The Dodgers Just Got Even Better And People Are PISSED

[@baseballcrypt]

Five Nights of Freddie wasn’t enough so they decided to build the Avengers instead😱

[@offenright24]

Good joke.

[@kidfromthehood3608]

Damn good one. haha

[@edwardsarinana1997]

😂 Ahhhhhhahahahahahaha!

[@cyrus138]

Dodgers is Justice League. Yankees is Avengers.

[@markanderson7833]

@baseballcrypt, excellent response.

[@chesterthechickeneater1302]

Dodgers to sign goku to a 20 year 100 billion yen contract 1 yen per year rest deferred for the next millenium

[@Turnkey_BM]

Make it happen baby!

[@TheManny717]

And then, the Dodgers will sign a nobody named InuYasha… because everyone else doesn’t want him due to how much of a nutcase he was, but they see him as a beacon of hope. 🤷

[@jamesgarner5946]

No lie detected

[@bpach8919]

Jokes aside Ohtani’s contract is more than that lol

[@JosephZiegler-s9t]

Yes. It’s the equivalent of $659 million. I converted! But nice reference because the Dodgers certainly seem as immortal and stupidly powerful as Goku! I love it!

[@jasonthemagnificent2.0]

Padres fans are having a meltdown after they let him walk because they didn't want to pay him but now they are mad because Dodgers paid him. Ahahaha

[@calvinjones7644]

We were mad we let him walk too

[@Sandbarhoppin]

yeaaaaaaa because padres fans are in control of the money.

[@rutoojinn]

@@Sandbarhoppin Yea blame the ownership but Snell at that time was questionable he is still questionable now. He main problem was his health.

[@Neverdaunted]

We couldn’t resign him because our owner died goofy

[@bensantellano]

Same could be said for Giants fans

[@huntingtonbeachkbd]

The dodgers are gonna go into next season with 9 great starting pitchers because they anticipate at least 5 will be hurt at some point

[@nmc400]

All of them will be hurt somehow, just a dodgers thing.

[@speculator3gthe238]

@@nmc400like clockwork!

[@Paul_Sleeping]

@@nmc400 It's like the Dodgers turn on the afterburners on their pitchers. They go down like flies.

[@capgucci9378]

And still going win again

[@jowade9026]

.."they" anticipate titles. That's why they win. Nuff said

[@T_K7]

If anyone claims that deferred payments are a Dodgers cheat code, remind them that the Reds' 5th highest paid player last year was Ken Griffey Jr.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

Bobby Bonilla day is not a Dodger holiday. Don't know if all these deferments are smart in the long run but you can't argue with recent results. Too think the Dodgers might be paying over $100 million in back salary in 10 years. Guess it's kick the can for the foreseeable future.

[@christhewolf4246]

​@@henrywallacesghost5883they will need to pay 68 mil for Ohtani from 2034 but for the dodgers that 68 mil is like 3 mil for the Pirates

[@justinbarker2676]

​@henrywallacesghost5883 it's definitely a win-now decision, and I'm all here for it

[@sully51]

@@henrywallacesghost5883 MLB deferments require the team to put the present-day value of the deferred money into an escrow account within 2 years of it being earned. They will then just need to top it off once a year if the account doesn't keep up with the current present-day value of the remaining deferral, so it doesn't kick the can too far.

[@andrewlee8623]

​@@henrywallacesghost5883 i think the logic is that nobody will talk about the deferred payments or the financial ruin that the dodgers might be in if they can establish a dynasty (i dont think the dodgers will be in financial ruin but thats another convo). the same reason ppl dont give the giants more shit for being shitty now bc they won 3 in 5. it wont matter when the history books will say this was one of, if not the, greatest team in the 2020s.

[@thefox47545]

Last off-season, the Dodgers were mocked for spending a lot "just to choke in the playoffs." Now, most of those who mocked are now dreading!

[@agrofindastation]

MLB wouldn't let them choke this year because they needed a good story to cover up that no honor having, throw my friend under the bus Ohtani.

[@tommyfu9271]

nah people who act like they're guaranteed world series winners every year simply don't understand the sport.

[@Petard01]

​@@agrofindastationawwwwwwww 😢😢😢😢 The MLB couldn't have fabricated the marvelous choke job the Yankees produced organically in their wildest dreams. Do you really think the MLb would rather have a gentleman's sweep as opposed to a 7 game series between two top seeds(which barely happens) and two teams who haven't met since the 80s? Take your fan goggles off and be rational for a second.

[@XxXDestroyer]

​@@agrofindastation You as a Padres fan should be the last person to talk about choking, you and your 24 scoreless innings lol.

[@agrofindastation]

@XxXDestroyer MLB swapped the balls out. I can recall at least three balls machado at least hit that should have been out. And that was just his.

[@arminoleg1624]

September: Doesn’t matter Dodgers will choke again. November: This isn’t fair😢 😂😂😂

[@natetibbs8387]

No I thought the deferred money was always dumb but really just the Ohtani contract. I feel like there be a set % of money that you can’t defer even if it is 50%.

[@TK-mf5in]

@@natetibbs8387and how do you feel about the teams that put their own profits over their on the field product lol. That’s what this all comes down to.

[@Culturalgazelle]

How sweet it is😎

[@christophernash1846]

You realize they won the World Series . LOL you can't be this ...

[@calguy3838]

@@natetibbs8387 The present value of the deferred money still counts against the salary cap, so why set a limit on deferred money?

