Shohei Ohtani torn UCL 8-23-23

[ThatRogue]

Morosi really screwed the pooch on this one. It's one thing to say the player was leaning towards a certain team, but another to say the guy got on a plane. Turns out it was Robert Herjavic from Shark Tank, lol

They look so much alike, I see how easy it was for Morosi to get them confused…

https://x.com/maxie27/status/1733259643861032969?s=46&t=cJBaHAAetUbxHKOkcmW2PQ

[Gregg]

What will Ohtani go for in your fantasy leagues this year.

I suspect he will go for $54 in our 12 team NL only 5x5 Ultra $260 budget. I will be out as I am keeping a $54b Acuna.

[Moonlight J]

He'll be missed in AL LABR and Tout auctions. He was treated differently in both leagues, but glad not to have to make that budgetary tweak in draft plans any longer

[whalewang]

What will Ohtani go for in your fantasy leagues this year.

I suspect he will go for $54 in our 12 team NL only 5x5 Ultra $260 budget. I will be out as I am keeping a $54b Acuna.

9 team NL only 5x5 keeper league. I'm guessing at least $55 with Acuna around $70.
We don't have a bench but he can be used two-way (you can slot him as a pitcher on the days he pitches and then back to UTL on days he's not pitching). We have daily transactions but that still makes swapping a little complicated even with utilizing a guys on the IL in the process.

[Sour Masher]

His contract makes Bobby Bonilla's look like a pay up front deal. It is a heck of a tax dodge. Luckily, Ohtani makes about 50 mil a year in endorsements, so he is good on funion money until his contract money kicks in.

[rhd]

RW is reporting that Ohtani will defer $68 mil per season of his entire 10-year contract so that he will get just $2 mil per year (?!?!). The other $680 mil will be paid out, without interest(!), from 2034-43. Such a "frugal" contract structure for an athlete sounds completely unprecedented. Hold my beer, Max Scherzer!

[rhd]

And now Tom Verducci said that initially Ohtani wanted to defer the entire $700 mil of the contract!!!!

[madducks]

And now Tom Verducci said that initially Ohtani wanted to defer the entire $700 mil of the contract!!!!

Ohtani's endorsement income alone is more than the salary of most athletes. It's so incomprehensible that he doesn't even need that $700 million.

[madducks]

Kobe Bryant helped sell Ohtani on signing with the Dodgers.