Yeah, they needed to clear roster space for Shohei and Joe Kelly. Joe Kelly wears number 17 as does Ohtani. With the $$ he's making, I'm guessing Kelly is due for a nice gift to give up the number. Hopefully it's a full Mariachi outfit . .
You don't think Guggenheim folks have factored that in before they made the deal? They are pretty smart folks who have put a division winning team on the field each year over the last decade (except 2021 when they won 106 games). chit, last year was supposed to be an off year and they were still good. They'll make billions off of this deal . . .
im not bitter they got beat it happens. i just find it very funny how others try to trash talk when their team does not have a record to back up the talk. no one ever whined all other fan been saying that about LA forever. now we could say that about the failed money splurge in SD last year and the years anaheim did it. the whole choke thing cracks me up too, your team cant even make it there but here they are saying another team "chokes". its a game anyone can win at any time any day.
Nah, Im not bitter. Banter between FANs ( Fanatics ) is what sports is all about, makes it more fun. No Question in my mind that LA is a far superior franchise, we all know that. Had the Padres or any other team made this deal, We/They would get laughed at. LA is smart, they will make this work, I am sure of it. That being said, the CBA will be making some new rules about deferred payments, although nothing new, we have never seen $680 MiL deferred for some serious payroll and luxury tax incentives. LA found a Loophole and drove a semi truck right through it !
Several other team reportedly offered him the same $$$ so it wouldn't have just been the Dodgers willing to gamble . . .Dodgers are taking a pretty big gamble on his pitching arm recovering from a second Tommy John procedure. Just sayin
