Yankees Fan Rich Eisen React to Yoshinobu Yamamoto Choosing Dodgers over Pinstripes

Rich Eisen and the guys react to Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto joining the Dodgers on a 12-year/$325M deal.
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[@krystalissoojung5114]

now Otani is a 3 way player hitter, pitcher, recruiter 😂😂

[@greenparkokada]

and financial planner(deferring $680M)

[@beckmanchilds756]

LehTani

[@Broseftoast]

@@greenparkokada😂😂😂

[@averieandhunterbanks]

Look at the history of Japanese players and how they have been in the mlb. Tanaka and Hideki turned the Yankees into a fan favorite in Japan. They were stars. There’s gonna be a lot of Dodger fans in Japan 🎉

[@T.C.Clarien]

KYOJIN IS THE #1 TEAM IN JAPAN

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

There's already a bunch of fans there.

[@SuperCatacata]

​​@@arkangelarkangel1302yeah, kids don't remember Nomo anymore.

[@MJAriola]

@@T.C.Clarienlol not anymore softbanks now is the best team and with money in japan league kyojin or giants is not event in championship like for 5 years now

[@jph4852]

​@@SuperCatacataThe Dodgers have had many Japanese pitchers after Nomo. Ishii, Saito, Kuroda, Maeda, etc. I've been in Japan for years and there are a lot of Dodger fans here.

[@MrROKinROK]

1:43 So often, the narrative explaining why Shohei was "able to" to defer that much of his salary was because of his unparalleled marketability off the field. Because he's pulling in $40-50M in endorsements, he's able to comfortably defer 96% of his salary. But from what I'm learning about him, I don't think that's the main reason and I think it actually does a disservice to his character. Even if his off-the-field income was down where Aaron Judge's is (i.e., $5M), I still think he would've been content doing the same thing. From what we've learned about his lifestyle in the NPB, he was content leading a rather frugal lifestyle. Again, with a $2M a year salary, an Aaron Judge-type $5M a year endorsement income, and the $40M+ amount he's already banked from his Angels' stint, I think he'd have been completely comfortable living off the $7M a year salary for the next 10 years.

[@Ffollies]

It does seems money means less to him than other players compared to winning, but we don't know how much less. Maybe he only takes $20 million a year if his endorsements are $5 million. I don't think there's any way to know with any reasonable certainty because we're not in his head. I'm sure there's a line he'll draw but we don't know where that line is. But I do give him credit for taking probably less than his market value

[@arsmor1end1]

100% correct, and I attribute this to the insularity of American baseball journos, and their disinterest in listening to the dozens of Japan-based, fully bilingual media members who cover these guys daily side-by-side with the Passan's of the world. There is definitely a market available for a bilingual journalist who covers both the NPB and MLB to make an impact on baseball journalism.

[@pumpkinhill4570]

I doubt he hates money but he just has very little need for it while he’s still playing.

[@beckmanchilds756]

lol. Because he wants to win. He wanted the dodgers to use that money while he was here and I guess to help avoid most of the LA luxury tax. Money was Not the issue here. Dodgers are a class organization I really don’t get the disservice to his character comment. It just shows that he wants to win more than all other mlb players. No other player in history has even remotely tried to help their team financially like this lol Also the dude is going to be worth more than 2.5 billion when he’s done playing baseball barring career ending injury. I don’t think you understand just How Big he is internationally and will become. For reference, as a Japanese star athlete. When Matsuyama won the Masters, he was guaranteed in advertisements and marketing to become a billionaire. He’s nothing compared to Shohei lol. Shohei made 50mil last year outside baseball as an invisible Angel. I say invisible because it’s the Angels lol. Now that he’s part of a worldwide brand, top 3 in the nation, he and the dodgers are going to make wayyyyyyyyy more back. And think exponentially. So no. Yankees had no shot. And while 5 million is a lot for Judge, it’s less than One of the deals Shohei signed his Rookie year

[@MrROKinROK]

@@beckmanchilds756 I personally appreciate detailed posts, but not everybody does. So as a courtesy, I'll spare you a detailed response and only say this, for now: Based on your response, you either misread my post or misinterpreted it in its entirety, because your response read like a detailed non sequitur, responding to questions I never posed and drawing inferences I never implied. Please reread it. If you still don't get what I was putting down, let me know.

