What are your thoughts?

Maybe Ohtani can buy the Angels from Artie Moreno 😂

With the likes of LeBron, Messi, and Ronaldo reaching the end of their careers Ohtani really does have a shot to be the biggest face in sports because people who don’t even care about baseball want to watch Ohtani play because of how unique of player he is. Wish for nothing but Ohtani’s success with Dodgers cause we might never see a player like him again.

This might actually be good that the Angels did not resign him. They simply cannot handcuff themselves financially to have both Trout and Shohei with all that money for several years. Good for Shohei, and as for the Angels, it’s time to trade Mike Trout. It’s over.

Im an angels fan it’s bittersweet that he’s leaving but I’m happy he’s getting his bag and a constant opportunity to play meaningful games in October

7:53 “Shohei Ohtani is the closest thing baseball has ever had to a celebrity.” Wasn’t Babe Ruth the first American celebrity?

If the Dodgers don't win a world series now they truly are a new kind of 90s Braves.

The “Ohtani flight” from Santa Ana to Toronto was tracked by 4000+ users and ended up being Robert Herjavic from shark tank

Went to an Angels' game this last season and it was crazy. Every jersey I saw was an Ohtani jersey and the crowd went insane every time his name was announced from start to finish. Maybe he can help the Dodgers not choke in the postseason.

Ohtani is being set up to not only be new face of baseball, but maybe the face of 2020s sports

That's ridiculous. Good for him though.

More players should do what Shohei did and announce his decision instead of having reporters doing it

Definitely buying my first baseball jersey and definitely going to my first baseball game

I think later in Shohei's career he will transition into a closer. Less innings should keep is arm strong enough until retirement.

Definitely a generational talent that Shohei Ohtani is. I've been able to personally be able to see him pitch in two games they both were amazing to watch. I totally agree with you I'm not a Angels fan but a fan of Shohei. There's definitely a lot of other people that are to, Minute Maid park was packed especially this last year when Shohei came into town.

That's why I ❤ America. I am so happy for Shohei. He's a national hero back home in Japan 🇯🇵 Now, the pride & joy from the Land of the Rising Sun made sports history.

As I just told my buddy, "Ohtani is great and all, but can he also MANAGE the team?"

I’m happy for him. Not a fan of the Dodgers, but I hope he plays great.

I absolutely love it. Shohei deserves everything, it's gonna be awesome to see him on a contending team for the next decade

When you think about what the Angels could have gotten for Ohtani in a trade, yet ended up with nothing.

Ohtani originally planned to go to the Dodgers after high school. It seems he is finally back on the path he should be on. It is also very good timing.

Jon Morosi is a wanted man in Canada now

5:55 After California taxes come into effect, he'll be making about $7 per year.

Dang the dodgers have 3 MVP'S in the top 3 hitters next years NLDS LOSS will be the worst one yet

dodgers apparently weren't as concerned about the surgery on ohtan's elbow because the doctor who actually performed it is the official dodger's team surgeon. they apparently vetted the surgeon and his opinion whether he can come back at full strength in terms of pitching.

As if the Dodgers didn’t already have really a good fan turnout (which they do), this guy is going to put even more butts in seats. Hats off to the Dodgers, I know there are a lot of fans that don’t like them, but I have always had a ton of respect for LA. I know I’ll be getting tickets the next time the Dodgers come to MN to kick the Twins teeth in 😂

Love your channel my man been here from the jump, but the word is “historic,” not “historical.” Love the content as always.

Deferral could mean it extends to past his retirement as well. With inflation that means it's less NPV. But Ohtani makes more than $40 million a year in endorsements. His idea to defer the majority of his contract seems to speak to his want to be on a winning team. - WW

Dodgers have 3 of the top 5 best hitters in baseball. Scary lineup

There were rumors about him signing with the Dodgers months ago. He likes L.A. and didnt want to move, and just switching from Orange County to LA county means he can keep the home he currently owns.

LA will have to wear that helmet everytime they hit a HR. Ohtani pretty much owns LA.

