The biggest ever contract in sport

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The biggest contract in sport is not held by Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Nor is it by Patrick Mahomes.
In fact, it’s a baseball player, from the LA Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani. His 10-year deal is worth $700m. But who is he? Why are they paying him that much? And how can they afford it?
Seb Stafford-Bloor writes. Marco Bevilacqua illustrates.
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@Msyfr 3 ай бұрын

Gambling on someone’s ability to stay consistent over 10 years is wild!

@TheKmsaboor 3 ай бұрын

I feel like this is more like gambling on his marketability and his fans buying merchandise more than anything. There’s no way he’s gonna be consistent over the course of his contract and probably fall off halfway

@tuckermenzies348 3 ай бұрын

They won’t expect him to perform at a high level for the entire length-this is just how MLB contracts are structured. He’s being paid for his prime right now, he’ll just get all the money for that performance later on

@Msyfr 3 ай бұрын

@@tuckermenzies348 I understand, but why lock yourself in 10-year contract with a player, while kick a 68M cap hit down the road? LAD already has one of the heaviest Luxury tax bills, and they are not doing better than mid-level teams when it comes to post-season record! As for the player, why would you even consider letting the team off the hook for this unholy amount of money? Do you think they will give up 680M that easily when he comes to collect? Should any one of us put his faith in any company like that??

@davidpeniel7168 3 ай бұрын

Same guys own Chelsea so they’re gamblers

@merrittpalmer4349 3 ай бұрын

this comment aged well.

@FlashMeterRed 3 ай бұрын

If his earned income is considered lower because of the value of the dollar at a later date, then the value of the contract should likewise be considered lower for this analysis

@Grimmes12 3 ай бұрын

Yes, the media does not want to consider inflation when it comes to this subject because it will diminish the level of sensationalism generated by the true value of his contract

@pulkitjain2361 3 ай бұрын

As a football fan, it is insane to me that a 30 y.o is being offered a 10 year contract, that too at top top salaries

@tsangchim 3 ай бұрын

That’s the combination of an unfair structure of cbt limiting earning of professionals for the first 6 years of team control and the difference of performance projections in baseball. Ohtani go to MLB at 23 as an international amateur despite being MVP in Japan league and have to wait 6 year to attain free agent status to sign this contract

@robertlee6338 3 ай бұрын

There are highly likely caveats in the contracts, that outline retirement for each years, and penalties (that are lower) if the player is to be sold or Othani request to be traded in any given year after 3 or 5 years. Even for Injury there are likely set specified dollar amount and Dodgers would have insurance too. High value long term contracts be it a player or business have many tens of pages of conditions.

@orubas 3 ай бұрын

Baseball as a sport requires much less physicality, and is much more skill-oriented compared to football. thus, players can have 20-year careers and play well into their 40s, at least more often than in football. Whether or not Ohtani's body will be able to sustain being a 2- way player remains to be seen, but it is very likely he will fulfill the full 10 years of his contract barring any extreme circumstances (which might've come to a head today 😬)

@ilovelimpfries 3 ай бұрын

I live in asia and I dont watch baseball. But I have angels gear and watch all of japan wbc games and some angels game. I dont have any other baseball related goods. That is ohtani's value to baseball, not just MLB.

@TheKrostiman 3 ай бұрын

Ah tax dodgers, the favorite american past time.

@AndySport 3 ай бұрын

Fun fact: that’s why they’re called the Dodgers! Note: this is not true

@MRLONG758 3 ай бұрын

@@AndySport 🤣

@YunaCrawford 3 ай бұрын

@@AndySportimagine buying the best players in baseball only to lose to the dbacks or padres in nlds

@Naths 3 ай бұрын

@@YunaCrawford let me guess, your a loser giants fan 😂

@AndySport 3 ай бұрын

@@YunaCrawford > implying the Padres will make the playoffs

@MrMooemoney 3 ай бұрын

So they actually only paying him 44 million a year.

