“Inevitable” - Rich Eisen Reacts to Shohei Ohtani’s Massive 10-Year/$700M Dodgers Contract
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- Rich Eisen reacts to Shohei Ohtani’s record-setting 10-year/$700M deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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#ohtani #mlb #dodgers - Sport
Dude actually apologized to us as baseball fans for handling his own business, weighing a pivotal life decision towards finding his next destination as a generational player.
Japanese, to the absolute core. Unrivaled politeness and etiquette. I wish this man all the success he's hopefully going to bring Los Angeles.
Yeah great etiquette to leave money on the table to make a super team that is otherwise not possible lol. He is taking the easy way out, that is the opposite of what you're saying. Also, he was already in Los Angeles, huhdurr.
-- lol. He apologized to us for making a decision. We should apologize to him for not being as thoughtful as he.
@@173jaSon371: Someone seems bitter that his team sucks 😂
This is a bad deal for baseball period
@@Schweini_1983 : Why though? If the argument is the one made by Brad Pitt in Moneyball about "rich teams, poor teams, fifty feet of crap, and the A's," you could make that case about nearly every North American major sports league. And it's not like the Dodgers wrangled the contract deferment out of Ohtani, he chose it as he wants to win and have a team around him capable of winning. And I say all this as a Diamondback fan without much of a dog in this fight.
Ohtani going to the Dodgers just always made the most sense from a money, winning, and most importantly for his health. For his ability to a quality pitcher for a significant period of his career going to the Dodgers who have the best medical staff in baseball.
The physician who performed his surgery is on the Dodgers payroll. Why would he go to Toronto just because they have a state of the art training facility in the shape of Castle Park 😂
he's proven good under pressure consistently! hes worth way more watch dodgers will make tons of money
You're such a great dad. Ohtani staying in a huge market that has a very diverse community is the right call for him. It's also a huge money maker for tv rights and merchandise for the Dodgers. Anyone who went to an Angels game since he's been there can see how many sponsors were from Japan.
The last 20 years, people who LOVE and understand Baseball, have lamented the gradual loss of popularity in comparison to the NFL and NBA. Baseball needs a "Renaissance" and this will be a HUGE boost WORLDWIDE in popularity. This is GREAT for Baseball. Kudo's Dodgers.. Kudo's Ohtani.
what's Kudo?
IIts just "kudos"...not apostrophe
@@omgDavidGlasper I took it for japanese person's name. Now I understand w/o apostrophe. Thanks.
Right now, I comletely feel the same way as you do hope.
I have been a huge fan of Baseball since childhood when I used to play with local kids with handmade gear in 1960s. His biggest contract ever with the Dodgers have surely done the whole industry very good effect and result a great deal. Thank you for your comment.
not really. having all stars in a few teams is a bad look
Braves fan here. this is gonna be a hell of a season
I live in DC, and will be travelling home to LA to watch the great one in Dodger Blue for 2 or three games.
same as well from seattle
same as well from Japan
And THIS is why Ohtani is worth $700M and possibly more. His brand is probably worth billions of dollars and it's only going to grow.
Awesome. We will welcome you in Los Angeles.
For guys who criticize this 700mil, like Stephen smith, Mad dog Russo, they know nothing about marketing and economics. That's why they just need to stick to their desks. As Bob Costas, Harold Reynolds among others have said, Shohei is a brand. No other baseball player right now have that level of following. Dodgers are smart enough to know that they will recoup this money and more.
Stephen A ? 😂 IGNORE ! IGNORE!
Stephen A is simply a protected racist. He made some racist statements about Ohtani before saying he should not be the face of baseball
So happy we got him
Dodgers are going to be crazy next year.
A Very Rare 2 Way Player for 10 years 700 Million is Worth it! 👌
he wins a ring and his journey is complete.
Ohtani wanted to play for Dodgers ever since he was in highschool.
He's been a big fan of Dodgers. He couldn't chose the team bz he wanted to play both.
@@akas224 exactly
Othani is the greatest player of our generation. He is the GOAT!!
Sho is something special but no GOAT. Talk to me after 10 yrs and revisit this comment. The guy has played 6 yrs in the majors. Is he a top 5, sure. Let’s see when he pitches again after 2nd major surgery in the last 6 yrs in ‘25 when he is 31. Ichiro is still the GOAT from Japan. Look at Trout. EVERYONE was saying he was the GOAT and now he’s a shell of himself (injuries and wrong side of 30). Love Sho but let’s see how this contract works out. On a side comment, Soto is 25. He’ll make a run on your comment.