[@bockstaboi6638]

Don’t even play the season next year just give it to the dodgers 💀

[@PrickFlair]

Only normies say that

[@jibbymarket]

@@PrickFlairringworm

[@Hehehehhehehehehehehehhe78]

A lot can happen in baseball

[@Culturalgazelle]

I’m a big dodgers fan and I wish that were true😂😂😂

[@KolossusB]

Teams have been overspending for decades like the yankees. It's never insured success. Stop acting like the sky is falling.

[@DrewSki12115]

The Dodgers ownership group is not like any other team. They have 11 different owners who are all close to or are billionaires. So they all take a a little money out of their pockets and go on a spending frenzy. The Brewers have 1 owner, the Reds have 1 owner, so they can only spend what they have. $300 million to one owner is pricey, and a risk, whereas as $300 million contract for the Dodgers is split 11 times (sure a majority may go to top dog Mark Walter), but Magic Johnson and Billie Jean King could pay $150,000 each and net a return in the millions. It's a lot easier to pay any player an absurd amount of money when their are 11 outlets to stream from. Add in the revenue that they get from TV deals, and national broadcasts and it puts more money in their pockets than any other team.

[@themaincharacterinthebible8815]

Say it louder for the brain dead fans regurgitating that same argument “your owner can spend money too”

[@WayneE42]

That's a damn good analysis; no one else is saying this. Thank you!

[@pizzainthebox3449]

So lone owners should take on more partners, If they really want to win vs being the lone king of the small hill. But they might like being king more than giving fans a championship. If a lone owner can’t compete, they should not own a sports team by themself. The writing was on the wall more than 25 years ago. Owners know this.

[@DrewSki12115]

@@pizzainthebox3449 owners will run their organization how they want, but the dodgers have chosen 11 minority owners who all have substantial money. They have had success because of this, it may not work in every situation, but in a big market in LA, where the following happens: 1: high valued players want to be in a city that has everything in front of them. Let’s be real, no one vacations in Cleveland (thanks Joakim Noah). 2: dodgers are already a successful franchise that dates back several decades 3: deferred contracts. The dodgers are taking advantage of this which other teams aren’t. I give them props for it. We all hate it, but they are leveraging their future and have already won a WS. They already added snell, I don’t see why they wouldn’t land another big free agent. Did I just write @italkstudios next video?

[@Chris-c8z7j]

Each Dodger owner stands to make less, since they have to divide the profits up. Also, every other team could do the same and have 11 owners if they want to.

[@mick3r141]

I'd be pissed as well if my owner didn't care about winning just getting money in his pockets 🙄🤭🤭🤭

[@Turnkey_BM]

I used to be an A's fan so uh, welcome to the Fisher era.

[@ramiroaguirre3411]

At the end, he’s going to the team that gave him the contract that he wants. Dodgers offered that contract, and he signed. Idk why people are complaining about this.

[@GJLCreativeStudios]

look at the Dodgers TV deal, genius. Its way beyond other teams. 10x of most of them

[@silkyjohnson7599]

The Dodgers have 2* rings in the past like 40 years lmao good for them

[@AdrianGonzalez-ym3co]

@@silkyjohnson7599and your team has how many rings

[@m1nk22]

Why does part of me think that he’ll get booed at petco

[@YDH25]

Why do Padre fans keep acting like they would care?

[@m1nk22]

@ prolly bc he was a padre and dodgers the padres biggest rival

[@tourpS]

I won't. He did really well as a Padre and when he came to Petco as a Giant he bought the front office employees pizza so he's still good in my book.

[@TheGreyCrayon]

​@@tourpS He 100% will get booed though, even if he doesn't deserve it. Padres management fault for not signing him.

[@henrywallacesghost5883]

​@@TheGreyCrayonOver 30 million a year. I could handle some boos.

[@JonnyMack23]

That intro was a perfect use of that spiderman clip! 100% IQ

[@Kingslayer54]

This is what happens when teams actually invest. Winning draws fans, fans draw money, money draws players. It doesn’t matter what market you’re in if you try to win the fans will be there.

[@billbills7158]

What team in professional isn’t trying to win ? Everyone is trying to win. Some owners are buying to win. I’m a Yankee fan. No fan base knows this better. The problem ? They’re not winning and the fans are left with the bill later. Over priced tickets, parking, and concession all to pay for the players who haven’t won a damn thing worth talking about.

[@Wolf-wc1js]

@@Kingslayer54 reminds me of a clip I saw recently from Matt Kemp’s 2011 MVP season (that was his that Ryan Braun stole from him) and how empty Dodger Stadium was because of Frank McCourt vs now over a decade later with Guggenheim being the best ownership in the league and seeing the packed house every time i see Freeman walk it off in Game 1 of the World Series

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

@@billbills7158 Most teams aren’t actually trying to win. What are you on about?

[@edomarpez1840]

@@billbills7158 the A's, the Pirates, the Rockies those for sure aren't trying to win it all. Arguably we can penciled there the Marlins too...

[@chrisnietzel692]

@@edomarpez1840 Please don't leave out Fuckface Arte Moreno

[@charliegone1652]

As a Dodger fan...what a year it has been.

[@GJLCreativeStudios]

You wont be respected for any of it. Dont worry about little details like that though

[@Usofa21]

Lol salty ahhhh mofo😂😂😂 dodgers gonna eat for the next few years to come like it or not

[@chavy-_-4690]

@@GJLCreativeStudiosdodger fans can give two shits about being respected when you fans shit on the dodgers being chokers. Now they’re spending like every other owner can it’s a bad thing for baseball? Cry in a corner. They’re just getting started

[@nickr3441]

As a what?

[@nomanatcore]

Hello fellow Pantone 294 enthusiast. Let us eat, be merry, and raise a glass up to Vin.