@tsukishima123 3 ай бұрын

Even Messi earns money this way from Barcelona

@old_H 3 ай бұрын

What if the Dodgers go bankrupt in 2034 ? Will Ohtani get his deferred wages?

@ferortega28 3 ай бұрын

The dodgers did have issues not that long ago where they couldn't cover their payroll so the MLB had to step in and force the owners to sell. I'd assume they would follow a similar protocol.

@kevind7708 3 ай бұрын

to add this, the bankruptcy let them to be sold into a consortium, which also owned Chelsea.@@ferortega28

@benjaminlynch9958 3 ай бұрын

Yes. The deferred money is being paid over the first 10 years of the contract and placed into an escrow investment account that the team (and importantly, its creditors) don’t have access to. It’s essentially a 401(k) where all the contributions are made in the first 10 years, and all the payouts are made in the following 10 years.

@old_H 3 ай бұрын

@@benjaminlynch9958 so Ohtani might get an even bigger payout if that escrow produces interest?

@Grimmes12 3 ай бұрын

@@old_Hnot necessarily due to inflation

@cadesky6029 3 ай бұрын

If 10 year deals exist in football then Ronaldo and Messi would have had contracts worth billions.

@12000gp 3 ай бұрын

I don’t think anyone is signing a player that age on a 10 year contract

@cadesky6029 3 ай бұрын

@@12000gp I said WOULD HAVE HAD . That means when they were younger

@nabhannbn 3 ай бұрын

Football is a contact sport and risk for injury is high , so long term deal like 10 years and all not possible in football

@russelljones2281 3 ай бұрын

you mean soccer right. In football they have 10 year deal with Mahomes

@JotaFilip 3 ай бұрын

@@nabhannbn there are already 8 year contracts and so on, see the Chelsea contracts

@mushfiquekabir9957 3 ай бұрын

deferring in such a huge contract is understandable but from the player's perspective, receiving only $2mil now and deferring $68mil seems wild to me

@renatopereira2315 3 ай бұрын

Yeah must be hard to live on 2 million a year while enjoying the sport you play on the highest level. Really the 68 million a year afterwards is hardly a consolation prize 😅

@Yon_Jon5715 3 ай бұрын

I've heard he is making 50 million per year, from his endorsements.

@leandrowngo 3 ай бұрын

It’s the same with Chelsea FC and how they’re buying a ton of players but spreading out the fee over many long years. Amortisation of fees.

@DanSorcerer 3 ай бұрын

It's not really the same. Ohtani is for player salary but Chelsea is for transfer fees. UEFA said that the fees can only be amortized for 5 years. But Ohtani is wildly different. They're banking on him being consistent for the next 10 years and he will get his deferred wages.

@leandrowngo 3 ай бұрын

@@DanSorcererYes UEFA closed the loophole because of Chelsea. This whole idea of amortisation of whether it’s transfer or wages is a creation of America. It’s how the system works.

@amantilla13 2 ай бұрын

ohtani IS worth it tho

@jamespurs 3 ай бұрын

Agent Ohtani coming in clutch to sign Yamamoto and ruin baseball for the rest of us!

@jonathand.t.5051 3 ай бұрын

Baseball fans boutta feel what happens when KD came to the warriors

@user-lz5dz1qx2q Ай бұрын

Still way long to dominate baseball

@timianalytics7150 3 ай бұрын

I can't defend why I watched this video till the end haven't never watched a base ball match in my life 😭😭

@Nooguysorryyyy536 3 ай бұрын

That cap hit explanation is blurry at best 😂

@alexbird23 3 ай бұрын

I miss the old channel

@MH-qq4ei 3 ай бұрын

Can you guys do a video on his gambling scandal and how gambling companies are impacting global sports with their infiltration into professional leagues ?

@achumumu3487 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the explanation about why his cap hit was 46 million!

