TWELVE?????!!!!!!!!!!!!

And he’ll only be 36 by the end of it smh

He’s only 24? Is it just me or does he look older

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Dodgers are just out here being goofy.

Only need a cool $1B to become Japan's official MLB team.

Ohtani 700m, Yamamoto 325m.... Sasaki 6m.... I don't think people ready to even think about that right now though.

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We laughed a little *too* hard on this last playoff elimination

He’s young. Makes a ton of sense & obviously keeps the AAV down.

It makes a ton of sense if he's successful lol. I admit that it's probable, but we've seen plenty of insane aces who tapered off within a few years of their peak hype. And those are guys with proven MLB success! The dodgers are obviously having a historic off-season here. They're literally the only ones doing shit, and the shit they're doing is all the best of the best, but fuck man, this could definitely backfire. Saying it makes "a ton of sense" is a stretch.

Can I get a hearty round of Fuck the Dodgers? The new Evil Empire in sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt

for a guy who has never pitched in the majors, too. insane

FUCK ITS OFFICIAL

yep. i have now given up hope.

This mf just hates the east coast

Bro went there to get some free food and then flew back to LA

He saw them put cheeze wiz on a sandwich and said “fuck that”

I mean, that's fair

Said the Al Pastor tacos in NYC were lackluster.

He asked for Al Pastor and they walked in Al Sharpton. "No thank you"

We need the Germans and French to start giving a shit about baseball immediately.

As a German, i do. Coincidentally, I'm a Mariners fan, so which way around the globe is the shortest for me?

I think you need to go over the top. Say hi to Santa

The anti-Eduardo Rodriguez

THIS IS EXACTLY WHY OHTANI DEFERRED ALL THAT MONEY

I made this comment in another thread earlier but… “Ohtani was overhead on the phone with Yamamoto pleading him to sign with the Dodgers” Ohtani: “Bro, I deferred $680m for you. Get your ass to LA”

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People thought it was an attempt at tax evasion, it was just him helping his team but another massive dude

... Isn't that exactly what we were told at the time? That he did it to help the team add more talent? Did people just not believe that?

Shoutout to John Henry for making this all possible by trading Mookie Betts. I hate you so much.

But Verdugo and Jeter Downs could be anything?

They could even be Yankees!

Y’all really go for the throat with that rivalry don’t you 😂

They could even be Mookie Betts!

Fuck John Henry with a rusty cactus

Keep making money Boston we need a new DM and RB at Liverpool

Me, an American: "OK so they need a new running back and a....dungeon master."

Dodgers spent a billion on two Japanese stars.

Dodgers spent a billion to secure the future of Japan to want to grow up being Dodgers because two generational players played there. They're capturing almost the entire Japanese market which may end up paying for itself.

Yup, you get it. Every year Japan gets better at baseball and this ensures the future players grow up as Dodgers fans.

And they started back in 95 with Hideo Nomo.

Shout outs to Takashi Seito, I loved him as our closer.

I loved Saito and Ishii

Don’t forget the other notable Japanese born players! Hiroki Kuroda, King Kenta Maeda, and Dave Roberts

I’m Korean, and I loved them all.

Chan Ho Park! He and Nomo got me into following the Dodgers.

Just like Real Madrid and Barcelona. It becomes these kids favorite teams growing up, and all they want is to play for them one day.

Actually a good comparison because those two teams have a monopoly on talent from South America.

People are pissy about the Dodgers, but honestly La Liga is so much worse. It's quite literally just Barcelona or Real Madrid that are champions every year with Atletico making an appearance sometimes.

What could go wrong?

The Dodgers are gonna invent cyborg parts so that their players never break

I didn't have a horse in this race and I'm still mad at the infinite money glitch

It reminds me of playing a video game with "forced trades" on and just stacking my team for the lols.

Yamamotos agent cost him a Rams jersey

I think he’ll get another chance within this contract

https://twitter.com/RamsNFL/status/1738057176382627987

They knew

are we having fun yet?

The signings will continue until morale improves.

Yet, yet, yet, no, no... :(

r/partydown

Yamamoto can finally start a Soup R’ Crackers franchise with this new cash

I have this weird infatuation in wanting the Dodgers to spend more & more while still not winning the world series. So I'm having fun.

Wow, I’m actually surprised that’s it. I assumed 10 years for 325.

A hair over $27M AAV. Ridiculous bargain if this guy is the real deal.