@@gocheezon December 11th, 2033, I will be here to check back in.
@gocheez Soto is 25 that's very true. What's also true is that Soto has not been pitching @ an elite level for the past 3 seasons. Shohei has been. Clap back @me.
Deferring 680 mil from 2034 to 2043 is mind blowing from both sides. Hats off to both
Let's focus on what "Del Tufo" said about "Advertising". Name ONE Japanese company that WON'T WANT TO ADVERTISE AT DODGER STADIUM.. On Dodger RADIO, Dodger Billboards, Dodger TV broadcast. The Dodgers will be hiring a team of Japanese speaking market sales people and I honestly think, they will make "50 Million dollars a year". Japan is a wealthy country.. Ohtani is their GOLDEN BOY in the countries favorite sport. My goodness.. I lived near Tokyo (in Yokosuka) in 2006'-2008' and they love to advertise. Now those Japanese companies will have the ADDED benefit of Ohtani being paired with the DODGERS... I think the Dodgers GM and executives.. those who crunch numbers.. will make a NET PROFIT of 300 MILLION in the next 10 years.
Do you know how popular Ohtani is in Japan? He is more popular with the people than the best basketball player in Japan, the best soccer player in Japan, or the children of the Emperor.
duh! baseball is huge there!
@@TravelsTTG Although they are Japanese, Yoshida and Senga are not as popular, influential, or economically effective as Ohtani. If another team gets Yamamoto, they will never replace him. Ohtani is that special.
I agree with them at the end. The writing on the wall was that Dodgers were the only one who are able to afford him and actually willing to splurge. Mets were def in the talking as of this season, but not after that fiasco they had.
By "talking", you mean "conversation".
The Blue Jays can afford him. Theyre offer was pretty much the same as the Dodgers..
I don't know what the Jays offered but suspect it was the same or close to the Dodgers offer. I saw a report that the Giants owner claimed they offered the same amount to Ohtani (though a fan said he was sure that's a lie). I think Ohtani was choosing between the Jays and the Dodgers as he mulled it over on that Friday night when he said he made his final decision. It's obvious that money isn't a priority for Ohtani.
Dude is deferring like 99% of his salary to 2034 and after. Will be making 2 million against the cap throughout his contract years. Ohtani will be taking a $240 million hit by deferring this that long. Ohtani is crazy for doing this.
In 2034 when he retires and the checks start coming in, he can move to a State with no income tax and recoup that $240 million.
@@jonfernandez4271
Didn’t think of that
@jonfernandez4271 assuming California doesn't pass a law asking for back taxes from wages unrealized (I believe I heard some crazy politician floated that idea during the COVID migration out of the state)
@@jonfernandez4271He will return to Japan.
Also at the same time it’s a big win for the dodgers. From a finance 101 perspective, $1 dollar today is always worth more than $1 dollar tomorrow (due to inflation and ‘opportunity cost’). It’s the basic concept of the time value of money.
What this means is that it allows the dodgers to take advantage of the available funds to them now to save up for more expensive players, while also capitalising on the revenue from the Ohtani’s popularity with global fans and advertising BEFORE the next 10 years - ultimately making it the best deal both parties could have while building a winning team.
Events like this will change the history of baseball and it’s probably what’s needed to make it more popular again.
LETS GO DODGERS
😁 Dodgers got a Great Deal! Ohtani is worth a billion plus! I'm in CO... I'm going to Dodgers game now!
It's Showtime for Sho-Time! ⚾
I dont know any baseball! but i am ordering all othani gear
Me too. Ohtani jersey is first thing for me.
I just bought 4 for the whole family....Go Dodgers!!!
Shohei has just signed as a Dodger but hasn’t played a single game yet . BUT, jersey advanced orders are faster than they can make it 😂
700 million is peanuts compared to $355 MILLION (2023) a year of Ohtani sales revenue for the Dodgers.
That $355 Million of last year will be easily hands down, surpassed by Dodger fans, NEW Dodger fans and international Shohei fans.