[@jdsthird]

I guess the folks who laughed and bullied the Dodgers the past few years about their lack of postseason success aren’t laughing anymore. The crying and whining has started. This is where bullying leads. It’s not funny anymore, is it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Paul_Sleeping]

Next they are going to say they will take Houston Astros cheating over what the Dodgers are doing because this is 100 times worse.

[@THE_KERSHAW_KURSE]

Houston Asterisks. Mickey Mouse ring. Post season Chokers. Kershaw meme. The Dodgers have had enough. No mercy. Take no prisoners.

[@jdsthird]

@@THE_KERSHAW_KURSE Absolutely. I said when Petco roared with laughter at the crying Kershaw meme that it was classless and tacky. They have been cursed ever since. 24 scoreless innings and the tears are flowing.

[@jeffreyarvik5936]

I don’t hate teams for spending money on players like Snell but I hate them when they spend such crazy amounts on sports stars, and then need funding from the city or state to build or operate a stadium.

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

IKR?

[@davidmayer6181]

Good point. Wrong city

[@edomarpez1840]

Completely agree!! the ballparks shouldn't be co-funded with public money

[@jeffreyarvik5936]

@@davidmayer6181 not sure I’m following you. The city repurchased the land from the Federal Housing Authority at a reduced price, with the stipulation that it be used for a public purpose. However, the city transferred the land to private interests to attract a sports franchise. The Dodgers won a lawsuit in the California Supreme Court, which ruled that a baseball team and its privately-owned stadium could qualify as a public purpose

[@chris42069]

Dont hate the players for this, they're working a job and for everyone who makes $10m/year there are 100 who never made it. The owners deserve scorn, they're billionaires

[@GameinHistory]

The Dodgers are playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers. Adding Blake Snell to that rotation is just insane. Love or hate them, you can’t deny their commitment to winning. 👏🔥

[@Wolf-wc1js]

Commence the Imperial March. The New Dodger Empire has begun

[@slayermcrx7519]

So are the A's gonna be the Rebel Alliance and somehow blow up the Death Star against all odds?

[@Chris-c8z7j]

@@slayermcrx7519 No, that's more like the Rays.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Didn't that title belong to the Yankees?

[@Wolf-wc1js]

@@Jiltedin2007 yes which is why I stated “New Dodger Empire.” The Yankees can have the title of Evil Empire back when they 1. Go back to their old spending habits and more importantly 2. Actually do something in the playoffs against non AL Central teams

[@Emper0rH0rde]

The Dodgers are the Real Madrid of baseball. With no hard salary cap, money is not, has never been, and never will be, a problem for them. They can sign whomever they want, for however much the players wants, any time they want. And that's unlikely to change any time soon, if ever.

[@stevecaldera2712]

the salary cap argument is tiring and old. The video even says it - every team has the $$ to make these offers, but LAD are committed to WINNING. Winning = $. The owners that aren't doing this are playing another game. No one in MLB, including the players and the players union want a salary cap.

[@MentorlZoryea]

Atleast their investing into the fans and not pocketing the money for themselves and just willingly being trash

[@lebronbrady6638]

Bs comparison Madrid make their money fair and Square and are owned by the fans if anything the Dodgers are Man City a team with dirty money that spends ridiculous amounts on anyone

[@Chris-c8z7j]

@@MentorlZoryea Yes, my A's pretended to be small market for years.

[@ronm3245]

Dodgers _averaged_ more than 94 wins per season over the last ten years. It's the sustained greatness that impresses me the most because it's not uncommon for a team to win it all one year and suck the following year. (S.F. Giants come to mind.)

[@drrock1800]

You dont understand the 1 billion dollars TV contract. Your analysis is really simplistic

[@clifford7594]

Go Dodgers! Keep getting better! And better! And better! Love it!

[@Bert439]

Holy Moly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now the Dodger reaper has joined the Dodgers!

[@ChrisTigerHarris]

Next week Italk studios will make a video about the Dodgers signing Soto and all the other free agents

[@TheGreyCrayon]

I can't wait. 😁

[@Hatoreus]

And he'll still say its fine and good for baseball.

[@fireforce2513]

​@@Hatoreusit is good for baseball

[@georgebernal8039]

One thing I’ve learned is that baseball fans will always complain about something and I am proof of that

[@GregDinAZ]

This is good for baseball. It’ll force everyone else to up their game and stop whining.

[@pwilson13]

Most MLB teams have billionaire owners. Those other owners are just cheap and don’t want to invest in themselves. LA all day baby

[@cnoduh_]

Snell is definitely a better fit than Fried or Burns, but I honestly just want them to resign Walker. He was supposed to inherit the role as the Ace after Kersh.

[@jordanyupyup3120]

Hell nah get roki get rid of Walker, Bobby, and may/gonsolin (unless they wanna go to the bullpen) for all of those guys we can get a good second basemen or center fielder or lock up Edman

[@iwnkmslmao]

@@jordanyupyup3120 Why are y'all acting like Sasaki is immediately making impact in the rotation? He can't pitch a full season even in Japan, any team that signs him will need at least three years before he becomes a rotation piece.

[@jordanyupyup3120]

@@iwnkmslmao yall said the same thing about Yamamoto and look what he did his first year 😭✌🏽+ dodgers will be able to have a 6 man rotation allowing for less innings for both Roki n Yamamoto to pitch

[@iwnkmslmao]

@@jordanyupyup3120 Yamamoto pitched three full years of greatness in Japan before going to the MLB. Sasaki is electric, sure. But I seriously doubt his durability when even Yamamoto missed months in his first season.