[@omgbygollywow]

Don't forget Sasaki next year. Go Dodgers!

[@user-kz9tn6qh2x]

彼の体はmlbの中4日の登板間隔と長距離移動が耐えられない

[@frankalmanzar3492]

We’re all itching for the next baseball season already.

[@sproutzer]

Love how Rich threw in a Stuart reference. The love he has for his late friend 💙

[@trentmosley6609]

Freeman behind Ohtani for protection and it puts a ton of speed at the top of the order.

[@ohxishxitsxdavid]

This is the way.

[@LamarFaciane]

The first thing that came to my mind when we got Otani San was how fast he runs the bases 👍🏽

[@KingShishiyo]

So its gonna be Betts/Ohtani/Freeman/Smith right?

[@wilburwood8261]

Back in 2018, I heard Jeff Passan and others say Ohtani hits like a high school player and needs seasoning in the minors. Wow!

[@arsmor1end1]

@@wilburwood8261 that's because Jeff was being used by his MLB sources to downplay Ohtani's potential for their own possible benefit. Passan, I guarantee, hadn't spent more than the length of a KZbin highlight video studying Ohtani.

[@lorenzojennings3431]

I believe that he was never planning to go to the Yankees anyway. 😢

[@popozz]

Yamamoto watches Ohtani's games, so he sees all the booing and lack of respect rants against Ohtani by the Yankees fans. Especially, the MVP battle between Ohtani and Judge last year was bad. That might have made his impression of the Yankees worse... I liked the Yankees when Tanaka and Matsui were there, but I don't like them now. If the self-centered mindset of today's Yankees fans doesn't change, Roki Sasaki will never go to the Yankees, no matter how much they pay him.

[@MrMytube60]

Either the Mets! They were pawns in this!

[@flar5022]

​@@popozz ohtani Insulted New York he wouldn't even hear what the yankees had to say What the hell do you expect That the New York Yankee fans will gonna shower him with love When you insult an entire city don't expect roses when you go to that city

[@flar5022]

​ Also Follow-up you act like Yankee fans on the only ones that boo I guess you've never been to Philadelphia And believe it or not I've heard Boeing in dodger stadium I guess Yankee fans don't have a monopoly on it

[@fosho331]

@@flar5022 I truly think othani didn't want to play with Judge, a fellow companion in the MVP race. I feel like he rather face them, just like now with Trout.

[@averieandhunterbanks]

Arm injuries aren’t as risky when you have 7-8 guys that could be MLB starters…

[@marksstudio]

Shohei is now a team builder, and it's exciting. This phenom from Japan, who was raised in the code of Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, is exerting his will on the MLB, and it is very interesting.

[@chrisweidner4768]

Thanks for the Stuart Scott reference. “Cool like the other side of the pillow.” Happy Holidays. 🎄😀🎅

[@astrostar49]

Thunder buddies for life.

[@fosho331]

caught that as well. legend.

[@westcoastkidd17]

Japan has another phenom pitcher named Roki Sasaki - hopefully the Dodgers can recruit him too.

[@stevedoe8622]

He doesnt want to wait. He wants to be posted now. Dodger could get him next year.

[@edomarpez1840]

@@stevedoe8622 His team already said that's not gonna happen

[@wilburwood8261]

@@stevedoe8622 That will definitely not gonna happen. Because Sasaki is under 25, so he can get only something like a 3-5 Mil contract. That means his team can get only like 1 Mil something for him. Yamamoto is 25, so his Japanese team got like 50 Mil. That is an unacceptable difference.

[@jlee1061]

He’s the best pitcher of the 3…. By a country mile.