@gooshnpupp 3 ай бұрын

Messi got a piece of inter miami + percentage broadcast revenue. That's in addition to his 50-60M a year in salary. So he probably earns more🤷‍♂️

@538696 3 ай бұрын

Why did you choose ERA and OPS to demonstrate his dominance? Those both have a fair amount of variance. Using xStats and WAR would better demonstrate his value

@Grimmes12 3 ай бұрын

As communications major, who worked for ESPN straight out of college I can tell you that they do this to create sensationalism

@salisusuleimana.4487 3 ай бұрын

Cristiano Ronaldo's contract with Saudi Arabia is worth 500 million till 2025 on the pitch and a further 1 billion off the the pitch till 2030 potentially making his entire contract worth a staggering $1.5 Billion dollars. Just Insane! 🔥

@ace_1203 3 ай бұрын

Messi was offered 1.4 Billion dollar contract

@sergiosanjuan1166 3 ай бұрын

But he chose stock in an MLB team instead just like Beckam, it is a good deal either way. @@ace_1203

@BennettHickey 3 ай бұрын

Except nobody actually knows, these numbers are a guess.

@PincheBrayan101 3 ай бұрын

@@ace_1203I’m pretty sure Mbappe was also offered much more than Messi too

@Forced2Comeback 3 ай бұрын

ronaldo don’t know you bruh

@ocher8931 3 ай бұрын

Sorry if this is a stupid question but does he get a big payout at the end of the 10 year period? Or is it reliant on him signing on another 10 years?

@mattpytlak 3 ай бұрын

No. He gets paid $2 million a year for 10 years while he’s playing and then he gets paid $68 million a year for the next 10 years regardless of if he is playing. He could sign another contract or retire and he’d still get the money. This is called deferred compensation and it’s very common (although not at this amount) in baseball.

@Zekiyeah 3 ай бұрын

Can’t understand a Tifo production pronounces Messi’s first name Lion-ell

@hisham_hm 3 ай бұрын

"Lion-el Messi"

@janrodneysantos9894 3 ай бұрын

I’m confused with the salary. His contract is 10 years, so 24-34. He will be receiving 2 Million annually for 10 years. Then he will receive the 68 Million in the next 10 years, that’s 34-44. Why? And what if he will leave Dodgers in 34? Who will compensate the 68 Million? Or worst what if something will happen to him within his contract, let’s say a very bad injury and Dodger’s will let him go. I’m just confused. Why can’t he enjoy or received his full salary now? Why wait 10 years after? Is that normal? So it’s not the most lucrative contract then.

@Almightyboj 3 ай бұрын

Dude, all of this is explained in the vid, I’m not sure why you’re asking questions already answered… 1. He accepted because this will give his baseball team more leverage on the market to sign better players. 2. Doesn’t matter if he gets injured or not, he has a contract and just like in any other sport even if you are injured your contract is still valid (unless specifically stated otherwise!). 3. That’s the idea, he will leave the dodgers in ‘34 and either retire or move to a much lesser team, however the money is still owed by the dodgers, so he’ll receive them in the following 10 years as a deferred payment. Not rocket science ..

@janrodneysantos9894 3 ай бұрын

@@Almightyboj i know. I saw the video. But it doesn’t make sense to me. Yeah! It will give the team more leverage. But what about him? That’s why I said what if he gets a bad injury and the management decided to terminate his contract. Or worse an accident. Remember his starting to get injuries. Yeah! It’s all in the retirement, taxes and salary cap. But I’m just curious and confused. So it’s not a 10 year deal, it’s a 20 year deal. I never heard of contract like this. Maybe if he will received at least 20M or half of it a year in the 1st 10 years and then receives the rest in the next 10 years. Fine. But 2M for 10 years and he’s in his prime. It’s kind of confusing. I mean, that’s my opinion.