Imagine a conservative estimate of $400 Million sales X 10 years =
$4 Billion Ohtani sales revenue
$4,000,000,000 😊 over $700 M
As a dodger fan I'm looking forward to June 7th
He brings in crazy money
600k jerseys is roughly $70 million dollars before the increase in ticket prices.
LA is gonna make a ton of money after paying $70 million a year
Probably a high markup, but revenue doesn’t equal profit on the jerseys.
Merch sails are split amongst all teams, they won’t see that much of an increase
He rejected to receive the whole money right now, he asked to get more young players with the money and he' ll get the rest of the money as pensions. It means Ohtani would lose 1/4 with no interest. He doesn't want Dodgers to struggle to pay luxury tax.
He defered 68mil of his 70mil a year so they could put more pieces around him. So he gets only 2 mil a year instead 70 mil. Imagine what the dodgers can put around shohei now that they have 68mil freed up already.
@@nmc400 lol, that's not how it works. It still counts around $45M for luxury tax purposes.
The Dodgers are going to collect billions off this deal
What about a ring?
@@ChefBoydrdeeThey've won a ring with less talent than Ohtani. I'd imagine they'd land at least one with Ohtani, pretty soon (health permitting).
Heck, Ohtani might make a solid billion himself, once more global sponsorships kick in. Dude's a walking bank. 😤
@@BrianLockett 10 straight playoffs appearances, but only 1 ring to show for (which came in a shorten 2020 season)…
@@ChefBoydrdeeDon’t know what is worst Bobby Cox Braves or the current Dodgers.
Dodgers are paying Ohtani basically two all star MLB salaries. No other MLB player should come close unless they pitch or hit as well.
ドジャースでワールドシリーズに出て世界一になれば、彼の目標達成シートは完結する🎉
Hope they add extra capacity for the merchandise store 😂, cause Ohtani is gonna crush it 😊
$2Mil a year and $680Mil in deferred money. Wild.
i hope the dodgers allow ohtani to be a closing pitcher while he DH throughout the season...in order to pro-long his career...to see the UNICORN in play-off baseball
It would be absolutely bananas if Dodgers get to the World Series and Ohtani comes out of the bullpen to save the game
so would u advise athletes to eat bananas or funyuns ?...before coming out of bullpen to close out a critical game...@@nickmaster2854
And he’s deferring $680 million of it and gets paid ONLY $2 million a year. The guy is a FUCKING LEGEND.
wait how does that work out? So they can pay him 680m any time they want?
They are going to pay him the deferred money between 2034-2043.. dude basically is getting his contract money as a retirement plan
@alexsakon I can’t wait for rich to talk about that today to see his reaction.. Mike said at least half they’ll pay him a year, their minds had to be blown seeing that lol
Mission Accomplished!! Damn Right!! Let's go Dodgers!!!
i think we underestimate "most of his wage is deferrals" ......
Yes! The MLB acknowledges Shohei's inevitability for itself and might have planned that false and deceiving threepenny show of Shohei's flying to Toronto which brought Blue Jays and its fans to unnecessary despair. That's quite ridiculous.
大谷に投じたお金は数年ですぐに
回収出来る。安すぎるぐらいだ。
As a Jays man, this is very sad
Maybe they can have a $20 hotdog night promotion at Dodger Stadium for the fan on a budget..
lol wait till you see parking and beer cost starting next year
The Parking lot is not owned by the Dodgers. They’re still 1/2 owned by the mccourts. That’s why the lots look like 💩
So the Angels get nothing in return? Didn't trade him and get a bonanza, didn't sign him....how very Angels.
How is their GM allowed to keep his job?
He deferred a huge amount...basically almost all of it is on the back end
The dodgers offered Ohtani 700mil at the first meeting…they went all in. Blue jays had to offer 800mil
The Angels were in a no-win situation: If they had traded Ohtani for prospects who didn't pan out, then everyone would say what a typical loser move they made by giving up on a generational talent. It didn't work out, but I'm glad they at least tried to keep Ohtani.
Also their owner is notorious for squeezing every single dollar out of their farm system from the moment he took over, which is probably related to them having the worst rated farm system multiple times over the last 20-ish yrs, so what's the likelihood they could have developed any prospects?
Gonna have to get use that to blue but man am I hype!!!! From red to blue!!! Let GOOOOOOO
😂Thats every Dad in America 😂
Ohtani could be first base, pitcher, DH, outfielder, relief pitcher. He's going to make MLB fun to watch. Hopefully homerun king and lowest ERA
...the REAL Los Angeles team. The other team is in name only.
apperently the jays made the same offer of 700 mil
Supposedly they did..only ohtani agent can confirm that..
