make for just shouting out what everyone knows about baseball?

@rickrobitaille8809 6 ай бұрын

😂Stephen A do you love us to😄🇨🇦🇺🇸💰

@user-vq3kw3ze3f 6 ай бұрын

Toronto or Los Angeles...Blizzards versus no winters... It's a no brainer

@DJReyzor357 6 ай бұрын

Homeboy said let me stop playing with the Clippers of the MLB and go to the Lakers of the MLB... 😆 🤣 😂

@user-kh3hm1dd7h 6 ай бұрын

Bruh Stop Counting what's in another man's pocket$ you're too old for that You say you're from NY Stop da cap THIS NINJA IS FOREVER EMPHASIZING SOMEONE ELSE'S BAG

@claro1217 6 ай бұрын

Well SAS you are right only in America because they offered Mbappe $1 Billion contract.

@galford5108 6 ай бұрын

Just imagine... Shohei: Hey coach "Prime" can you coach me how to play football?" Prime: .... 😎

@slickback9295 6 ай бұрын

10 years in baseball is basically a career ...but 70 mill a year is crazy

@ronkali5365 6 ай бұрын

LA can sell the tv rights to japan make that money back easy..Japanese love see their guy play so does America

@deesee2051 6 ай бұрын

Not really 35 million a yr as a hitter/35 for a being a Ace pitcher

@lkain619 6 ай бұрын

@@ronkali5365most Asian countries in general will pay

@ASAPBlazed 6 ай бұрын

You're paying for two players basically and he'll get money until he's 60 years old

@killcamz24mota92 6 ай бұрын

Dude with that much money you don’t even need all that right now. He’s going to get paid even after retirement 😂 that’s not even including sponsorship. This is truly historic for any sport. Let’s go Dodgers🎉

@user-gn1vr6ov6n 6 ай бұрын

I tell these black kids need to start playing baseball All they want is NFL or NBA look at what these baseball players are getting and they don't even know nothing about baseball

@BillyFernandez-ln6nf 6 ай бұрын

This man does not no anything about baseball. He doesn’t even talk about it on first take. Stick to basketball and football sir.

@Paggi10no 6 ай бұрын

His first game at Dodgers stadium is gonna cause an earthquake.

@Dinobot2 6 ай бұрын

Not "Only in America" at all, look at some European soccer contracts.

@Gymantis 6 ай бұрын

Don't Saudi Arabians dish out massive paydays bigger than the US?

@STREETSMARTS101-vv9cc 6 ай бұрын

OH NOW YOU WANNA RIDE WITH SHOHEI?11HAAAHAAAAA SHOHEI WILL BE BIGGER THAN MJ+ LEBRON ..THE STAR OF ALL STARS WATCH WHEN ALL OF HOLLYWOOD STARTS SHOWING UP ITLL BE CRAZY..HE BASICALLY SAVED BASEBALL! THE GOAT ALREADY

@billcandy4775 6 ай бұрын

He’s only getting $2 million over 20 years.

@gtjr6gtjr630 6 ай бұрын

honestly I love it when Stephen A talks about the Dodgers. I always google too see if he says anything about them. I always like to see his take on the dodgers or the players on the team.

@Tu_Padre31 6 ай бұрын

Lmfao I thought I was the only one

@danram247 6 ай бұрын

To be honest it's just too much money for one player...not hating on Ohtani...but for any player... because they can get hurt at any time...and imagine not playing for half the season every other season...

@zepcrazyfre 6 ай бұрын

I guess I’m biased as all Hell but I can’t believe a damn American baseball player will be paid up to $1B; Like omg wow smh I should’ve studied Economics in college 🤣🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

@fernandorojo6207 6 ай бұрын

Choke shaw done in LA 😂

@angeloaaz 6 ай бұрын

If your the Angels you better move Mike Trout before the season starts you could only be a good soldier for so long and the Angels organization did a terrible job because at the trade deadline they could’ve got something for him now there left with nothing and on top of that you let him go across town he doesn’t even have to move from his home

@terencew7716 6 ай бұрын

The Dodgers better win the World Series!!

@rustyscorner1540 6 ай бұрын

Gotta say not only in America, Saudi Arabia can match and surpass that for fun .