@alextimemit9454 3 ай бұрын

@@janrodneysantos9894baseball contracts are guaranteed you can't terminate the contract unless he does something illegal etc

@MathewDuViolette-zf3mk 3 ай бұрын

Cristiano total deal is 1.25b euro. Still more in 2.5seasons than this guy will make in his 10.... Besides, 70m a year is nothing 🤦‍♂️

@theerapats 3 ай бұрын

Just wondering, what will happen if the club somehow collapse just before that time ?

@PhilipJReed-db3zc 3 ай бұрын

I'm no bankruptcy lawyer but presumably he'd get in the same queue of creditors as everyone else. Farmer John's wanting payment for thousands of stadium hot dogs, other employees on shorter contracts, etc. I don't know how they decide who gets first in line.

@SoLazy100 3 ай бұрын

That's because Mbappe, Messi etc. don't sign 10 year contracts.

@w0447862 3 ай бұрын

Geared towards an American audience. Should be calculated PER ANNUM to make it fair.

@liamday453 3 ай бұрын

maybe they should then lol

@benjaminlynch9958 3 ай бұрын

@@w0447862it’s still #1. $70m per year for 10 years. Messi’s deal with Inter Miami is worth a reported $50m per year for comparison purposes, though as the video points out both of these figures exclude other income sources such as sponsorship deals.

@kingrazo10 3 ай бұрын

@@w0447862 if ohtani signed a 3 year deal don’t you think his average annual value would increase as well? And if mbappe or especially Messi signed a 10 year deal their average annual salary would decrease

@ryan_alexander 3 ай бұрын

Ohtani's skills are far more rare than Mbappe's. Baseball hasn't had a true (read: good) two-way player since 1935. Mbappe might be the best attacker in Europe, but world-class players near his skill level still exist. Dude is Prime Messi levels of good compared to everyone else, but imagine if Messi could play GK as well, and be Petr Cech level good at that. (it's not a 1:1 comparison but it's the best I got)

@KM10HM12 3 ай бұрын

Mbappe was going to get that for one year from Saudi

@Fanaro 3 ай бұрын

Not gonna mention that he is Japanese and so gives the MLB even more access to the Japanese market?

@adamkelly3924 3 ай бұрын

Bit old to have a 10 year contract isn’t he? He will be 40 in 10 years

@mattpytlak 3 ай бұрын

Baseball players can play into their 40s.

@Ivanz4sdrive 3 ай бұрын

Contract so complicated lol brilliant tho

@kelso120 3 ай бұрын

Loving football fans going apeshit about this deal. Tribal instincts kicking in about a sport. Haha

@-youngish 3 ай бұрын

what is Verstappen paid?

@robertlee6338 3 ай бұрын

2024 $55m from Redbull

@tvgcmma9215 3 ай бұрын

Him and Hamilton supposedly on 55 mill buy think also get bonus so can he more - but not 10 year contracts

@samphelps856 3 ай бұрын

Great video

@user-po7fy6bp8x 3 ай бұрын

It's a good video but I think it's a bit crazy that NYT/the athletic took what the Tifo guys built and basically rebranded, using that subscriber base without much of a word to subscribers. Feels like they should have done a Jomboy and spun off other channels while preserving what brought subscribers to Tifo and Tifo IRL to begin with

@alextimemit9454 3 ай бұрын

But this IS a different channel. They DID spin off other channels, you're on a different channel lmao

@joshbrown2217 3 ай бұрын

So they're Amortising an extremely high cost for a extremely long period of time, of which is considered a massive gamble in sports. Huh this looks familiar, I wonder who the owners are? *quick google* Ah yes, it's Todd Boehly

@chesneytube1 3 ай бұрын

Sounds shady! Stuff will definitely go wrong!

@birdnun.. 3 ай бұрын

CR7 the real 🐐💪🏼

@Fanaro 3 ай бұрын

4:35 Oh the US cognitive dissonance: that's pretty much socialism.