[@scottsmith1455]

Dodgers: 1 World Series in 35 years, they SUCK

[@Steven-lg3zk]

Rich is big mad. Love it 😂

[@socalastarte6727]

I love a salty Yankee fan. Talk about calling the kettle black. Good Lord, they are the original Evil Empire

[@lovethieves1383]

Lol

[@lacoleccionperfecto]

10 year window for a potential Blue Sunrise Dynasty

[@jrzygurl]

Good one🤣!!!

[@wilburwood8261]

Roki Sasaki, who probably will be the best of them all, will join in a few years too.

[@zboy2020vision]

If Dave Roberts is manager nothing is guaranteed

[@volgg]

Next you know, Roki Sasaki is coming to town ! that dude is a pitching monster

[@coconutz247]

after "Ohtani and Yamamoto back to back", there is glasnow, buehler, dustinmay, gonsolin, and bobby miller with kershaw in the wings. the best staff in baseball history!

[@chuckdeuces911]

Plus they could have Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer right now too

[@schauber95]

How many TJ surgeries between the names you listed?

[@coconutz247]

and urias. @@chuckdeuces911

[@173jaSon371]

One of my closest friends is also a freak of nature Patriots/Celtics/Yankees/Bruins fan. My brain refuses to rationalize it, but new england has some weird fandom combos.

[@brandondillman5841]

not nearly as bad as all the Yankees/Cowboys/Lakers fans out there. Those people are the absolute worst.

[@kcchiefs2481]

@@brandondillman5841You could add Alabama Football and Duke Basketball fans to the NYY/DAL/LAL fans

[@TheGreyCrayon]

​@brandondillman5841 There's no justification for that. 😂

[@rubaiyat300]

I could see it if they are from Connecticut or something. It’s a little self serving but it’s not like you are snubbing a “local” team I guess other than the Whalers if they are old enough.

[@j0k3rH]

I’m a Dodger/Lakers/Kings/49ers fan

[@derkaiserzen]

From what I read on X.. one of the questions regarding Yankees for both Ohtani and Yamamoto was "do they allowed to participate of the next WBC" which Yankees infamously "refrain" their players to attend the WBC previously.. think again, Ohtani AND Yamamoto would NOT not participating in WBC above everything else's..

[@jimave]

It’s a good time to be a Dodgers fan!

[@brandondillman5841]

As an O's fan it makes me incredibly happy seeing all the Yankee fans being this upset. Thank you Dodgers!

[@oswaldboelcke5470]

@@brandondillman5841 The trouble is, you might not think that way when the Dodgers win over the Orioles in the next World Series, if that happens.

[@PapitoLou]

@@brandondillman5841as a Yankees fan the Os will never amount to anything or be nearly as successful as the Bronx bombers but go off lol

[@PapitoLou]

@@oswaldboelcke5470that won’t happen lol

[@shawnjohnson8675]

@@PapitoLouFacts at least the Yankees spend money unlike the Orioles cheapskate of an owner 😂😂😂.

[@carlososcarcomedy]

It was a good move for Yamamoto to join the Dodgers, he is reunited with a teammate in Ohtani. If I was a GM I wouldn’t commit to the 12yrs but ya never know maybe he becomes an ace in MLB. Yankees need an innings eater now and hope to be in a good position for a frontline Pitcher at the trade deadline.

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Ohtani was not his only teammate playing in the MLB. He just cared about money. Obviously other teams wanted to pay him the same.

[@kingelvis4688]

As much as I hate that he chose the Dodgers over the Yankees, I can’t fault the guy. If I was in his shoes, I probably would have done the same.

[@alexandermartinez985]

he said he wanted money. idk why we thought 26million less wan gunna get him in NY lmaooo. it sucks but we were too cheap. yamamoto is going to shove @@youtubeconnollyfamily

[@MrKrushgutz]

He has two opt outs, and it’s backloaded. The Yankees will get Yamamoto when he’s old, and pay a premium.