Canada too cold😂😂
That’s probably the problem. Should have offered more.
🥶 vs 😎
Native Angeleno. At the 0.20 timestamp - someone had to say it!
you could give your starters an extra day off by having him.
Hey rich I saw you in simiI valley you were watching your sons baseball game you were in left field watching it was really Windy.
Seriously, why does everyone think Trout want to be anywhere but socal? This has got to stop. Trout isn’t going anywhere and he doesn’t want to leave either.
I’m predicting 3 word series championships for the dodgers with this move
Every sports-minded parent signing their kid up for little league right now 😂😅
If the Dodgers don't become a serious dynasty with their lineup and Shohei as a pitcher, then the Dodgers don't deserve to exist. This line up is par to the mid-late 90s line up the Yankees had that won 4 series
I agree they should definitely win a WS but does not compare to 90’s Yankees. No playoffs back then so it was a lot easier
Let's so forward dodgers!!!
$142,000 per at bat with 500 appearance avg per season.
Shohei🎉
I became a Pirate fan during the 1960 World Series. Listening to the games in my 6th grade class. It was a treat we earned by having a great day of lessons. Also, these were obviously day games. When Maz hit THE home run it sealed the deal for me. Pirates are my team. What broke the bond was the repeated giving up of hope and then players on a regular schedule that is tied to the clubs payroll. I don't have to list the gory mess taking place over the years. The same lame excuses blah, blah, freaking blah. Gerrit Cole and Andrew McCutchen were the last straw. I stopped watching or caring about baseball. I missed it though. So I said to myself, "self, find a new team." So, I did. One that had a history of great players who actually are paid to win. The past few years saw the influx of great players to the team not getting great and leaving. A Mookie (he got paid). A Freddie (he got paid). Now a Shohei, and boy did he ever get paid. They have a management and ownership that actually seems to want the best for the community, their fans and the players. I will always think that Roberto Clemente is the greatest right fielder to play the game. I miss the Buccos but I am now happy to be back. I am excited about the upcoming season. YES!!!
You wanna walk ohtani?!?!?!? “are you sure about that.” Invisible dude.
Anaheim is Orange County, not Los Angeles.
Win-win game for Dodgers & Ohtani period
Yes rich, the way it should have been from day one. 😊
the collective baseball world is salty cus their team didn't land ohtani - no buts or ifs about it. the contract is a bargain - Ohtani's lure pays for itself... AND MAJORITY of his contract is deferred - that means anywhere between 400-600 million is deferred. Dodgers are making bank for the next 10 years and EVERY OTHER BASEBALL TEAM's fan is salty they couldnt land him - don't blame the Dodgers for having a competent organization - tell yours to do better. Don't blame Ohtani for getting the bag and a comepetitve team - he's been a dodger fan for all his life and he made his dreams come true.
Daddy is a wise man ❤
Let's play baseball l!! Our national pastime!!
And now after the massive deferrals, LA signs an all star or two 🤯
he will be plagued by injuries or sub par play but the dodgers are loaded
This is what happens when your counter offer offer is in Canadian dollars
People jealous of this man $700 million dollar contract.
Including your mom.
@@Thurmanatr16 of course, Your's too bro
Mahomes + Micah would be 450MM plus...maybe 100MM for 10 years? Non-QBs are really really screwed in terms of their value in the NFL
Jeresy #17 will be a retired number league wide after the contract ends.
when are the dodgers going to get Mike Trout?
That was the perfect way to take a dump on the Blue Jays for being so delusional to think that they could sign their first superstar baseball player since Roger Clemens in 1997
Shohei Ohtani contract + 300 million = 1 BILLION dollars $$$$ !!!
I wonder why he wanted to sign with the Dodgers...
Dodger tickets, $100 for nosebleeds.
Edit, still gonna be sweet on binoculars and tv.
Ohtani in the outfield next season and I will 💦
There's too much hype around this.. I can see the bottom falling out and the Dodgers having another failed postseason year after year.
Ohtani was always going to LAD…they checked every box. Only annoying thing was how obvious this was for years. There was no Ohtani FA sweepstakes. He was only going to one and only one place.