@mbusogodfrey3012 3 ай бұрын

CR7 still owns them

@DarthSmirnoff 3 ай бұрын

I don't know why, but I assumed it was an F1 driver. Not to surprised to see it's Ohtani tho.

@TheMarslMcFly 3 ай бұрын

The top F1 Drivers like Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen make about 50 Million a year. You find contracts in NBA that are bigger than that

@RachelSchloer 3 ай бұрын

@@TheMarslMcFly Lewis has roughly a 446m contract with Ferrari for the next two seasons. Only Curry makes more than 50m in the NBA

@alistairwall5470 3 ай бұрын

@@RachelSchloer Reports on F1 drivers' contracts seem to vary wildly, I'd seen that Hamilton was on $100m a season at Mercedes already

@Erissaliuna-cj2dv 3 ай бұрын

Todd boehly strikes again

@GORILLA_RAMESH 3 ай бұрын

Who ? 🤣

@farhantalukder 3 ай бұрын

get a different guy to do the voice this one bad

@hashtag_thisguy 3 ай бұрын

Ted bohley and dodgy accounting.

@darhaha3391 3 ай бұрын

Only an American can mispronounce the name "Lionel" that badly... 😅

@stevenachila6058 26 күн бұрын

Because we dont care abt that third world sport

@darhaha3391 25 күн бұрын

@stevenachila6058 in a ranking of countries for GDP per capita (if you know what that means) USA ranks 11th and all the 10 countries above USA consider Football ⚽️ their main sport. Doesn't sound like a third world sport to me.

@Somuchgam 3 ай бұрын

The Dodgers don’t have more money due to Ohtanis deferred income. Since $2m/yr now + $68m a decade from now is worth $46m today, if he didn’t have deferred income the team would just pay him $46m/yr. You can’t just say that they have this extra hypothetical $24m/yr in their current budget using contract numbers that are based on future payments

@jamespurs 3 ай бұрын

Agent Ohtani coming in clutch to sign Yamamoto and ruin baseball for the rest of us!

@ramcisvillarey3518 3 ай бұрын

i don't like this video but the content is excellent, the grove father looks like Anthony Rendon

@darhaha3391 3 ай бұрын

So you think 700 over 10 years is "bigger" than 536 over 2.5 years... I guess in the least meaningful sense of the word "biggest" that is true yes... not a Ronaldo fan. Just a fan of logic and math. That's all.

@JD-ee4df 3 ай бұрын

Respectfully I hate the narrators voice

@magicair6021 3 ай бұрын

Yes, the soccer narrator would be miles better

@ahmednibra89 3 ай бұрын

MLB contracts always sound like money laundering to me. Who watches this sport?

@kingrazo10 3 ай бұрын

Maybe instead of being ignorant after all these big contracts you should just accept the fact that there’s a real fanbase.

@Starkweather133 3 ай бұрын

Like all of Asia, a lot of the Americas and obviously the U.S itself. Just because you don’t watch something doesn’t mean nobody does. Do better mate

@woobackwednesday2299 3 ай бұрын

This man doesn't know that more than 90% of Japan tuned in to watch the 'exhibition match' that was the World Baseball Classic, lol

@ahmednibra89 3 ай бұрын

All of asia? Like who? India watches cricket, China and the rest don’t watch the MLB. Maybe Japan but that’s about it. It’s mostly US, Japan and Central America. This barely touches half a billion. The premier league is the most watched sports league in the world across many diverse geographies yet no club offers these types of contracts to their players. It makes no sense.

@Starkweather133 3 ай бұрын

@@ahmednibra89 you said sport, not league. I told you who watch the sport. China and Korea love baseball

@darthJ9 3 ай бұрын

Cristiano Ronaldo has the sweetest deal in the history of professional sports, Ohtani's is ambitious, Ron's numbers are ludicrous AND TAX FREE.

