Yankees Fan Rich Eisen His Big Issues with the Dodgers’ Blake Snell Signing | The Rich Eisen Show

[@deepbluerunner]

Guarantee Richie Rich wasn't complaining about it in the 90's when his Yankee's were out biding everyone during their dynasty!

[@SO-if3yn]

He’s a boomer with boomer takes.

[@Andrew_M_Ward]

At one point in the late '90s, a dozen active MLB rosters were not 50% of the Yankee's payroll. The Yankees led the MLB payroll for 14 consecutive seasons...

[@kellykarcher7179]

The Yankees in the late 70's outspent every team as well. It resulted in 2 Championships. Both against the Dodgers...

[@Prkwon]

Literally describing Yankees in the 90s 00s

[@3103frank]

We are out yankeeing them lol!

[@joeshmooo5327]

Its only a problem because its not Rich's Yankees. He had no problem with it in the 90's.

[@Prkwon]

Thank you for crystallizing my opinion 😂

[@PincoPallino-zh8wm]

Exactly!

[@Mario_Foxy]

True!

[@theknifeshow5238]

Yup

[@cheapcardcollector]

💯

[@bt7075]

Rich mad because the Dodgers are out Yankeeing the Yankees.

[@Rivs5117]

Hell yeah. I bet he absolutely no problem when the ‘90 Yankees were outbidding everyone and winning 2-3 straight WS Titles.

[@max_fischer]

Absolutely hi-freaking-larious to hear this coming from a Yankees fan. Especially one old enough to remember the George Steinbrenner years.

[@tsukemono1]

There’s NOTHING stopping any other team from spending like the Dodgers.

[@CMUBruin]

That’s ridiculous. SOME teams yes, but not every team. The revenue potential is just not the same and if a small market team spends like the Dodgers, they would be under water.

[@vbandit77]

"Ohtani is an economy" Nice. We can call it Ohtanomy

[@zero213kt]

Autonomy ohtanomy

[@blkdgr40]

Cry me a river Eisen!! The Yankees have been pricing every team out for years. Get used to it, the Yankees better start spending!!

[@Saberlion]

I rarely have issues with Richs takes but this is a pretty bad one. Snell is far and away not pulling a Durant. Snell lives in WA, wants to pitch for a contender, and get probably his only big bag. Like everyone else is saying... the Yanks did this in the early 00s and there were no complaints.

[@KaptainKowboy44]

A Yankee fan's making this argument ??? Ok STACK UP THE BANNERS...LET"s Go Dodgers !

[@adrian102]

I’m tired of hearing every one complain, not just online but my friends and family who aren’t Dodger fans. Someone up there in MLB said all 30 teams are billionaires, if they don’t want to spend that’s on them. Certain fans complaining that their team’s ownership doesn’t want to spend money on players. Everyone complaining that the Dodgers are spending money on players. Make it make sense.

[@LosDodgers81]

Yankee fans weren’t saying that when George was buying every payer available! What crybaby’s glad dodgers smacked the Yankees and will continue to do so from now on

[@ReglaBrillante]

Where’s the same energy when the same happens in Kansas City with the Chiefs with players taking a pay-cut to join a winning team??

[@chivasmafia]

When Dodgers were owned by the McCourts we never had an issue now did we? When the Yankees were spending left and right and winning no issue right? "The NEW Evil Empire"

[@Melodikiller]

No yankees can keep that title. Dodgers need their own. I prefer the First Order

[@michaelhile5866]

Rich, the Yankees also did this years ago. How were you feeling at that time? Good? Bad? Go Dodgers!

[@jlive4u2]

Nobody said nothing when the Yankees went and added Alex Rodriguez when they already had Jeter or when they picked up Clemens and already had Andy. Come on Rich ! I love your show but this is a bias segment and one of the worst segments I've seen on your show . Smh double standards.

[@UdayNoble]

Exactly.

[@Leadoff50]

Rich: There are good problems, and there are bad problems. For Dodgers & MLB = Good problems. You and others: Bad problems. That's life!

[@calguy3838]

"The Yankees don't spend like the Dodgers. Not even your Mets spend like what the Dodgers." The Mets and the Yankees were #1 and #2 in MLB in payroll in 2024. The Dodgers were #5.

[@artbyillustratorwriterlori9895]

Stop complaining. The Yankees could spend like the Dodgers if they wanted to.

[@johnbarry5036]

nobody's twisting Snell's arm to sign with Dodgers, or to do deferrals.