The Angels were morons for not trading him for a King's ransom when they had the chance. Now they get nothing but scorn and ridicule.
I love Simi valley
Ohtani better be prepared for whats coming when he comes here.
As an angels fan I can say we all knew this was coming. He wanted to stay is so cal and the angels won’t win anytime soon and just organizationally we are inferior to the dodgers lol we are a joke
I'm a Dodger/Met fan (it's complicated) but Angels are my favorite AL team and I still remember them trouncing the Yankees in 2002. I loved the Angels announcers, they had so much joy in talking about Shohei! Really wish the Halos could get it together :(
The cool thing about sports is seeing loyal fans stick with their team no matter what. The Angels are lucky to have you
I consider Los Angeles everything boxed in by Thousand Oaks, San Fernando, Chino, Dana Point. Sorry, but it's the sprawl.
My reaction was basically.
Ohtani. went. to. a. team. that. won. the. world. series. 3. years. ago. How. exciting. I. can. barely. contain. my. excitement.
Anyone asking "what is that voice" it was basically an emotionless voice akin to a sorethroat voice. I'm not angry, I'm just severely disappointed that it isn't just the owners that only care about money. Players are going where the money is instead of where they'll make the most impact.
I can’t imagine what the Angels fandom is feeling right now. Shoulda traded him. 🤷🏽♂️
The angel's reported they use to make 25million off ohtani a year..so lets low ball it and say dodgers can make 30million a year. so they only paying ohtani 40million out of pocket to be a 20million hitter and 20million pitcher..i put money on it right now. ..Dodgers are gonna have some talk with ohtani to see if he's open to goin to the outfield if he can no longer pitch..which will basically paying Aaron judge money..
imagine being proud of living in Simi Valley lol
2:07 what is this word? (Baseball casual here)
It’s a reference to Bobby Bonilla’s deal with the Mets when they cut him. Rather than pay him the ~$6 million they owed him, they agreed to pay him > $1 million/year until 2035, even though he retired in 2001. It’s a spectacularly bad deal for the Mets and a running joke in baseball.
@@PaulMcElligott thank you for the context! Why would a team pay someone more than 1 mil/year rather than just pay him out ?
@@ZacharyJohnGBecause their owner was an idiot. The money to pay him immediately was tied up in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, but the owner figured the returns from that investment would more than cover the payments to Bonilla.
As an aside, every July 1, the day Bonilla receives his money, is a sort of sarcastic holiday for Mets fans, “Bobby Bonilla Day.”
@@PaulMcElligottI like how your first sentence was the best explanation...but you still gave a detailed one.
@@spsawyer22 Well, “Their owner was an idiot” applies to so many teams.
So the Braves win, I love this deal, I get 3 23 million dollar pitchers now.
This contract is extremely dangerous for baseball. MLB needs to stop things like deferred payments because it is such an unfair practice and it prices out all the competition in a very underhanded way. Fight me on it if you want. This is bad for the game.
It’s only dangerous if every athlete suddenly is willing to play before getting paid. I get the disdain for the dodgers is strong right now but let’s recall just how selfish most people, let alone athletes are. I think baseball is fine.
Not taking a shot and Ohtani or having a go, but post UCL tear he will likely never pitch consistently again. 700 million is a bit much for just his bat as good as it is.
True, but if he could even be a good reliever as well as DH, that's still like getting two players in one.
The Dodgers are getting two for one and I’m not talking about his batting or pitching. All of MLB wins with Ohtani being in LA. It’s up to ownership from each respective team if they invest back into their team.
Who cares, doesn’t bother me that he left in the first place. We should have moved from the beginning and focus on other key pieces that we need.
I get it, but I was secretly hoping he'd want to go to the Mariners or a team that has never won a World Series.
Great. Now I have to root for the Dodgers. I hate baseball and I hate the Dodgers. I'm not rooting for the Dodgers, I will just root for Ohtani.
Ridiculous amount
The Football equivalent is not the same at all. What a stupid comparison
Ugh this is the last team I wanted to see him go to.
Orange County wish it was LA County
My god between you and Colin Cowherd, I don’t him who had the worst sports takes.
POS shady move. He knew he was going to Dodgers. They knew it. That contract was constructed long before he was a free agent.
Wasted teams time and lawyered the system and created a huge issue in competitiveness for poor teams for the future. Wish nothing but the worst for his team and him.