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

@@kingelvis4688 yeah, he does not know much about America. Otani probably told him to come and he listened. I hope the Dodgers stink. Just so they can have all this money tied up in those players.

[@Davidj3]

Growing up in the 90s in LA I know how your son felt Oh No!! Yankees signed best player available.

[@liduck52]

Example?

[@Davidj3]

@liduck52 Mike mussina. Roger clemens. Traded for Paul oniell, wade boggs. Signed El Duque, chuck knobalch. They were already stacked with jeter, B Williams, pasada, wells and cone, Pettit. In Early 2000s Matsui, cc Sabathia. Alex Rodriguez, Garry sheified Jason Giambi, dodgers signed who in 90 s or 2000???

[@sandyfaiella236]

I don’t know if it was mentioned earlier but the luxury tax for Othani this year is 46 million which is more than any other player in the sport. Can we stop this false narrative that the money deferred doesn’t affect the luxury tax. It’s at a discount but certainly not only 2 million a year. Once again, 46 million a year, The Highest Luxury Tax bill in Baseball.

[@dennismiller7605]

Not high enough. His salary should be spread over the life of the contract. Shame on the owners for allowing it.

[@rogerfmorales851]

Dodger manager Dave Roberts is on the hot seat. If he can't win a World Series in 2024 with the talent on this team, he's gone. No more excuses.

[@angelmora1952]

As a dodger fan I agree , I’m sure plenty and many of other dodger fans feel the same way

[@beckmanchilds756]

Knock on wood. If we are healthy the last 2 seasons we make deep playoff runs if not to the WS. It’s hard to blame him for things out of his control like bauer’s framing, urias beating his wife etc

[@nadstengco2591]

Depends with how much money they could make out of Othani.. Even if they lose another world series but earns twice they made last year then I'm pretty sure he still reached his quota 😂.. Winning is going to be just the bonus while earning money is the main goal for buying out Ohtani who's going to have his second TJ..

[@user-pe7ts8hg2y]

In 2025 Walker Buehler is going to be the Dodgers FOURTH starter. Geez

[@TheGreyCrayon]

If he stills on the team, which I hope he will be. Unless he gets injured again.

[@Adam-tw8yd]

​@@TheGreyCrayonthey will let him walk and go after Max Freid

[@ZSleepingDragonZ]

Don't need to wait until 2025, next year he'll be the fourth starter after Yamamoto, Glasnow, and Miller.

[@jnthxn_]

@@Adam-tw8ydhell no i’d rather resign buehler if he pitches elite again. buehler is elite in the playoffs and fried isn’t!

[@Adam-tw8yd]

@@jnthxn_ they're not gonna pay Walker

[@dc8201]

Shohei is smart for defering his money. Dodgers were able to sign another super star because he defered. His legacy is more important in the long run than a large paycheck right now. Plus since he signed in a big market team he can make tons of money in endorsement.

[@om7303]

dodgers showtime era starts now

[@jwvvvv]

Yamamoto is unproven, Ohtani and Glasnow are injury plagued. Showtime won't last for very long.

[@TheGuitarded1]

The Dodgers FINALLY catch a break.

[@No-b.s.]

Is it “catching a break” when you spend over a billion dollars on 2 players?

[@mikem3789]

What happens when the Dodgers sign Sasaki in a couple years?

[@oscaru5342]

I love it!! Let's go Dodgers!!!

[@savvysearch]

The Dodgers outsmarted everyone. A big deal was made about them spending over a billion dollars, but the value is beyond winning a championship. They basically got both Ohtani and Yamamoto for free knowing Japan just opened up to them and is going to be a moneymaking frenzy for broadcasts, advertising and etc.

[@TheMolacho1]

Like Kelce's ol' lady says..."SHAKE IT OFF, SHAKE IT OFF!"😂

[@peytonbrown5394]

Let's go Dodgers!! From the land of the rising sun, to the land of the setting sun, we're gonna be nigh unstoppable! I'm so stoked for next season!