[@dohduh167]

I'm sure you had no problem back when George Steinbrenner kept accumulating talent and World Series trophies. Go Dodgers!

[@travesotom6890]

Don’t be hating Rich, you’re just jealous your Stankees didn’t get him 😆😝

[@daves5445]

Sorry, Rich. Sour grapes. It's a free enterprise system that the Dodgers are legally obtaining whom they feel will help them win. The Dodgers are willing to spend money that they have, other teams have cash (obviously, less than LA). What about the teams that have the money earmarked instead to NOT have the product on the field improved, but to line their own pockets. And all this coming from a Yankees fan that spent more than other teams for ages.

[@mazhar1980]

I could probably die in peace listening to a lifelong Yankee fan bemoan with a straight face that there’s a team in baseball with unfair financial advantages. I’ve truly heard it all now.

[@Mr40ozkilla81]

It's only a problem when it's not Steinbrenner 😂

[@manuellomeli9646]

Mets had bigger payroll last year. And this has been done for along time. Griffey was the 4th highest paid player last year on the Reds.

[@hvo729]

They’re just filling their pitching holes, Kershaw is on his way out in a year or so need a stud to replace!

[@Peoriahiker]

The New York Mets have the highest payroll in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 2024 season, with a total payroll of $314,748,899: Mets: $314,748,899 New York Yankees: $308,574,607 Houston Astros: $255,271,371 Philadelphia Phillies: $246,299,605 Other teams with high payrolls include: Los Angeles Dodgers: $249,823,654

[@nathanstarszak7844]

Blame ur Yankees!! They did it first and now the Mets & Dodgers are spending big time

[@AdautoVasquez]

It wouldn't be a problem if the Yankees would be smart enough to pull this out, Go Dodgers baby hate us cause you ain't us

[@billyboy739]

My how times have changes. It was apparently okay when the Yankees outspent every team in MLB and bought 3 WS titles in the 90’s.

[@kellykarcher7179]

And 2 WS Titles in the late 70's....

[@giovannimontes7409]

The Dodgers are the premier franchise in MLB surpassing the Yankees and it makes them sick. Lol

[@juliocastillo5560]

If Yankees fans are complaining about us .Maybe you should sell and buy a Triple AAA team . The Steinbrenner's are like the Lakers a mom-and-pop Store !

[@alexsakon]

Ohtani's 97% salary deferral was a game changer. Also, you're forgetting Roki Sasaki whom they're gonna get for like $2.5 million 😂

[@leadpusherpro]

Now say it again without crying Richie 😢

[@am3lagrimas410]

The hypocrisy of Yankees complaining about out buying other teams. Lol

[@mdmgolfin]

Oh stop it rich. Like everyone here says you probably didn’t say a damn thing when the Yankees did it in the 90’s and 2000’s.

[@paulvon2378]

Eisen is a Yankees fan. What a joke

[@estherlee5527]

Hey Eisen....did you have a problem when the Yankees made 4 straight World Series, had the highest payroll in baseball and then went out and got the AL MVP Jason Giambi from the A's for the 2002 season......STOP IT Just a bunch of whining and copium for the simple fact that the Dodgers are the best and the rest of the teams have to suck it

[@terryhazama201]

The Dodgers Ownership knows how to make money. That's what they do ! They made over 100 million on Ohtani just this season ! So the 700 million isn't 💩 over 10 years. If the rest of the league wants to catch up they got to invest & reinvest it's profits 100% back to the team. Why don't the NY teams do this 🤔 they got the revenue Chicago has it too. Players like Ohtani is a investment as well as a Money Printer on what you can make off him globally 🤔👍

[@92retsekoj]

Funny how this wasn't a problem when Boston and the Yankees were getting every top free agent.

[@blairhorsey8851]

“The Yankees don’t spend like the dodgers…not even the Mets spend like the dodgers.” What’s stopping them? Nothing. Don’t forget, the dodgers will have Sasaki soon too 😉 Love your show, but as you’ve acknowledged (and commenters noted), ‘woe is us’ coming from a yankee fan is so far beyond ironic. It’s just sour grapes. You had the 90s early 00s, now it’s the dodgers’ turn.

[@cyclopsboi]

turning every dodgers player into bobby bonilla day

[@sladesurfer]

Whats funny , Before Snell signed with the Giants last year. He was looking for a longterm deal and no one wanted to offer him the contract. Even the 182 mill right now. Teams didn’t wanna give it to him but all of a sudden Dodgers said ok we’ll give u a long term contract. Everyone is up and arms about it. There were plenty of times other Teams could have signed him but they didn’t...Also, Deffered contract is not exclusive to Dodgers. All MLB teams can do the same,. Actaully deffered contracts has been happening for more than 30 yrs. that's why there was a Bobby Bonilla contract.