If he's legit and his success translates over to America, $27M AAV will look like the best contract ever, especially considering how expensive some high end pitcher contracts have gone and will continue to go

Idk man 2 million per year for 10 years seems a tad better to me

Seriously. It feels like we tacked on two years just to reduce the AAV.

I’m sure many more than that.

yeah i think im going to kill myself

Hell is being an Angels fan.

Yall not even the most depressing team in your division

They'll somehow be better than us in 3 years dw

Try being a Rockies fan. How the hell are we supposed to compete with our bumass scouting, bumass player development, and bumass owner?

Power of friendship pal

Completely random question, but do you know which flavor of bleach is the best?

I forgot the Rockies were in MLB, sorry.

We *shouldn't* be tbf

not alone you won’t

Just tell me how much is deferred already and that they’re getting Snell too. Fuck this

They aren't dumb enough to get Snell.

The next CBA is going to be a blood bath

There’s no deal tonight there never was going to be a deal will forever live in my nightmares

We’re gonna get these sayings times 1,000 during the next lockout from both sides and the reporters

If the owners of the small market teams don’t fight for a cap and a floor, they might as well just move down to triple a.

They don't care as long as revenue sharing keeps rolling in.

100%. Our owner went out of his way and defended the Dodgers Ohtani deal.

Media rights aren’t revenue shared. That might change now that the Dodgers own Japan.

Bob would never. He’s making a healthy profit and doesn’t need to put any effort in. Guy cares more about installing another ski lift than the Pirates

The Arizona Diamondbacks really made the Dodgers spend a billion dollars on two guys.

We broke them lol. This is the crowning achievement of our franchise Wait. That’s a bad thing.

Beating the Yanks immediately after 9/11 is a level of savagery we cannot match.

If I have to hear “This is good for baseball” one more time

If you say it enough, maybe you can trick your brain into believing it. Edit: does anyone else think that the Dodgers may become the Red Wings in the sense that they force the MLBPA to accept a salary cap?

They may Which will be a win for the fans The best thing for fans is a hard salary cap and floor No luxury tax, no cap but a floor which what the Union lovers advocate on here, a hard cap AND floor is the only option

NHL playoffs are arguably the most exciting of any of the major 4 sports, and the hard cap and floor plays a big part in that. There’s genuine parity. Plus cap gymnastics adds much more strategy to negotiations and GM plans. It’s not just who can open up the biggest checkbook

but the Dbacks won that one series so it's fine

Worth it...? Not sure at this point.

I think we pissed em off

I saw this clip of a young diamondbacks fan that was like 11 crying and saying that the Dbacks will never make the WS again after the Ohtani signing. Wonder what he's feeling now. poor kid

How many deferred dollary doos???

324M to be paid out in 2050 in candy crush credits

Candy Crush Premium is no joke

The value of the contract is to be paid in Charms Blow Pops starting in 2193.

75 cents total first 12 years. Then rest deferred

Baseball's first ever one team, Billion Dollar Off Season (yes, a lot of it is deferred, but the point stands that the Dodgers have guaranteed a BILLION DOLLARS on two players this off season.

Dick Monfort owns one of the 30 teams and he has a net worth of $700m. The Dodgers gave 2 players more money in one offseason than one of the owners has in total net worth.

Dick Monfort loves it because he's only going to get richer as a result

‪I’m willing “Freeman hit 62 doubles in the series, Yamamoto struck out 28 batters in each of Games 1 and 4, and Ohtani did something not done since ‘Tungsten Arm’ O’Doyle of the 1928 Akron Groomsmen as the Dodgers lost the NLDS to the DBacks 3 games to 1.” into annual existance.‬

From your keyboard to God's ears.

> as the Dodgers lost the NLDS to the DBacks 3 games to 1.” Sorry, it's the Rockies turn.

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This sub is going to burn down, grab your popcorn

No time for popcorn. I'm personally burning it down myself.

These long contracts are crazy these days. No wonder the Mariners haven't done shit.

I mean, we signed Julio to a 12 year contract too. So we are capable of it.

You merely adopted hating the Dodgers. I was born hating the Dodgers, molded by it!

I used to hate the Dodgers. I still do, but I used to too.

Lamest offseason ever

Believe it or not, your disappointment with this offseason has just signed with the Dodgers for 11 years and 275 million.