@nobody48803 6 ай бұрын

Damn had me worried for a sec Lebron wasnt gonna get his dues in this segment

@PainandMotivation 6 ай бұрын

How come the Angels did not trade Ohtani?

@rainbowhouse3427 6 ай бұрын

Dumpster fire franchise that’s why. They probably respected him and they wanted him to stay.

@Gaiimon 6 ай бұрын

dodgers checked in and most certainly wouldve given up 2 top prospects for him but that fo is terrible

@ezioaltairac 6 ай бұрын

Their owner wouldn’t allow it and instead went all-in. Now they’re decades behind in everything.

@miraeja 4 ай бұрын

@@ezioaltairac 🤣🤣its insane huh

@kingstongame4122 6 ай бұрын

70mil dollars a year 👀

@RAIDERTONY323 6 ай бұрын

Ive been living all my life in South East LA (im 38) and im broke like most people but ill tell you that ive enjoyed every minute of it except for traffic and our idiot politics but its great for the most part

@bf2940 6 ай бұрын

That's a lot of Yen...😊

@davidbrady1825 6 ай бұрын

Imagine how much he would've got from Saudi?

@petarveljkovic4906 6 ай бұрын

Dude is gonna keep only 34.8mil from that 70mil contract after taxes, thats absurd😭😭💀

@brucelau2023 6 ай бұрын

Japanese Babe Ruth ????

@bmathesh 6 ай бұрын

Mbappe was offered half of that for a year by saudi team 😂😂 Americans u aint the only pple with money

@xiaobiaoxu5984 6 ай бұрын

Didn’t you say just a few days ago that he doesn’t deserve $500 million?! Even though those aren’t your money?! What changes your mind?!

@elcampeon212 6 ай бұрын

"Only in America" bro as if Saudi didn't offer Mbappe 1 billion for 1 year...

@matthewwilliams4168 6 ай бұрын

America a decent place to live Saudi Arabia isn't 😂

@ChappellX 6 ай бұрын

They gave Criminal grifter trump's son-n-law a 2 billion to handle

@rbsauveur 6 ай бұрын

a lot of that money is going to be deferred, no way you can have a deep competitive roster paying one guy $70 million a year

@MrNothingButAir 6 ай бұрын

the revenue generated from from Japan alone makes up for his contract. A lot of people forgetting that Japan is the 12th most populated country in the world and he has all their baseball fans behind him

@mirikaku5811 6 ай бұрын

Not only populated but with purchasing power!

@ChappellX 6 ай бұрын

Shhh, Stephen doesn't think outside the box 😅 Shohei just a superstar 😅😅😅

@Dodgers-sw2uk 6 ай бұрын

I think he will play LF next year, watch

@Dodgers-sw2uk 6 ай бұрын

At least in the playoffs

@Whydidyoun0tturnback 6 ай бұрын

He doesnt play positions, he DH's and Pitches only

@rolandoortiz1528 6 ай бұрын

Negative Can't throw the ball right now

@Dodgers-sw2uk 6 ай бұрын

@@rolandoortiz1528 by September he should be able to throw the ball at about 80%. And that is more than enough to play LF

@antihurricane3819 6 ай бұрын

@@Whydidyoun0tturnback He did play outfilder in japan. why he doesn't play outfilder is because of pitching

@hectorcervantes1332 6 ай бұрын

Yall about to see Mexican 🇲🇽 Japan 🇯🇵 flags everywhere in LA 🎉 !!!

@lyndonjones388 6 ай бұрын

How much would S.A.S. add to the price if Shohei gave interviews without an interpreter? oh. his baseball skills speak for him

@user-rn9co7jc4t 6 ай бұрын

Only in America 🇺🇸

@augustopanama8905 6 ай бұрын

Tons of money! However, California taxes are outrageous!!!

@ChappellX 6 ай бұрын

Explain

@kouleeofficial 6 ай бұрын

Give me 2 million and I’d be happy lol

@lukephillips770 6 ай бұрын

This is a business move. The guy can’t speak English but will sell to Asian communities, Japan, and Dodgers fan. Raise ticket prices, jersey Simple economics