[@ChickenParmesan45]

Still gonna lose 😂

[@GenerationIcarus]

Dave Roberts is still there. It’s going to be hilarious to see how they’ll blow it this time. More embarrassing than the chargers.

[@josedomingues23]

The city of fallen angels is in for a bad time, lots of sins...

[@peytonbrown5394]

All the delicious salty cope 🤣

[@gnielsen07]

Such a boring sport, and unfair as only a select amount of the teams can spend unlimited money with no salary cap. The Ohio teams near me could never afford ohtani or betts or even freeman

[@aresee8208]

I, an Orioles fan, am glad he went to the Dodgers instead of the Yankees.

[@jrzygurl]

Lol... since it was obvious the Yankees were going nowhere and you guys were in the playoffs I was really rooting for the Baltimore Orioles to go all the way!!,,, c ya in 24!!!

[@moseskimsunghoon]

Well I think Rangers is winner now after Ohtani and Yamamoto sign with Dodgers haha Let's Go Orioles !! Let's beat the Dodgers in World Series !!

[@liduck52]

As a Yankee fan I'm glad he went to the NL. Despite the fact the Angels never won anything with him.

[@EL_LeonFredo9]

I wish I could’ve seen the face of the GM when he got the news ohtani was going to defer all the money dude prolly creamed his pants

[@nicoalexander774]

As a Giants fan, I hate life. 😭 ❤

[@RyanEYE]

Nobody will sign in SF until their legislature cleans the city up. Homeless people, poop and crime! Big draw for major free agents.

[@johnbarry5036]

switch teams. :) Giants dont care.

[@medlord9958]

Why? They acquired JH Lee

[@cv6001]

People act like SF isn’t a stones throw away from Palo Alto, Sausalito, and the really nice parts of SF don’t exist. Yeah there’s a problem throughout California with homelessness but these guys have the money to live a Beverly Hills lifestyle up there. All the FAs the Giants have pursued would be among the richest in the city. It’s not like Yoshi was going to get an apartment in the heart of the Tenderloin lmao

[@brandondillman5841]

Nobody feels bad for the Giants. Yall got to watch your team win 3 World Series since 2010.

[@xxxYYZxxx]

If a bunch of Euro baseball stars existed, they'd likely sign for NYY or another East Coast team, owing to proximity and familiarity. LA is like "Tokyo East". NYC is literally half-way around the world from Japan.

[@erkbzr]

New York wishes the Dodgers we're still in Brooklyn. 😅😅😅

[@209bornandbred]

As a Mets fan this one hurt, since it was our only potential bright spot in the off season. The Mets front office already indicated that besides trying for Yamamoto they planned on doing next to nothing and tanking this coming season, so if I was Yamamoto I probably wouldn't want to go there either.

[@ExplosiveDiarrhea69]

Imagine Senga and Yamamoto as 1-2 punch in your rotation? Insane.

[@cejannuzi]

How about pairing up Imanaga with Senga. That might be about as big.

[@209bornandbred]

@thefishhobbyist5478 Not according to Scherzer. When they offered to trade him last season he said no cuz he wanted to reload the team and try again next year, management told him they are not reloading and are looking to 2025, he said that's bs and he won't believe it until he hears it from Cohen, then after he talked to Cohen he changed his tune and said OK trade me. Since then, there have been additional rumors that have been similar, if not exactly the same, about the Mets plans or lack thereof for 2024. There is even chatter of them not re-signing Alonso since he doesn't fit in their current timeline. The only thing different that has been put out is Cohen recently said that life moves on after Yamamoto and the team will keep trying to get better.

[@donaldbucher472]

Money being equal, neither NY team has their act together. Do you think Yamamoto wants to hear “Fire Cashman” chants throughout home games? Join a Mets team that publicly announced they weren’t in it next year? And the time zone difference is big money for him as well as quality of life.