@BensleyDRAKE 3 ай бұрын

Basic maths must have escaped you CRz earns 214.4 a year while your boy Ohtani 70mil a year how would you even compare that lol even Canelo has a bigger contract than Ohtani lol

@mattpytlak 3 ай бұрын

Basic reading must have escaped you. Ohtani has the biggest contract by total value, not on a per year basis.

@BensleyDRAKE 3 ай бұрын

@@mattpytlak No maybe basic listening has escaped you or maybe read the tittle lol.....dude said 'biggest contract in global sports" earnings are calculated per hour as the lowest measure its just basic reasoning not even math.

@mattpytlak 3 ай бұрын

@@BensleyDRAKE if we’re counting per hour, then it’s definitely going to be an American football player because they play less than 60 hours a year.

@BensleyDRAKE 3 ай бұрын

@@mattpytlak Wrong again using that logic you could argue Noah Liles is the best paid athlete coz he only runs for 9seconds and runs only 10 times on average A YEAR that would round off to less than 2 minutes accordingto you of less than 2 minutes lol but yiu do get my point The biggest contact in sport history is too loose a title to throw around without defining the parameter i.e in years, per hour or per season

@mattpytlak 3 ай бұрын

@@BensleyDRAKE no, “biggest contract” means the contract worth the most amount of money. It’s pretty easy to understand.

@bobbymunyavi5357 3 ай бұрын

Nothing 'the most lucrative* here

@blazingbattlehawk9626 3 ай бұрын

Dumbest contract in sports history

@roranoazoro6961 3 ай бұрын

genuinely looking to hear your critique

@PontiacBandit902 3 ай бұрын

Ronaldo is making $214 million a year in Saudi Arabia, which is much more than $70 million a year lol

@Jakemufcfan 3 ай бұрын

You didn’t watch the video did you

@PontiacBandit902 3 ай бұрын

I did. My point being, that if Ronaldo was given a 10yr deal at his current rate, his contract would be worth $2.4 Billion over 10yrs

@kingrazo10 3 ай бұрын

Saudi don’t count tbh, they have unlimited money and the money they are using to pay for Ronaldo’s contract is from oil and not from football revenue. Same for benzema and Neymar. The Saudi league as a whole is worth around 1billion total and even the top teams aren’t worth 200 million dollars. The fact that Ronaldo makes more than his team is worth proves that it’s just billionaires throwing away money with the hope that people will care about their league but obviously it’s been a failure.

@nabhannbn 3 ай бұрын

Its about the total contract, also , he will not get 70 m a year , he will get 2 million a year for the next 10 years (2023-2033)and deferred money will be paid which is 68 m for the next 10 years (2034 -2044)

@PontiacBandit902 3 ай бұрын

@@nabhannbn so in other words it's $700 mill over 20 years which makes that worth $35 mill per year in today's money. I'd personally still rather make $500 mill in 2.5yrs as opposed to $700 mill over 10 years - 20 years

@cristianro8428 3 ай бұрын

Don't worry people. Dodgers will recoup at least half in jerseys alone..the other half in game seat

@PotatoGawds 3 ай бұрын

Is this an AI voice? Its so boring to listen to. Tifo falling off

@brianalex5083 3 ай бұрын

Why’d you listen to it then lmao

@benmitchell3463 3 ай бұрын

You’re either choosing him with an American bias, or that he’ll attract more views as less people outside of North America will know him Ronaldo is categorically the best paid athlete, 2.5 year contract with ridiculous luxuries included, tax free, not being confined to 10 years if opportunities come up elsewhere or his energy fades

@LouieCaporimge 3 ай бұрын

I mean if Ohtani keeps going the way he is, he's guaranteed to bring in at least 12m+ viewers from east aisa (mostly Japan).