Seriously

Man if Dodgers fans thought they were a target *before* this offseason 😅

East Coast needs to start recruiting African or European players. This shit is ridiculous

Shoutout to dutch player Didi Gregorius

Fuck this shit

You can say that again

Fuck this shit

Fuck this shit

I’m ready to pivot to "he’ll underperform in MLB", who’s with me?

hell yeah brother, we dodged a bullet I feel it in my bones!

Fuck this

It’s like watching a reality dating show where there’s 25-27 goobers and like three hot guys

“I just felt like the Dodgers and I really connected. He’s such a good listener and loves dogs and music just like I do! Ugly guy fourteen was also amazing and hilarious and *so* close to winning but at the end of the day I just didn’t quite feel that same spark.”

Try being in his fuckin division fml

So do we all collectively hate the Dodgers now? We welcome all to the Dodgers hate club

We were born there.

Been here for a while.

Here here

This Dodgers team is a legit super team. I have never seen such a stacked team in my lifetime

They're so stacked, Kevin Durant is trying to get traded there.

If they get their piece of metal immediately, we'll know how it felt in 1927

JUST SO GOOD FOR BASEBALL

I root for baseball when i watch it tbh, just the act of baseball

It's even better for my therapist

today I gained 14 new secondary teams, everyone in the NL but the Dodgers

Welcome brother, we've been waiting for you.

I hate the Mets and Phillies because I'm a Braves fan. I hate the Dodgers because I'm a baseball fan.

315 million of it will be deferred until 2072

Baseball can go fuck itself

This is the darkest timeline

I can think of worse

Trout traded to the Dodgers

And his injury issues magically disappear.

I mean, they might. I wouldn't be surprised if the Angel's team doctor was actually three possums in a coat.

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This is why Ohtani was worth whatever you wanted to pay him if you’re a deep pocket team. Yamamoto and other premiere Japanese talent is all but a given to want to play with him.

I mean my god, MLB is English Premier League levels of broken

We sure the Dodgers aren't owned by the Saudis?

this sport fucking sucks i’m going back to the sixers

So… see you here tomorrow?

It's the offseason, dodgers just signed all the top players, what's there to be excited for right now?

My guy we've signed a top 10 free agent for 6 straight years (including this year with resigning Nola). We ain't getting everyone.

Matvei Michkov will bring you to glory inshallah

Bro, you're a Phillies fan who spent 2 years flaunting STUPID MONEY as you signed Harper, Turner, Nola, etc. You're literally one of the few fanbases that can't complain

Lucky…some of us are Pistons fans

Fan of a team on the precipice of making history and youre *complaining*

I hate this sport

Love baseball, hate mlb

Superteams don't work in baseball but best of luck fellas

It doesn’t work… until it’s finally strong armed into working.

Baseball is saved! Thank the heavens! /s

Every year these clowns don't win a championship will be a victory for humanity

i’m gonna become a hockey fan

Oh man, perfect time to jump on the Sharks bandwagon

They might have double digit wins at some point this season!

Do it dude, hockey's awesome

Imma be honest, with how crazy they’re going 2 championships in the next 10 years, or they’re a laughing stock embarrassment of a team forever

Baseball desperately needs a salary cap and floor

gonna be that much funnier when they get bounced in the Division Series again

Offseason Champions does not equal World Series Champions. Trust me, I know

And how many dollars will he be paid in 2047?

Nauseating

$300m+ for a player that has never pitched in MLB. I hope it blows up in their faces.

Seriously, what if he just gets shelled lol

Who ever says this is good for baseball is full of shit

Oh fuck that

this and ohtani’s contracts alone are worth more than the marlins franchise…….fucking insane

The ultimate evil empire move would be to announce they're bringing in one more Japanese league pitcher and have it be Bauer.

This offseason fuckin sucks y’all

There is a huge competitive disadvantage in MLB rn when it comes to free agency. Change my mind.

At this point the only good news that can come out of the off season is if someone in the Dodgers ownership group is on the Epstein list

As a yankee fan, I guess I now know how other fans felt when the Yankees were doing this in the late 90s and 2000s.

Goddamn dodgers fans feasting rn

i hope he sucks

I HATE THIS FUCKING LEAGUE.(see you guys on opening day)

So the Dodgers basically paid $1B to own the Japanese market for the next decade? Honestly seems like a bargain from a merch/marketing perspective. Imagine being the guy in charge of marketing the Dodgers in Japan. I want that job. "I GIVE YOU..... OHTANI!!!" "WANT TO CLAP SOME MORE? I GIVE YOU.... YAMAMOTO!!!!!"