[@MannyyJr]

Walker was buns in the regular season. Postseason play really saved this man and his future. I’d rather let him walk and get the bag with another team.

[@trvnquillityvii6418]

It's like playing Mario Party: It's nice to have all those coins, but if you wanna win the board, you need stars and items. Plain and simple.

[@cstellaria3000]

Dodgers casually collecting all the Infinity Stones 😊

[@GJLCreativeStudios]

what happened to respect and integrity? Nobody cares about that anymore.

[@rikk319]

@@GJLCreativeStudios What a non sequitur. Or are you trying to tell a "joke"?

[@ST-lb9tt]

Was gonna' say Dodgers overpaid but Snell is a 2 x CYA winner but he'll be 32 soon, a 5-year contract takes him to 37, if Dodgers can win another 2-3 rings I suppose it will be worth it.

[@markanderson7833]

@ST-lb9tt, he was going to get that from another team if not the Dodgers.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Dodgers are getting richer. The Padres meanwhile…

[@calvinjones7644]

Oh we know, our ownership sucks and things WILL get worse until the padres relocate. Our suffering is a labor of love

[@Sandbarhoppin]

@@calvinjones7644 were you dropped as a kid

[@tourpS]

> @@calvinjones7644 < nobody agrees with this guy

[@PotatoSeb]

​@@calvinjones7644 ?

[@SpecialAgentEBunny]

No free agent is clamoring to play with Manny Machado or Fernando Tatis, the two biggest idiots in the game

[@pblmrt]

This is literally Luis Figo to Real Madrid… but with the success of the 60s Celtics… yea MLB is doomed

[@christhewolf4246]

Snell won't get a pig head thrown at his face.He will be booed by Padres and Giants fans but that's it

[@alvaroh9632]

bro is definitely gonna get booed in SD lol.

[@PoipoleMujigae]

Don’t you guys remember both the 50s and 90s Yankees teams?

[@Chris-c8z7j]

@@PoipoleMujigae And the Yanks won five times in the 30s and 4 times in the 40s. Since 1903, the first world series, the yanks have won at least one ws in every decade except the 1900s, 1910s, 2010s, and 2020s.

[@Kevinjimtheone]

I am not a Dodgers fan, but I do love to watch the world burn. So I'm here for the Dodgers to sign Roki Sasaki. Hearing the squeal of NY and Boston fans is music to my ears. PS: While I do not love any baseball team, I do loathe one: the stupid Angels.

[@bolguevara]

Dodgers have signed the 2020 WS Rays aces

[@RC_928]

We heard the same argument when the Yankees were doing in the late 90’s and 00’s.

[@JacksonMars.]

I'm not even a Dodgers fan, but I don't understand why people are so mad. So many fan bases spend so much time complaining about how the owner and front office of their team is cheap and never spends money. Now don't get me wrong, that's usually a completely justified complaint, and I think owners all around baseball need to spend money like the billionaires they are, and not cry cheap like the crybabies they are. But now here's an example of a team who's front office and owner are doing absolutely everything in their power to win again and again and again, which seems to be exactly what people wanted in the first place, and now people are upset because that Dodgers have too many good players, and are trying too hard to win. You just can't have it both ways. Again, not even a Dodgers fan, but I respect what they're doing over there, and love that they're clear commitment to winning.

[@hepatitiscyalater7269]

Sasaki for league minimum is next. They are still in the running for Juan Soto. Maybe they also see if Adolis Garcia is available send some of that surplus pitching to Texas. Soto, Garcia, Pages as the outfield. Edman full time SS instead of handing out money to Adames. Ohtani, Soto, Betts, Freeman, Smith, Muncy, Garcia, Pages, Edman. Ohtani, Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow, Sasaki, May/Gonsolin as the starters. This all sounds crazy but it is very realistic lmfao

[@tommyfu9271]

Sasaki is what makes this really surprising.

[@TheProdigy_916]

The dodgers with that roster will just make baseball less popular than it already is lol nobody should be rooting for that. Even dodger fans

[@hepatitiscyalater7269]

@@tommyfu9271Not really surprising for the dodgers. Snell doesn’t impact a Sasaki signing because he can essentially only get league minimum. Dodgers are just operating as if Sasaki isn’t gonna sign with them because his decision will come in January and by then the top guys are gone. If he does come regardless of who else they sign won’t impact Sasaki and they will welcome him with open arms with the long list of pitchers they have acquired. They are trying to load up on arms to try to avoid what happened this past season

[@hepatitiscyalater7269]

@@TheProdigy_916Not what the numbers would say. Super teams are good for baseball. Super teams are good for any sport period. Everyone wants to see Goliath taken down or see all the collection of talent. Similar to the KD Warriors. People hated them but they still couldn’t help but watch the collection talent they assembled dominate the league

[@ramiroaguirre3411]

@@TheProdigy_916dude dodgers fans don’t care if it’s “boring”. They’re team is winning and they will get to watch their team win for the next 10+ years. That means more merch to buy, more WS champs merch to buy/collect. It’s the dream of every ball fan to see their team with this much success

[@jamesgarner5946]

The Braves in the 90’s had the three headed monster and it was crazy. The dodgers have 4 working on 5 legitimate game one starters. I’m close to done with baseball.

[@Sergioantoniox]

I love this!

[@natetibbs8387]

Man I wish the owner of the Royals was rich enough to defer a billion dollars in payroll over a 10 year period.

[@hotwaff]

I know it won't go on forever, but I'll live the rest of my life remembering how the perception of the Dodgers took a complete about-face in 2024.