@kingrazo10 3 ай бұрын

Ronaldo is a top athlete but those Saudi contracts aren’t even for profit nor does the money paying those contracts come from football itself. If Elon musk decided he wanted to pay a bowling champion a billion dollars tomorrow that would instantly make them the highest paid athlete in the world. That’s essentially what the Saudi contracts are, billionaires using oil money giving out massive contracts that clearly aren’t returning a profit. Al nassr has a market value of around 144 million and the Saudi pro league in total is close to 1billion. Again with respect to Ronaldo, benzema, and Neymar, they are making more money than their own clubs total value. Those contracts are being paid through oil money not because of the value the players bring to their team.

@nananou1687 3 ай бұрын

Bro Ohtani is a Japanese national hero. Every game of his is viewed by 50+ million people from Japan alone. He does not need to be promoted beyond US. I am not from US. But I know him

@benmitchell3463 3 ай бұрын

@@nananou1687 aye fair enough I was ignorant to look past the East Asian demographic Ultimately then it depends on how you view the biggest contract, is it the best coup for the club, or the most rewarding for the player? I’m fully aware the Saudi contracts aren’t financially viable at least as things stand, but the video if I remember correctly talked more about the benefits to Ohtani and if that’s the case, what Ronaldo is earning is without contest

@AdamShingleton 3 ай бұрын

Tifo has fallen from grace so quickly. Christ this was a boring video.

@user-ei7ed6zy9k 3 ай бұрын

This is an alternative channel mate. This was very informative as a non baseball fan. stick to 60 second tiktok oversimplification

@sriig 3 ай бұрын

sounds like a you problem

@christianhernandez2651 3 ай бұрын

He’s a above average hitter and average pitcher and injury prone

@LouieCaporimge 3 ай бұрын

If averaging 36 home runs per season with an average ex velo of 98.9mph is above average you clearly know nothing about baseball. 200+ strikeouts in 3 seasons, and he ranks 89 and up in every percentile that matters. So what I'm saying is that there hasn't been a player like him in 93 years and proper respect is in order. (sorry for going passionate nerd on you, most are trembling at the knee when I'm done.)

@user-ph4mb1gx4z 3 ай бұрын

Shame your opinion doesn’t matter lol.

@blazingbattlehawk9626 3 ай бұрын

@LouieCaporimge There have been a ton of players exsactly like him. Ohtani isnt better just cause hes a pitcher

@Josh-ld2my 3 ай бұрын

@@blazingbattlehawk9626ok then name the players just like him I bet you can’t lmao

@blazingbattlehawk9626 3 ай бұрын

@@Josh-ld2my Aaron Judge

@CharlesEros1 3 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, a 10 year contract at 700 mill is 70 mill a year..... Ronald is on 225 million a year..... It's Ronaldo then 👌😂

@mankytoes 3 ай бұрын

Weird how I'd consider myself quite a big sports fan, yet I'd never heard of this guy, and neither would the vast majority of English people. Almost everyone knows Lebron James and Tom Brady, but top modern baseball players have almost zero profile here.

@kingrazo10 3 ай бұрын

Very shocking , Ohtani, is a massive draw globally. Although Europe as a whole has failed to embrace baseball while American football and basketball and even hockey have more influence in Europe. Though, baseball will eventually grow more in Europe. I suspect if mlb does a similar model to the nfl where they have multiple yearly games in the UK that would be a great way to get more familiar with baseballs stars. Regardless though, ohtani is arguably as big a star/celebrity as Tom Brady, and he’s probably the most famous person in Japan currently. Something that lebron or Tom Brady could not say in America even during their peaks. Also keep in mind ohtani really broke out in 2021 so he hasn’t been in the spotlight as much as lebron and Brady’s careers which have been 20+ years already.

@GEREIKAT 3 ай бұрын

The vast majority of Japanese people cannot name a single English athlete.

@BC-th3mx 3 ай бұрын

Almost no European person I've talked to knows either of those players, but I don't know many Serbs, Spaniards or Lithuanians

@JackieM95 3 ай бұрын

cos baseball isnt popular outside of north&central america and east asia