The future of Shohei Ohtani

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Seven

The Dodgers lineup will be dangerous. They better hope, for their sake, that he's able to pitch again. Otherwise, he's not worth the money that he was given.

When it comes down to it...the Dodgers, and every other MLB team is a business. If he sells a Billion $'s in merchandise for them in the next 10 years, they really don't care whether he pitches again or not.

Personally, I have a hard time believing he's even going to be an extremely effective hitter his 1st year back from Tommy John surgery.

He's a left-handed batter, which means he uses his right arm for his extension and follow through. He's going to have to be very careful he doesn't hyperextend it while he's still healing from the surgery. I know it's a different motion from throwing, but he's still got to be careful.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

When it comes down to it...the Dodgers, and every other MLB team is a business. If he sells a Billion $'s in merchandise for them in the next 10 years, they really don't care whether he pitches again or not.

Personally, I have a hard time believing he's even going to be an extremely effective hitter his 1st year back from Tommy John surgery.

He's a left-handed batter, which means he uses his right arm for his extension and follow through. He's going to have to be very careful he doesn't hyperextend it while he's still healing from the surgery. I know it's a different motion from throwing, but he's still got to be careful.

Bryce Harper came back from Tommy John surgery in about 5 1/2 months. He hit for a decent average early on but didn't have much power for his first few months back. By the end of the season, he seemed to be back to his normal self hitting. It will be interesting to see if Ohtani has a similar recovery and if his power will also take more time to return than his hitting does.

[jayshum]

$680 out of $700 million deferred. That's hard to believe.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by jayshum

$680 out of $700 million deferred. That's hard to believe.

That is insane amount of deferred money but he will make a ton in marketing each year.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

That is insane amount of deferred money but he will make a ton in marketing each year.

Even Bonilla will be retired before this guy stops getting paid.





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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

$680 out of $700 million deferred. That's hard to believe.

So what's the present value of the contract?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

So what's the present value of the contract?

Not sure if this is correct:

[Beercan collector]

What’s the payment after 10 years ?
2 million a year for 340 years ? 😊

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

What’s the payment after 10 years ?
2 million a year for 340 years ? 😊

Apparently he gets the rest from 2034-2043 so not quite as long as you suggested.