[@that1hmongboi]

Idgaf what you say I’m throwing a damn baseball at my son 🤣

[@patmucciarelli8840]

This is like an Larry Bird 3 point contest. Which one of you guys are going to finish second?

[@ebransc09]

This is baseball, best team’s pitching gets worn down or lineup goes cold for a few games & you’re out

[@Hhhhhrro]

This is the best team ever on paper in 2025

[@rileykijek6544]

Not the Ty Schmitt Yoshi 326 over 9 to the Yankees rumor😂😂

[@robertcabrera4760]

When is TROUT gonna wake up and leave that hell hole in Anaheim

[@lhfirex]

If the Dodgers don't win at least 3 rings with this team, we can mock them.

[@YaBoyyJohnNBA]

Pain man 💔

[@AnthonyDRLopez]

Spandex thin…miss you Scott!

[@wecandobetter9821]

rarely ever have these long term contracts been successful but that doesn’t stop the madness

[@donkkim73]

Japanese revenge to pinstripe for the poor Tanaka, Irabu and Matsui.

[@bramhelsing2697]

Say what you will about the Dodgers building a super team, but I know for a fact that I’ll be watching a lot of baseball this upcoming season, and I’m a White Sox fan

[@akrambakerBerlin]

Hey Rich, will Magic have more rings then fingers?

[@Paul_Sleeping]

I say 50/50. Dodgers choke during the playoffs. Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Glasnow are question marks. Yamamoto might end up needing Tommy John. Glasnow has poor playoff record like Kershaw. When will Ohtani pitch again. Dodgers have the best pitching facility to protect pitchers yet their pitchers are walking Tommy John billboards. We will find out in the coming years. This is a boom or bust gamble from the Dodgers.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

​@@Paul_Sleepingcope some more paulie!!😀

[@wilburwood8261]

@@Paul_Sleeping wow, u are so pessimistic. That is why you are in front of your PC making these comments as a car mechanic instead of being a deal maker on the Dodgers.

[@a.a677]

So happy he's a Dodger 💙🤍

[@luisdayvid]

We still have Garbage Manager Dave “ROB THE PEOPLE OF TITLES”-erts

[@whatudontunderstandis-gk9hk]

Brockman is correct: Dodgers have NO MORE EXCUSES

[@LakerDodgerRamKingLA]

MLB has to make sure the team the Dodgers face in WS doesn’t CHEAT! No excuses if they do get caught cheating Dodgers will be awarded the Trophy 🏆

[@SuperJay12jay]

Mets needed to bid an offer that LA and Yankees couldn't match. Same bid then the obvious choice is LA. Cohen made a bad decision. Cohen gave 43M each to 2 aging 40 year old pitchers (Max and Verlander) last year and think 25 year old 3 time CY and MVP in Pacific league Yamamoto is worth less than that? 400M would have sealed the deal and hard for LA to match. Next year Roki Sasaki will join LA. Dynasty!

[@yuukoyuu3486]

山本由伸投手は、最高です。 ピッチャーとしても、コーチとしても。山本由伸投手の真似をして、上手くなった選手が数多くいます。

[@stevepiazza8770]

As a Dodgers fan that suffered through decades of other teams stacking their teams with superstars, I'm laughing and loving this. Yankees, Giants, Padres, Braves, Astros, Rangers, and everyone else, you can kiss my you know what!!!!!!!

[@martinprice9441]

Nobody should have expected Yamamoto to turn down the Dodgers deal when it's great, closer to Japan and Ohtani is his teammate. Meanwhile, the Yankess have been outplayed the past 2 years by 2 teams in their division who are bottom 5 in payroll

[@jasonloyd831]

1988 last time y’all done anything!

[@mbdg6810]

Of note anyway, the 2020 ring counts but not at the same time due to chokes after being on going

[@chaimmosheansbacher5754]

It's more of an indictment against new York City sports in general when stars spurn this city in favor of a place like los Angeles

[@cliffordchang4612]

Opening day at Dodgers Stadium tickets are in the $300 range for nose bleed seats!