[@john.s7559]

Dodgers are being criticized for being smarter than other teams with money..they know how to spend it and know how to make it keep growing..

[@jaymax6127]

Snell has been a Dodger killer most of his career, so the KD comparison doesn't work. Deferrals are not new, just ask Bobby Bonilla. Rich Is just salty. The 20th century belonged to the Yankees and the 21st century belongs to the Dodgers!! Go Dodgers!!

[@markbeavers5747]

Didn't hear Rich complain when the Dodgers only had three starting pitchers in the World Series to go with. With all the Starter injuries every year you need several arms late in the season and post season!! Why didn't the Yankees sign Blake, they had a chance....

[@anthonyvieyra2099]

yankees did the exact same thing in the 90’s, Rich. Also, every team can defer money.

[@rayala21]

“… you don’t have to pay the Pirates anything.” … 🤷🏻‍♂️ Pittsburgh ownership would just pocket that money anyway. They won’t even invest the money in the stadium, much less the team

[@GHKim-bo9mf]

The Dodgers are building a DYNASTY 😅 At least 5-peat🎉 Sounds like a JOKE? or Sounds like Reality 👍

[@65mustang25]

Lol. This is funny as hell coming and surprising coming from this guy. Cry me a river Rich. 😅😅😅

[@PianoUniverse]

In a few years we will be laughing at the deferred deals like we do about the Mets Bobby B deal.

[@randyandino1775]

Stop it Rich. Great teams are never a problem in any league. Everyone hates them, if they dont win is the end of the world. And is not your team

[@rubensaucedo4118]

If the Dodgers account of it is true, it’s Ohtahni and his management team idea to defer his whole contract. It’s Ohtahni that wanted it that way because he wanted the Dodgers to commit to spend on other players. The Dodgers really ran into some good fortune here because Otahni is a marketing money maker who is now famous world wide that 700 million is an outright bargain for his rights. ………the big issue with other clubs offering players deferred money is that other players are not like Ohtahni who can make more money from marketing deals than their actual mlb contracts, so almost no one else is going to defer the percentage of their contract Otahni did.

[@robertcarrillo8261]

Haters going to hate GO DODGERS! WE'RE NOT DONE!!!

[@MrSpanishmike310]

We signing the Monstars too😂😂😂

[@bt7075]

Rich coming from Rich.

[@joeshmooo5327]

Bobby Bonilla and others have deferred their salary. Ohtani was not the first. Bonilla is being paid until 2035!!

[@davidmayer6181]

That’s rich coming from a Yankee fan. Oh the irony. All teams have money they just cry poor so they can pocket it

[@VictorDiGiovanni]

Parity is fun sometimes, but sometimes we need Godzillas. I want to see a team win 130 games. Let's do it! I want to see a team lay absolute waste to the rest of the league.

[@pete5229]

Come on, Rich. What if our Michigan pulls this? we ain't complaining. Go Dodgers! Go Michigan!

[@moseschung3220]

Ohtani will pitch. He wants a Cy Young too.

[@jrocha3128]

The Vil-LA-ins do it again! 😅😂😄

[@brandonchristopher9657]

Hater's gonna hate

[@ComradeArthur]

I drink your tears.

[@toml.1408]

The Lakers had Showtime in the 80's and now the Dodgers will have Showtime in the 20's. It must be that California Blue Sunshine!!!

[@Rivs5117]

Last offseason Blake Snell wanted a long term contract and no team wanted to give him the contract but all of a sudden everyone is pissed because the Dodgers did. If a team wanted him they would’ve been done it by now. Also I’m so tired of people bitching about deferred contracts like it’s exclusive to the Dodgers. Deferred contracts have been around for over three decades hints “Bobby Bonilla Day”. All 30 teams can defer contracts but they choose not to. The Dodgers are using every advantage to build a dynasty. It’s up to the other 29 teams to take every route possible to build a Championship team.

[@cire1867]

These guys swear like the dodgers invented deferred money. Bobby Bonilla got that contract all those years ago. He said the Mets don’t do it lindor has 50 million deferred. The nationals deferred a whole lot of money with scherzer, Corbin, and Strasberg to win in 2019. The problem is there’s no salary floor and the small market teams don’t use any of the FREE money they get from luxury tax paying teams. The owners of the A’s made over 240 million and had a payroll of 60 million. He paid over a billion to get the stadium built in Vegas. Do you think players want to sign with a cheap franchise. Hell no everybody that goes to L.A. says they have the best player development and analytics departments in the game. I don’t think players want to make less money while the owners are raking in hundreds of millions

[@dannggg]

Let’s be honest you only get the deferment option if you bring in hundreds of millions to the organization.

