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Re: MLB
Posted: Sun November 19, 2023 3:02 pm
by Bammer
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Bammer wrote:The A’s moving to Vegas … but not until 2028. That seems like a LONG way out. 4 more full lame duck seasons in Oakland.
Dang. That just leaves the NBA, right? Who will move there? Orlando? Sacramento? Boston?
Vegas and Seattle will get new expansion teams, not relocation.
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun November 19, 2023 4:42 pm
by Simple Torture
Bammer wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Bammer wrote:The A’s moving to Vegas … but not until 2028. That seems like a LONG way out. 4 more full lame duck seasons in Oakland.
Dang. That just leaves the NBA, right? Who will move there? Orlando? Sacramento? Boston?
Vegas and Seattle will get new expansion teams, not relocation.
Where do you think Seattle will move to after 15 years? Nashville? KC?
Re: MLB
Posted: Thu December 07, 2023 1:10 am
by Farmer John
I'm going to need Shohei to make his decision soon so I can get on with my life.
Re: MLB
Posted: Fri December 08, 2023 11:10 pm
by Farmer John
This is killing me.
Re: MLB
Posted: Sat December 09, 2023 8:30 pm
by daft twat
Farmer John wrote:I'm going to need Shohei to make his decision soon so I can get on with my life.
He did.
Re: MLB
Posted: Sat December 09, 2023 10:31 pm
by blueviper
700 million. Whoa…
Re: MLB
Posted: Sat December 09, 2023 11:06 pm
by The Argonaut
How is $700 million possible? $70mil a year!? That's basically double Trout's and Judge's average annual salary. That's wild. Was someone other than the Dodgers seriously even coming close to that?
I would not be surprised if we see reporting in the next few hours or days clarifying that $250 million of those dollars are going to some Shohei-approved charities or something because holy cow
Re: MLB
Posted: Sat December 09, 2023 11:10 pm
by The Argonaut
So maybe we'll have fifty years of another Bobby Bonilla Day and, inflation being what it is, those long-deferred payments won't be as painful to the Dodgers as $70 million looks right now. But even still that is a wild number
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 12:08 am
by spike
The Argonaut wrote:How is $700 million possible? $70mil a year!? That's basically double Trout's and Judge's average annual salary. That's wild. Was someone other than the Dodgers seriously even coming close to that?
I would not be surprised if we see reporting in the next few hours or days clarifying that $250 million of those dollars are going to some Shohei-approved charities or something because holy cow
He’s a top hitter and pitcher, and at his age, either of those on their own could garner half a billion. But then understanding that he may not be a two way guy forever, you justify paying him as one and a half of those two players, so $700 mil sounds about right.
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 12:10 am
by Simple Torture
I figured the total value would be north of $600 million, but I didn’t think it’d get that high. If you split the contract in half and consider it $350 mil for 10 years as a hitter, it matches the AAV of Trout’s contract, but then it’s $350 mil for 9 years as a pitcher, but there are a handful of guys making more than that, so it’s almost a deal?
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 12:13 am
by Farmer John
daft twat wrote:Farmer John wrote:I'm going to need Shohei to make his decision soon so I can get on with my life.
He did.
He did. It's fine. I'm doing fine.
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Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 12:42 am
by The Argonaut
As a pitcher, he has been oft-injured and at best a marginal Cy Young candidate in an off-year.
I'm waiting for details about these deferred payments
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 1:10 am
by daft twat
He’s a once in a generation talent, but what can you get for $14 million a year? Wouldn’t five $14 million caliber free agents be a better investment than one $70 million player?
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 1:37 am
by The Argonaut
They'll sell a lot of jerseys
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 3:15 am
by spike
Contract’s worth more than the A’s total payroll the past decade.
Re: MLB
Posted: Sun December 10, 2023 5:40 pm
by spike
Re: MLB
Posted: Tue December 12, 2023 6:13 am
by Bammer
Kinda wishing I could go back and undo my Mariners ticket plan for 2024.
Re: MLB
Posted: Wed December 13, 2023 9:04 pm
by spike
Ohtani deferring most of his salary as nothing more than a tax dodge confirmed.
Under a 1996 federal law, Ohtani can be exempted from California’s 14.4% top income tax rate on his deferred compensation if he no longer lives in the state. After 10 years of being paid $2 million per year to play for the Dodgers, Ohtani will begin receiving $68 million in annual payments from 2034 to 2043. Should he follow the lead of top-earning athletes such as Phil Mickelson, who moved from California due to significant increases in income taxes, Ohtani would save over $9 million per year in California income taxes. Whether he moves to a state without income taxes like Florida, or even back to Japan, leaving the Golden State after his 10 year stint playing for the Dodgers could be a prudent financial move.
Re: MLB
Posted: Wed December 13, 2023 9:05 pm
by spike
Re: MLB
Posted: Wed December 13, 2023 9:06 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