[@JosephDalton-xc1iw]

Snell, Ohtani, Yamamoto, Glasnow, Stone, Gonsolin… most teams would be happy to have ONE of these players. The Dodgers are going to win 110 games.

[@willdrob80]

Every team but the Dodgers are basically saying Ohtani, Yamamoto, Glasnow and Snell aren’t worth the money they’re getting… if you’re mad at the Dodgers for paying them, you should be mad at your favorite team for being cheap. Snell should have been paid already.

[@Juice_2288]

“Therapists” 😂 Dodgers need him more than you think. May, Gonsolin, Kershaw, and Beuhler pitched poorly during the regular season, then all got injured. Miller & Stone showed signs of good stuff but struggled.Blue Crew really needs one more; Fried, Burns, and/or Sasaki!

[@ericgutierrez812]

Ive always liked Snell as a player/ Pitcher. Since we played hime in the world series in 2020; he was lights out. I was relieved when they took him out. Its the only reason why we won the game and resulted in winning the world series that year. Hes always been a beast and a passionate player. I really hope he does well and stays healthy. 🙏

[@JaybeeAU]

I don't see why people are blaming the Dodgers where they should be blaming Farhan Zaidi and the Giants organisation. In the real world, if you're below expectations for more than 2 years, you'd be performance managed and sacked and the Giants let this go for 6 years. The Snell deal gave up a draft pick and he was a panic signing in March and garbage until June. Effectively LA walk away with a strong and proven SP and give up zero draft picks to land him. Only player I feel for is Patrick Bailey as the chemistry between the two of them made for an incredible battery. Once LA sign Soto, then you can probably get mad, especially the NL West.

[@IncredibleFulk1]

As a Giants fan, thank you for saying this. The Giants should be embarrassed how terrible they have been for a decade. The fact that they don’t draft good or even sign any major free agents really tells me that they honestly don’t care. This is starting to look like a team that’s deliberately tanking so they can have an excuse to leave. I wouldn’t be surprised at all

[@212trendiii]

What makes it even crazier is that snell wasn’t the biggest dodger lover, along side that there wasn’t any rumors or anything. When I first heard this I thought somebody was playing games with me😂😂 the evil empire wears blue! Go dodgers

[@turbonerd3075]

I actually don’t understand how this was allowed. It’s like 3 mvps and like 5 cy young winners. The dodgers would actually be better than an all star team.

[@novcane4216]

Because everyone has equal chance to get guys? Every team owner is loaded with $$$. It's just who wants to spend it

[@zuldagamer1875]

@@novcane4216except the dodgers are the only team in baseball outside of New York that has an 8-10 billion dollar TV deal allowing them to essentially light money on fire and still be able to afford Soto

[@turbonerd3075]

@ I understand, but it makes watching the MLB kind of moot. 200 games a season including preseason turns into a 200 game preseason for the same teams every year and maybe an underdog or two if they can make it to playoffs. Idk, takes the fun out of the game a little bit is all I’m saying.

[@novcane4216]

@turbonerd3075 Yankees have the highest payroll consistently yet haven't been to the World Series since 09. Dodgers barely won another one. Payroll means nothing

[@Hatoreus]

@@novcane4216 He said in the video that Shohei was offered the same deal by multiple teams and yet.... Yea its ok, we know you're a braindead homer.

[@Gn1n0N]

The Cactus League start in 2025? The first spring training game in Arizona in 2025 is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20, with the Chicago Cubs playing the Los Angeles Dodgers at Camelback Ranch-Glendale.

[@CalFPS]

The Dodgers will be significant favorites, and I doubt their offseason is done. Its tough to win it all in Baseball despite the talent you have at least. But deferred money stuff I still think is a slippery slope.

[@Scootapuff88]

We dealt with this "team in large market buys literally every single big name free agent" garbage from the Yankees for decades and now we've entered the Dodger era of this same nonsense. It's ridiculous that this is allowed, why even have rules about salary at all.

[@Chris-c8z7j]

I don't think we do.

[@ralphus44]

Ho hum, the rich get richer...again. And this year's NL race is already over. Rest of the NL: suck on this.

[@snowman9642]

Hope Dodgers get Soto. Guarantees them a playoff spot but does not guarantee them a World Series.

[@markanderson7833]

@snowman9642, they are always guaranteed a playoff spot. Don't need Soto.

[@JaredCohen-l2l]

I’m doing the Kylo more meme when I want Sasaki, Buehler, and Kershaw.

[@jaycepero8069]

The Steinbrenners should sell the Yankees. NYY fans aren't going to put up with this bs for much longer. One title in 23 years is wholly unacceptable. Also, Judge is not going to take kindly to Soto making twice as much as he is when he's the better player.

[@YouTubeIsATerribleMedium]

As a pre-cap Detroit Red Wings die hard...I get it. I know the feeling, and I can't blame them for basking in it.

[@Chris-c8z7j]

If the Red Wings could dominate without a cap, couldn't the Tigers also?

[@Calihoodjournal4]

I’m ready for 2025😮 let’s go DOYERS

[@duncanfromunderthebridge]

Dodgers already had a lot of great pitching, but basically all right handed. Good to add an elite lefty arm.