You're spot on... I was making this exact argument that this is not a baseball contract but a marketing contract

I hope he can stay healthy, this dude has Henry Aaron, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan potential.

He changed the game. I wouldn’t be surprised In 10-15 years you’ll see the evolution of a pitcher. They are all most likely going to pitch and hit well

I'm glad Ohtani is not a man who is weirdly loyal to the Angels. He doesn't miss the choice of how to live "as a player".

As an Anaheim fan, I don't blame him for leaving it just proves yet again that Arte Moreno is the worst owner in sports and he is the 100% reason why the Angels have been bad for so many years. It's him #SellTheTeam

As a frequenter of Giants games, I was really hoping to have Pocari Sweat at Oracle Park. But why would Ohtani want to go from the Angels to essentially the Angels minus Trout

I think this being “good for baseball” is very, very much yet to be determined. He’s guaranteed to make more than some owners are worth. There’s a whole lot of scenarios where that isn’t good for baseball

People often say it's an overpayment, but when you consider all the off-the-field revenue, it's like you're paying for the support of an entire country like Japan, if not all of Asia. It's not just fans in Japan; he's an Asian athlete at the pinnacle of a major American sport, which is unprecedented. So, it's more than just Japan; he's the most marketable Asian athlete in the history of sports. He's worth more than any American athlete because of his international appeal.

100% this was a business decision first and foremost. Ticket sales, merch, Japan tv rights etc. Dodgers will make that money back eventually. I mean, just go to Dodger stadium, they're still selling Valenzuela jersey's about 30 years after his retirement and they still sell very well. This signing was much more than just baseball.

Ohtani King of Sports!

It makes a lot of sense paying that much money to Ohtani. On opening day next year, those Ohtani Jerseys will be SOLD OUT and each jersey will be $200 dollars each

Remember when Beckham was giving a portion of a league and a team, and when messi turned down over 1 billion. This is huge, until the saudis buy a team

Makes me sick!! NO ONE deserves nor NEEDS that kind of $$$… That’s more than some countries entire GDP

Guess I'm a Dodgers fan again.

I wonder how much Ohtani’s ‘unprecedented deferred’ amount changes front office strategy ? For a player on their first / pre-arb contracts, probably not. They want that cash now and understandably so. But in that 28-32 age range, it could see a totally new strategy….. even if only for a handful of teams or a handful of players (both of whom want to be there deep into October). How much upper-tier payroll could they unlock now by pushing more money down the road ? It almost becomes a new tier of perceived salary cap all by itself 😳

RIP any small market team affording any player worth anything. Everyone that’s good or great is now going to demand a minimum of $30M-35M per year because “Ohtani got $70M per year so I’m at least worth half that.” Think I’m crazy? The same thing happened when A-Rod signed with the Rangers for $250M. That was the beginning of inflated contracts across baseball.

I used to go to Angeles games with my best friend. It’s crazy to see he’s now a dodger. I joked saying if he doesn’t resign as a angel let’s keep him in La so we can both still watch him little did I know it would actually happen

Several days ago Joe Kelly was asked if he is willing to give up his number 17. That's the last thing in negotiations. Not sure why that wasn't a bigger clue for people.

Now that it's done, it seems almost inevitable that he'll be injured for 2/3 of his career

With all realness the Dodgers could have one of the greatest trio's in sports history MOOKIE BETTS, FREDDIE FREEMAN, AND THEN SHOHEI OHTANI

We do need a Salary cap on Baseball tbh. Rich teams always in on talks for every player even if they already spending 220 million 💀

Ohtani probably calling up Yamamoto like....."Yooooooooo"

If kershaw comes back the dodgers will start the 2024 season with 4 no doubt hall of famers on the team…. Nuts

That's a Queens crown in the video, not a Kings crown. Just for reference 😂😂

I wonder if Ohtani learnt from the Trout contract? He's getting guaranteed money but is structured so it won't stop the Dodgers signing/keeping top end players (on sizable contracts) to play alongside him.

