No player in any big league sport should command a $700M contract. Not one. With endorsement money, Ohtani's new contract puts him into the billionaire class. For playing baseball. Ridiculous. I don't care if he can simultaneously play all 9 positions.
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@SSNBubblehead This will blow up in the Dodgers' face. As a lifelong Angels fan, I'm sorry to see Shohei go, but I feel like we dodged a bullet.
Besides, Shohei dictated how the team was managed -- six-man rotation, he has to DH so nobody else can get a "lite" day off, etc. The Angels can be run like a normal team now.
Take that $70 million and put it towards Snell/Yamamoto. We'll be fine.