[@JacksonLane02]

I'm really starting to think that any negativity twords the Dodgers just fuels them. By this rate, they take any fan hating them personally and decided to spend like the equivalent of buying 10 mansions in free agency. And part of me loves it

[@Strattbatt]

That’s what they did last year. That was what was different about them last year compared to previous years

[@bc5852]

theyv'e done that for years and sucked until finally last year

[@joeafarias]

​@@bc5852 Before last year the top two free agent contracts they signed (players not already with the dodgers) the past 8 years were Freddie at like $140 mil and Pollock for $44 mil.. your statement doesn't jive

[@bc5852]

@@joeafarias except last year, they JUST missed top 5 by 1/44th of their salary

[@tonywong8134]

Snell is a better pickup than Soto IMO. You said it, they need SP...despite the fact that they can still get Roki and getting Shohei back along with Yamamoto being healthy is crazy. The offense has been great and a key part of their success but getting a quality pitcher like Snell is better than getting another quality batter.

[@cutter7515]

Another FOS take on this if The Yankees did this the last 2 off seasons everyone would b bitching about how unfair it is for the rest of mlb

[@michaelmarowelli6598]

Please pray for me and my mental health

[@thefox47545]

Treatment: don't watch baseball for about 10 years.

[@sakibahmed7063]

Thanks for the perspective man, all I hear are crybabies like my Dodgers are doing something outlandishly unorthodox- like we weren't just as bad as any other avg in 2012. Most contracts are about 20-30% deferred anyways. if some of these people on social media or under the comments had 2 secs in there day to just do the research, they would know that. Snells contract is 33% deferred, cry about it. No one complains about the Phillies, Yankees and Braves having a higher spending Cash Payroll then us, no one likes it when they see the Astros being three million shy of tying us for fourth in spending. I am old enough to remember peopke saying it would not matter if we signed Otani because we were going to be first round exists. If you think its unfair, stop crying and push for your team to do the same. Cheap teams and their fans cry about a Max Salary cap when you should be crying for a Min Salary Cap. Teams should be penalized for robbing their fans, either way stop crying. Dodgers were in a slump when previous owner Frank McCourt was shitting away our funds bc of his divorce and terrible spending habits, suck it up like we did.

[@JCBI811]

This guy gets it.

[@Yung_Lowdown59]

Brother youre kinda right. But we all know the rockies, orioles etc any small market team cant spend like the dodgers and even if they did players wouldnt go there. Im not gonna take 400 mill to play in cold ass colorado when i can live in LA and also make 400 mill 😂😂. So no teams cant spend like the dodgers

[@cire1867]

@yung_lowdown59 bro the Rockies gave Kris Bryant money they paid Blackmon for years. They got money they don’t have good player development that’s the problem

[@Chris-c8z7j]

What about cold ass NY?

[@SO-if3yn]

Scully!!!!

[@graemekrone6436]

Dude, Blake is the MLB all-time strike out leader per 9 innings, has a miniscule ERA, averages 6 innings per game! Who cares about walks if they don't score?

[@iTalkStudios]

Is he really? The all time strike out leader

[@graemekrone6436]

@@iTalkStudios 9 inning average.

[@iTalkStudios]

@@graemekrone6436 Yeah. That's wild

[@arkhaminmate3727]

My only concern is all the money they will be paying these guys after they are retired. If MLB forces a salary cap the Dodgers might have a big problem being competitive in the future

[@seen48]

We could yell at our owner for not spending money. However, a very minute amount of teams have what the Dodgers have to offer. If KC ahead of offered Snell more money Snell still goes to the Dodgers. LA offers so much and having the best team in baseball is tops. I’m a Mets fan and do have an owner who will spend money, but with Snell spending the last several years on the West Coast, no shot he comes back east. He turned down 150 to play for the big bad Yankees and turned them down.

[@Oceanz08]

kinda shows why Baseball is out of touch. Cause whats the point of getting excited when there are basically 2-3 teams that can spend a billion dollars on their team, this is why baseball needs a salary Cap

[@zuldagamer1875]

Agreed, I used to think that baseball never needed a salary but seeing how the dodgers keep printing money from their TV deal and then “deferring” later for ohtani definitely spells out a need for a salary cap, I wish people would realize the difference between owners willing to spend and owners that just flat out have a crap ton more money to play with

[@Chris-c8z7j]

No team has repeated a championship in 25 years.

[@Chris-c8z7j]

And the three biggest cities, Chicago, LA, and NY have won six total championships combined in the 21st century. I don't count Anaheim.

[@lel3439]

Any team can spend big but choose to be greedy. No excuses

[@T_K7]

Also glad you're rightfully calling out the Scott Boras Revenge Tour... might be worth a video of its own once it's complete.

[@GJLCreativeStudios]

"You do realize every other team has the ability to spend like the Dodgers" Umm, you do realize that all star level talent doesn't grow on trees. Too many idiotic sports commentators saying the same dumb shit "On January 28, the Dodgers and Time Warner Cable signed a 25-year broadcast agreement valued at $8.35 billion $334M/year 10x what every other team outside of NY gets. Padres get $20-30M/year from the MLB TV payout

[@Chris-c8z7j]

Dodgers attract more money because of the size of LA, but also because they have built and managed great teams over most of their history. They are immensely popular world wide. Chicago is a great big city, but they haven't had anywhere near the Dodgers' success. If they did, perhaps they could get a similar tv deal.