[@socalastarte6727]

Well the good news is that their number 18 jersey is still available. Let’s Go Dodgers!!!!!!

[@russellchung3119]

I love the move, but I still feel like the bottom of their order is pretty weak. Far from buying a championship. and I'm saying this as a Dodgers fan. Super teams are only good if they have good experienced players around them. I feel like Lux and Outman will feel like they need to perform for Ohtani and not play within themselves. I hope they do

[@paullmight42]

RIP Stu

[@Rowsy91]

Who wouldnt choose Dodgers over Yanks at this point?

[@jleiz6624]

The new Yin Yang twins. One saved baseball and the other is gonna shut them out. They just signed with the most hated club and i can’t even hate on them.

[@mackymintle7806]

Go Blue

[@reno-san87]

The Dodgers are spending more on flights for Yamamoto’s friends & family than it would cost for the Angels or Jays to travel a radio broadcaster for the year 😂

[@yoyo-ml3dx]

Oh man these Dodgers kind of reminds me in the NBA when Kevin Durant joined the Golden state warriors on paper the Dodgers look like the best team in MLB actually I'm happy Shohei is on a playoff team

[@dennismiller7605]

There is only one pitcher in the HOF that is under six feet tall. Yamamoto is all of 5'10" and 176". He now has the biggest contract for any pitcher ever and hasn't thown an inning yet. Crazy... What if he turns out to be another Stroman?

[@chachimendiola9042]

Everyone loves when the Yankees are in turmoil, everyone wins

[@gokulebron]

How is judge and Soto turmoil

[@chachimendiola9042]

@@gokulebron when's the last time yall won the pennit? Or make the playoffs? Yankees are irrelevant af. No one likes the Yankees

[@chachimendiola9042]

2022 I don't even count bc yall got washed af loool

[@madmaxxcrosby]

WOOOOOOO!!! Lol

[@roycrosby4941]

A deferred salary should still have an average yearly salary go into their spending. Ohtani should have 70 million yearly when computing salary spending for the year.

[@pamoon_]

This means the Octobers will spike Dodger fans’ blood pressure even MORE.

[@mystmag7]

I know the Braves hve had trouble winning the WS, but they've usually taken care of the Dodgers and the Mets in the post season.

[@alaskanyeti907]

Ohtani is different when it comes to superstar athletes. He wants to win, and he knows he can afford to defer 96% of his salary now, which will allow the team to free up funds to bring in others, (Glasgow, Yamamoto, ect.). Compare that to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers taking that record contract and then complaining how he didn't have talent around him, even though it's because Green Bay couldn't afford to keep around high end talent with his contract. If LA's willing to get into a budget nightmare in the future, let them, because he'll be retired by then and it's not going to be his problem. Now everyone's complaining about Yamamoto going there, that had to he an easy pitch. "We got Shohei, want to run it back with what you two did in the World Baseball Classic?"

[@youtube-R-Us]

Yay. I’m not the only one. Huge fan of Celtics, Patriots & Yankees.

[@arenna66]

Could have done without the background guys who just much agreed and chuckled. The Dodgers are all in.

[@schlootle]

Diamondbacks really made the Dodgers spend 1 billion to not go out in the first round

[@arsmor1end1]

As someone who has spent half his life living in Japan, the cultural ignorance of the American sports media (and I love this show) is downright cringe. And although Ohtani is also an enigma here, too, it's much less so than in the States. Everyone knew he wanted to win first; from his time with the Angels, he learned/affirmed that this meant fielding an entire team. It was also his idea to defer his salary; this isn't Larry David signing checks left and right. It not only required the player's consent, but it was the player's idea. Lastly, very few YOUNG, ELITE Japanese players want to play east of Chicago...for reasons that Americans might want to contemplate.

[@liduck52]

The reason is the west coast is closer to Japan.