LA is crazy rn, all these superstars in different sports in the city!!!

RIP ShoBay 2023-2023

I tried to buy Ohtani Shirt but it’s $172 & I guess the company felt it was too expensive for me. But just love Ohtani!! Been following him for 3 years.

Side Note: Corey Seager who was drafted by the Dodgers, was meant to be extended with the original team. But instead he signed with the Rangers for 10Y/$325M. That’s less than a half of Ohtani’s new contract with the same number of years.

And to think he started out at the Melbourne aces in Australia

I knew 3-months ago that Shohei Ohtani were to sign a contract after 2023 season it will only be with a Los Angeles Dodgers. Top reason he chose Dodgers because (1) he dose not have to move, (2) he likes Southern California weather, (3) and most of all remember he's Japanese Samurai for Japanese to eat Japanese food often as possible is very important to them (because I'm Japanese so I know) and it happened to be translater Ippei Mizuhara's dad owns Japanee restaurant in Irvine😮so Shohei can eat home cook meals from Ippei's dad's owner/chef's foods whenever he's in Southern California. Eating favorite foods gives a person strength both body and mind.

For a guy who just had his 2nd TJ surgery! He’s gonna be a so/so pitcher AT BEST, if he can even be a stater again.

Watching *while purchasing two Yamamoto cards on ebay* 😅

Imagine how much more of that money he could have kept if he signed with a Texas team or something. California’s taxes are brutal.

“Ohtani is the closest thing baseball has had to a celebrity” - A Rod looks down at his feet, take a deep breath, grabs his monitor and throws it at the wall - “AHHHHHHHHHHH”

8:42 "It's actually Los Angeles". Arte Moreno just lost his superstar player. There was no need to take a personal at shot him. 😂

An Asian Japanese born being the megastar and highest paid in a USA made sport is a generational shift for sports

Thanks bro, you should just start posting and crushing 💙

Congratulations to Ohtani for not long ago coming in from overseas, to cashing in on his supreme talent here in free agency. Now to see what ends up happening with Mike Trout if anything does at all.

Now that is way to completely BREAK Internet and SPORTS.. OMG!!

If NFL players ever got the salary cap removed, a star QB would sign for a billion dollars over 10 years. Without a doubt.

Feels so good being a Dodgers fan!!! Go Dodgers!!!💙💙💙

Those Sisters of Perpetual Whatever welcomes Ohtani to the Los Angeles Dodgers and look forward to seeing him at Pride Night in 2024. 🌈

White and red uniform was so fitting for Ohtani though, its literally Japan flag colors🇯🇵

Humble man get 70 mil/year...love shohei

*Historic. Not "historical," which does not mean "special in all of history," but rather just means "relating, or according, to history," as in the Historical Society, or "the historical home of . . ."

For the love of all that is holy people please please see this contract and realize there's only 4-5 teams in this entire league that can afford to play this game. We need a salary cap or we'll continue to head away from parity and small market teams will be doomed to play a different front office game forever.

when i saw him sign with the dodgers, my heart dropped

Where and when will the Colonation Ceremony be held? But I wonder the Unicorn can wear a king's crown. And where will the KABUTO go? I remember that was procured from japanese manufacturer by Shohei when with LAA.

Ohtani, Beddard, Mahomes and Wembenyama. You will hear those names more and more in the future.

Ohtani is great and all, but 700 for 10 years!? That's crazy, it's almost impossible for a deal like this to be good for the team. It would be cool if he bought a team before he retires though, I'd like to see a guy own, pitch, and hit for the team.

Hard to convince me someone cares about winning when they choose who offers the most momey everytime

Considering how Mbappe got offered a billion to join a soccer team for just one season, baseball as a whole is a LONG way to catch up bigger markets as a whole. But Ohtani is the best baseball athelete to trust to break those molds in the future, even if people in the east still know names of cricket players more than MLB players.