[@elcidcampeador9629]

Dude, I dont think every team has Dodger payroll. Money doesnt appear out of thin air

[@lel3439]

They are 5th in payroll behind teams like padres, Yankees, Mets

[@ben2972]

Please please PLEASE let what the Dodgers are doing usher in a salary cap. There shouldn’t be any such thing as a “small market” team. They should all have the same number of chips, and let talent, development, luck, and culture determine who wins the World Series. The Dodgers have a billion dollar TV deal, they have international markets, and so forth. That’s awesome. But it also creates a situation where many other teams / owners can’t rationally do what the Dodgers are doing. Sure, they *can*. But they *won’t*. Why? Probably something about profit margins, business decisions, the fact that baseball is a business and is not a passion to which owners will give anything to win (outside of the Mets). It isn’t real, and it isn’t true that other owners in any real sense can or will do what the Dodgers are doing. So…put in a salary cap and then all owners will max that salary cap. And if you don’t want the rich to become richer, then insist they give some percentage of profit back to the city or some other clever idea. If the players went on strike, I would tolerate two full years of no baseball or replacement players to get this in place. It would change the game in incredibly awesome ways. You’d start to get players playing their whole careers in one place again, you’d get pitchers easing off going full max effort every pitch because some dream-wish mega deal is not at stake anymore - they just have to live and last as long as possible as a “normal millionaire” rather than a “generational wealth millionaire”, so we might get our heroes back instead of these team-changing, oft-injured bag of “who’s on first” mess we have these days.

[@Chris-c8z7j]

I agree with a salary cap, but some teams pretend to be small market, like the A's. The bay area is a major market, and fisher is loaded, but doesn't want to spend money to make more money. He's content with making money through revenue sharing.

[@Versatilty]

If you want to pay for players I'm fine with that but the deferred money is my issue. #1 That is not the reason deferrals exists they are supposed to be for things like players who get injured and can't play on a big contract etc. #2 This seems all well and good right now but this could quite literally bankrupt teams and even the league. In 9 more years the Dodgers will have over $100M (so far) being paid to players who are no longer playing for them and that's before their current players at that time or any other deferred money. They could be in a situation where they will have so much deferred money that signing a guy to play for the league minimum would put them over the CBT. This is NOT a good long term thing for the Dodgers or for the rest of baseball. My feelings are they will try to get MLB to push through something (in the next 9 years) that says something like deferred money doesn't count towards the CBT which would be like breaking the law and then getting 6 of 9 of your friends to say your immune from prosecution... What too soon?... Deferred money could very well end MLB if it gets out of control and the Dodgers are like hold my beer and try to stop me.

[@Logic105]

I said this would be a problem when Ohtani and Yamamoto happened last year. Unlimited salary cap for a limitless funded group who has the freedom to defer as much as possible on a loaded team with the unicorn himself. What could go wrong?

[@tigera6]

injury?

[@jordanenzie7314]

As a Giants fan, this sucks . LA will be champs again and again and again...

[@bpnforsyth]

So how much more money do you think it would take for him not to have signed with dodgers 37m 42m? Would he be worth it at that point? You can't just match a dodgers offer you have to dwarf it by so much that it is just better to let the dodgers have him. Well see i hope your right and that it doesn't hurt baseball but i am nervous. And yes owners need to bring payrolls up but also whats the point of a luxury tax if you can just avoid it. It seems the dodgers are getting their cake and eating it to.

[@CowboyUp1371]

This is EXACTLY why baseball needs a hard cap you are not allowed to go over. They also need to do what the NBA does where only one player can get a max contract. Baseball is getting ridiculous when it comes to greed and money. Having a hard cap teams cannot go over NO MATTER WHAT and a soft cap teams must pay a certain amount of would make the game a lot more competitive.

[@seamurda100]

Yep. Make these teams actually have to develop players instead of just buying them.

[@lel3439]

Haha😂

[@masterbaiters1183]

I like the Dodgers… They’re my 2nd favorite team (favourite NL team) and have been since I entered the realm of sports betting in 2017 This team has reached the pinnacle of sport competence and it has the potential to ruin baseball for the foreseeable future… Between their TV deal giving them seemingly infinite money to the front office which knows how to maximize players to their prestige (a mix of LA itself, the history of the team, the beautiful ballpark, media opportunities and of course the chance to compete for World Series every year) which attracts every player on the market… I don’t like this argument that any team can just operate like the Dodgers… No other team has the ability to lure players like the Dodgers because it’s beyond money (which they have the most)… It’s everything there is to do with the team which I mentioned above… Players are more willing to take deferred money from the Dodgers because it’s the Dodgers… Why join the Blue Jays, Mariners or Braves when the Dodgers will give you the same everything while also give you all their other benefits beyond money that no one else can offer? This has the potential to be the greatest blend between ownership competence, front office and money which could very easily result in the Dodgers winning almost every year… I’m a fan of villains that fans can join together and hate watch in the playoffs but if it gets to the point where there’s literally nothing anyone can do, it could become less about hate watching and more about questioning the point in being a fan of most teams because there’s next to no chance your local team will be able to compete Do you honestly think the Reds can attract players to Ohio or the Tigers can attract people to Michigan in the same way the Dodgers can attract people to LA? There are maybe 3 other teams in the league that can keep up with this spending and also have the organizational, citywide pull that the Dodgers have… The Yankees can but who knows if their ownership is willing and the Mets certainly could… Sure those are 3 big fanbases but why would that appeal to the rest of baseball fans? Would baseball even be fun if you win every year (losing is what makes winning so good)?

[@Chris-c8z7j]

The Dodgers had to earn that prestige through their generally successful history, as did the city of LA.

[@Chris-c8z7j]

What about Chicago? That is a huge fanbase.

[@jr6361]

As a Yankees' fan for my entire five decades of life, I find it hilarious the Dodgers have become the Evil Empire of baseball. Of course, people who know nothing will claim otherwise.

