Shohei Ohtani signs with the Dodgers (10 years, $700 million)

[Ron Mexico]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Why?  Because that is debt against the sale of the team, after he is no longer on the team, when he adds no value to the team.  Imagine buying a team and having $680 million of debt accrued for something no longer creating value. 

So he was offered 3 Billion last year when he put the Angels up for sale. How much do you think he lost in Value the minute Ohtani left? 

[Ron Mexico]

10 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Why?  Because that is debt against the sale of the team, after he is no longer on the team, when he adds no value to the team.  Imagine buying a team and having $680 million of debt accrued for something no longer creating value. 

Do you even think he touches the 2 billion mark now that Ohtani the Cash Cow is gone ?

[mmc]

 

[Ron Mexico]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Trying to save Face that's all . Dude was a Dodger all along 

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

Do you even think he touches the 2 billion mark now that Ohtani the Cash Cow is gone ?

Yes of course he does. He doesn’t lose a billion in value losing Shohei. He doesn’t lose $680 million either. 

[m0nkey]

Sad truth

 

[Ron Mexico]

1 minute ago, m0nkey said:

Sad truth

 

So that made him want to be a Dodger? I mean wtf When the Yankees goes to Dodger stadium half will be Yankee fans. 

[Ron Mexico]

16 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yes of course he does. He doesn’t lose a billion in value losing Shohei. He doesn’t lose $680 million either. 

Shit he doesn't. He will be lucky to get 2 billion now 

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

 

Oh jesus.
 

I wonder if that's bobby V talking out his ass or if that's the truth.

Is what he's claiming consistent or inconsistent with how Arte has operated in the past?

[Stradling]

4 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

Shit he doesn't. He will be lucky to get 2 billion now 

It’s asinine to think the new owner would pay a billion extra dollars for less than one guaranteed season of Shohei under his ownership. Use some common sense. 

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Is what he's claiming consistent or inconsistent with how Arte has operated in the past?

Arte doesn’t like debt so he wasn’t going to defer $680 million. 

[tdawg87]

[3pitchwalk]

50 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

i dont believe this because of ohtanis opt-out clause dependent on whether certain fo personnel are kept or not. during his 6 years he saw 4 different managers and 2 gms. he was never gonna come back.

[m0nkey]

Saw this come across my Twitter, don’t know if it’s true or not but if it is, the deferred payments only help the dodgers for 2 years as far as cash flow goes. They’ll have to start spending the $46M in 2026

 

[Chuck]

 

[Angelsfan1984]

lol! Someone who is good at photoshop, please throw ohtani and Betts on there

[mmc]

 

[UndertheHalo]

Only Trump is more betrayed than Arte

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Ron Mexico said:

Do you even think he touches the 2 billion mark now that Ohtani the Cash Cow is gone ?

Yes, easily...  Its still SoCal, and everyone understands they were a cash cow when they were winning.  I think most people with the capital to purchase a MLB team realize the problem is likely the current owner.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

It’s asinine to think the new owner would pay a billion extra dollars for less than one guaranteed season of Shohei under his ownership. Use some common sense. 

One of the other things to consider is how baseball uses player salaries as assets and towards their depreciation.  If Ohtani's salary is 2 mil then that's all they can really apply as a cost within those first six/ten years.  

[Taylor]

45 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Only Trump is more betrayed than Arte

There's no respect these days for the men who built this country.

[mmc]

 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

And there it is...

[rafibomb]

We couldn't win with Ohtani on a cheap contract. We weren't winning with him on the contract the Dodgers gave him.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

3 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

We couldn't win with Ohtani on a cheap contract. We weren't winning with him on the contract the Dodgers gave him.

100% this. I don't fault Arte for not matching the contract; it just sucks knowing that the offer was there to match it lol. No guarantee he still would've picked us had Arte said yes BUT I fail to see why at this point; any Angel fan would fault him or hate him for leaving.

We didn't win with him; we weren't going to win with him on this contract. Too many holes to fill.