The thing people dont realize as to why he was signed for 700 is bcz he makes the dodgers WAY MORE than 700 mill in 10 years. With the entire japanese market now wanting to watch dodgers games, ads behind homeplate (go watch any angels game, especially ones ohtani pitches), jersey sales, extra ticket sales, extra parking, extra food, and any other way teams make money off a player. Ohtani will make the dodgers 5x what ANY OTHER player in the entire MLB could at minimum. And that doesn't even cover his on the field worth. He will easily make the dodgers 1.5 billion over these 10 years at minimum. Especially with playoffs and presumably WS wins? It will probably be over 2 billion. If anything ohtani was STILL underpaid

You thought going to a baseball was expensive before.

Everyone, let's live another 10 years. I can't die yet.

700 million for a DH not playing the field... not knowing if he will ever be an effective pitcher again?? Thanks, but ill pass lmao.

Is he throwing right, and hitting left?? Amazing.

More than half of Japan just became Dodger fans

This is a great example of a bidding war that got carried away so the "winner" lost. Othani was going to have a hard time doing enough for 10 years to justify a $50 million AAV. $70 million is just stupid and careless. I mean good for him, no hate to Othani HE did the right thing. But the guy is a pitcher having his second TJ on the wrong side of 30 who puts more strain on himself than any other player in the game and who has been doing it at a professional level for going on 12 years. He's already out as a pitcher for '24 so your paying 70 Mil for a DH, and IF he can even come back to pitching at a top tier level at all, he's not going to be able to keep it up more than 3 maybe 4 years tops and that's an optimistic guess because remember other pitchers his age with his injury history don't also have to work on keeping their swing and base running in good form. So if the Dodgers are lucky they get MAYBE 4 years of paying more money than Ronald Acuña Jr and Gerret Cole make combined for an ace pitcher/ great DH and 6 more than of paying that for a great DH (still a terrible deal) and God forbid his swing starts to fade in his late 30s you may be paying $70 mil a year for an average DH by the time all is said and done. There's just no way to make this a GOOD deal for the Dodgers, because even if he never loses a step and stays a great pitcher and hitter all the way to the age of 40 (which isn't happening) you STILL could have gotten 2 ace pitchers at that price, or the best pitcher and DH available for probably $10 million a year less. As far as "making the money back" that could MAYBE work for a small market team with tickets to sell, but there's not a ton of tickets available for LA Dodgers games anyway, and 80% is their annual revenue is TV deals, and gate. Which Othani can do little to improve. You think he's going to sell $200 million worth of jerseys? Let alone $700 million. Nope. This deal had 2 winners, Othani and whoever represents him. To be clear I want to say again no hate to Othani, he did exactly what I, and anyone else would have done. My criticism is of the Dodgers GM who obviously decided they HAD to have him even once the price got so high it no longer made sense. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the league's craftier GMs just kept a bidding war up to get the Dodgers to absurdly overpay and effectively cripple themselves in the FA market for years to come.

As a diamnodbacks fan i cannot thank the dodgers enough. Like you said he fills the seats on the road or at home. So having him in division means we should make lots due to upped sales tickets. While i dont like the dodgers getting better i know superteams dont work

MLS caught a crazy stray day after its final 🤣😭

For some reason, when Ohtani does it, it just seems more than it is. Other great players hit huge home runs but when Ohtani hits a monster home run the crack of the bat makes you stop to watch. And pitching, batters swing on a chase that's literally 3 feet outside the strike zone. Or the "what just happened..." look. LOL

Shohei better not bring the samurai helmet

Scott Boras is salivating at what he’s going to get for Juan Soto 😂

When the tweet came out from passan that he announced it on instagram, I thought it was a fake account. Then I saw the account, and went to the instagram page. And there it was.

Still football/soccer superstar salaries are ridiculous

As a Cubs fan who for no reason hates the Dodgers, let's just say I'm heart broken. The Cubs had two chances to sign Ohtani and they failed. I still wish Shohei the best as he makes more money than the city I live in.

Blue jays and jon morosi took the biggest Ls of the offseason