[@beerussama7093]

Can’t wait for snell to pitch in SD just to rub salt in the wound 😂🤣

[@medskii]

not wit his incosistent unhealthy ass he aint pitching shi

[@dmad_era6414]

That intro 😂😂 Well done 👏 👏 👏

[@othervoices76]

The Dodgers are turning into the 2010’s era Miami Heat. Yes they played within the rules, but it just seems like these players are colluding to make “Super Teams”. It’s going to eventually make things worse.

[@lebronbrady6638]

Don’t compare the Heat to this nonsense Bosh and Wade were a few years away from retirement and the team had role players that can step up but weren’t out of this world life changing

[@othervoices76]

@ LeBron still playing, DWade played like 8 more years ? Bosh played 6, but they had a lot of guys on the bench who weren’t stars anymore but took lesser pay and roles for a chance at a title… you can’t honestly say Snell or Ohtani would play for example Pittsburgh for deferred salary and on top of that a wink wink nudge to get Yamamoto and Roki…it’s a bad look unless you’re a Dodger fan

[@lebronbrady6638]

@@othervoices76 Wade and Bosh were shelves of themselves by 2014 they lost in 5 to the Spurs because LeBron was only one who showed up

[@chris42069]

The players are colluding?! Somebody call Congress. Enforce the MLB MONOPOLY NOW!!!

[@othervoices76]

@ yeah similar to what the owners did to the players in the 80’s, how’d that work out?

[@BVH-h8s]

Nice Vinny dub for Ironman. RIP to the GOAT

[@GDavis49]

Finally someone makes an appropriate goat reference 👍

[@srschriver]

Every other team out there absolutely does NOT have the ability to spend like the Dodgers spend lol That's a HORRIBLE take, and you lost me, right there

[@Chris-c8z7j]

Some teams would make more money if they invested over time, such as the A's could have done. The bay area is big enough and will support teams that try to win every year and aren't afraid to take a chance and spend money.

[@therichness8768]

I think whats happening is the Dodgers are acting like the heyday of Steinbrenner's spending for the Yankees in the 80s......but the Dodgers are doing it a lot BETTER. I loathe to say it...but we truly could be looking at a baseball dynasty here....unless the METS KICK THEIR ASSES !!!! LFGM

[@Chris-c8z7j]

or I see an elephant fly.....

[@keithplumley5243]

MLB better figure something out. This team-stacking is going to hurt baseball.

[@seamurda100]

Absolutely. They need to raise the salary cap penalty and make deffered money count towards the cap.

[@lel3439]

Haha 😂 salty tears

[@savvysearch]

The fact that the Dodgers signed the first big contract decisively, without a bidding war and before anyone else is a total power move. They want him. They took him. Didn't bother with small talk or foreplay. That's a lesson in life too. Know what you want. Don't go back and forth between should I or should I. And now the pool just got smaller for the other teams to choose from.

[@bcabrera971]

Dodgers are like the fucking Justice League.

[@capgucci9378]

Fuck the Justice league they the avengers

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

If they start playing the DCAU JL theme as they introduce the players in Dodger Stadium, half the fans wouldn't get it and the other half would go nuts.

[@bcabrera971]

@@MMuraseofSandvichI think most people know the line up, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman.

[@YaBoyPhones]

There is no such thing as small market teams. Only cheap owners

[@Justachilldodgerfan]

Hello

[@Jr619LiFTED]

Los Angeles Deferrers

[@nowtheworld138]

Breaking News… Dodgers just signed iTalk Studios and deferred some of the money 😂😂. Love the content more importantly love MY Dodgers

[@cheer2070]

Wild to say Snell suffers from a lack of control. Snell walks a lot of hitters because he always nips at zone corners. He absolutely walks too many guys, but it’s pretty clear that is an aspect of his pitching strategy and it’s the same reason he also strikes out so many hitters.

[@malkinmalone]

It’s crazy how the Mets, Yankees, Astros and Phillies all have a higher payroll than the Dodgers but for some reason what the Dodgers are doing is unfair. You could have added juan soto’s potential salary of 50 million a season to the Dodgers’ 2024 payroll and it still would have been less than the Mets and Yankees. Cry harder baseball fans.

[@Hatoreus]

Because all the contracts are backloaded and deferred you dipshit.

[@Chris-c8z7j]

Yes, but would that include Ohtani's deferred money?

[@pcbullets8726]

Couldn't agree with you more. The Dodgers are just going for it. I do get some satisfaction seeing the Yankees squirm a bit, getting out bid on some of the talent that is out there. Now if the Mets could just sign Soto.... Hahaha.

[@siftheadsdude]

Another example of how deferred money is cheating the system. Ohtani wasn’t the first person to do this but it’s definitely a visible problem

[@cire1867]

@siftheadsdude every team could do it the problem is the top teams give money to the smaller market teams but the owners don’t want to spend money on players. The A’s made over 240 million and had a 60 million dollar payroll. The owner put up a billion dollars for the stadium in Las Vegas. The owners have money they just don’t want to spend

[@siftheadsdude]

@ I know every team could do it lol, it’s not illegal in fact it’s clever. But that’s not my point, my point is it’s clearly an issue And I agree I do believe owners should spend money and not be cheap

[@Hatoreus]

@@cire1867 Every team can defer payments, wow you're so smart. However, Cleveland, KC, Texas, aren't big enough markets for those players to make up the difference in endorsements and everything else that goes along with playing for a major market. Get a clue.

[@cire1867]

@@Hatoreusget a clue lol you sound like a whiny little girl

[@cire1867]

@@Hatoreus so your mad that players want to make money on endorsements gtfoh your lame af 😂get a clue players deserve to get paid

[@edomarpez1840]

🤣🤣🤣 what a magnificent intro!!