[@robertcabrera4760]

The Dodgers did what the Angels did NOT do which is spend to put talent around their stars. Otani got out in a smart way, he won't waste his career in an Angels uniform like Trout.

[@swiftie_billie.eilish]

Imagine Roki coming too🙄😭

[@DJrock888]

Yankee fans mad because the dodgers out Yankeed the Yankees

[@kennethpounds4092]

West Coast equals Best Coast as everybody outside New York knows LOL

[@SGBassplayer]

Makes the Lexus LFA look PRICED TO MOVE

[@user0oqr]

Yankees owner failed because Dodger Ohtani’s genuine love of Baseball which is to win Yamamoto the championship by the best play of the team.

[@pesky716]

Mets fan here. This hurt.

[@bobhookstratten9567]

Yanks and Mets need to pour money into improving baseball skills in Italy.

[@tootspogsforever5590]

Lol. That's a good idea!😀

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

This is not even close to the Yankees and Red Sox like 20 years ago. No team has ever had people like Betts and Freeman and then go out and spend $700 million on one of the best players ever and then being able to spend $325 million on the next best free agent. It’s so stupid what they are allowed to do. There should be a rule when you spend $700 million a different team has a chance to sign the next best free agent. Not the same team that you spent $700 million. So stupid.

[@maxdubs2241]

They’re basically new team Japan now

[@mgh62000]

Pitchers are always risky. Just in this past year we saw Degrom and Ohtani on their second UCL tears. Plus Yamamoto is kind of like Lincecum, a smaller guy throwing way above his weight. Most elbows are not meant to sustain the force required to throw 95 repeatedly.

[@ZSleepingDragonZ]

Well, then there's Pedro Martinez.

[@Eclecticdream818]

Ok hater.

[@sthao1733]

If he becomes the next Lincecum, I'm sure Dodgers fan will take that, like an 8 year career with 3 years of some of the most nasty stuff you've ever seen and maybe 1 or 2 World Series?

[@Omar_listenin]

as a yankees fan, I wanted him to go to the yankees. Now I'm just glad the baseless updates saying he's going to the yankees are finally over. "Yamamoto glanced toward the east, kind of in the direction of NY, HE MUST BE SIGNING WITH THE YANKEES." It was seriously like that, became so annoying

[@beckmanchilds756]

I been there. With the lakers and Kobe when melo stoudemire and more snubbed us for the Knicks. A lot of lakers fans were traumatized by that and that stigma of LA not being an ideal place to go to stayed until Lebron signed

[@leos3773]

😊 = my face the whole video

[@Nick-NY]

Los Angeles life is better than NYC life.

[@Sjrick]

I really wanted to see him in Phillies pin stripes

[@cameltoeinspector6015]

you get nothing!!!

[@Sjrick]

@@cameltoeinspector6015 Good day Sir !!

[@TheMr02drop]

I see you've been hanging out on Kensington Ave.

[@wilburwood8261]

Did Phillies sign any big name free agents from Japan in history?

[@Sjrick]

@@wilburwood8261 I don’t know

[@user-oc7qk8kg2u]

So this guy got $325 million, Betts got $300 million, Freeman $300 million, Glasnow $170 million...are they printing money?!?

[@alexanderperez9024]

lol I mean they have billions of dollars

[@savvysearch]

Investing. They’ll make it up with Japanese money.

[@tylermccann848]

There are no sure things in baseball... But at this point the Dodgers have bought themselves at least one championship in the next ten years. Anything less than that will be a failure.

[@SmallPeenBigDreams]

I love it here

[@ronnieortiz6803]

"TWO Tommy John surgeries that we know about!" Oh f**k off, if Ohtani or Yamamoto went to the Yankees you'd be singing their praises and meat riding Cashman and Steinbrenner so hard for "finally making moves" 😂

[@vincem8065]

YOU DON'T FIT IN, NEVER WILL 😂

[@craigconley1872]

How do teams make money? Tune in on a Tuesday 1pm game, stands empty.

[@ebransc09]

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