[@michaelkammeyer]

I think the main issue is the way teams are using deferred money to skirt around the luxury tax threshold. It's not a dodgers problem, any team could do it. They just have the best opportunity and seemingly the most willingness to do so. Every year i think more and more that a salary cap and floor is what the sport needs.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I doubt the Dodgers will go after Soto after signing Snell. So it's down to the Yankees, Mets, Blue Jays, and Red Sox. I say Uncle Steve gives Mets fans a great Christmas present.

[@jameskwon7617]

That’s a rich take from a Yankee fan who used to buy up players like Giambi, Damon, Clemons, Sabathia, and Rodriguez, Jeter, Rivera…..I can go on and on and on.

[@mymy8258]

Your tears only fuel us. 😂

[@Kuhlio1313]

As a Braves fan, I'm not mad. Money doesn't buy championships. You still have to win games.

[@danielsato8000]

Yankees payroll was double the second highest payroll from 2005-2009 i will continue to bathe in Yankee tears

[@Cornfedjames]

😢. Baby

[@arcticredpanda4598]

White Sox currently have an offer from the Dodgers for James Outman, Gavin Lux, and a lower level prospect for Garret Crochet.

[@gregengel1616]

The last time I looked, Yankees have a larger payroll than the Dodgers do. So, what's your point Rich?.

[@eklipse19241]

Ohtanis pitching he chose the dodgers partly because they allowed in his contract thay hes guaranteed a spot in the rotation as long as hes healthy

[@mcleanse1382]

Letting teams defer money should not be allowed because teams like the Dodgers can just keep buying all the top players.

[@Peter-z3b6t]

Uhhh, isn’t that what the Yankees did every year in the nineties? And I just read every post saying the same thing.

[@LamarFaciane]

Jealous

[@michaellopez9113]

Rich complaining about out of control spending as his Yankees offer Soto $700m for 15 years😂🙄

[@DanielAlvarez-dj7dc]

The Yankees could've signed him but there stuck waiting for Soto to make up he's mind, so if he leaves they should blame him.

[@carlowens9720]

Rich cry me a river your Yankee bias is showing!

[@xiaobiaoxu5984]

All of these possible because of Shohei Ohtani ... he is essentially playing free for Dodgers, in that Dodgers earned all his salary before putting them aside ... And he attracts great/good players to Dodgers. Mets/NYY will have to pay a prohibit amount of $ to get Soto (who is NOT as valuable in terms of win and bring in $). Dodgers is breaking MLB right now.

[@christianknight7120]

So rich has an issue with the Dodgers doing now because because it’s not the Yankees doing it like in the 90s???😅

[@thedarkness5826]

Rich is a clown...wasnt a problem when Yankees where doin this for the last two decades shadup

[@rodsanchez7713]

Stop crying

[@jameskwon7617]

Also, the Mets still had the larger payroll last year. So did the Padres? The Dodgers were 3rd I believe.

[@lifetimedoji]

Rich, the next Dodgers signing won't be a big money deal - Roki Sasaki. Will that make you feel better???

[@mirikaku5811]

It’s OPEN TO EVERYONE TO DEFER MONEY! The players are attracted to The Dodgers and willingly defer money to join them. It’s not like they were force to by gunpoint. So Why don’t other owners do it. Or is it that their players are not willing to? Maybe players coming to the Dodgers are not all about this money but wants to play their coz of the club and the teammates..? 😂

[@ClexaPride]

It’s smart to defer, then when your done you have money coming in while your figuring out what your going to do

[@KylerLamb]

Make Ohtani the closer..

[@FERNANDOMARTINEZ-nm7ss]

The Yankees cry babies

[@javierrichardson1136]

The only problem is that dint sign with the yankees

[@21erikla]

This isn’t news come on now. Other teams do the same thing. LA is a major market so you clearly hear about it more. Is doesn’t help when other teams don’t want to spend money. You gotta spend money to make money 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@reco1L-]

Cry babies.

[@raulgomez3276]

I wonder if you were crying like this when the Yankees were pulling all the great players in late 90s and early 2000s

[@Mattnakama1]

Or we can just have owners just spend money. Owners will pocket money than invest into their teams