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I think folks are underestimating the impact on revenues a team gets from Japan with this deal. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-shohei-ohtani-baseball-blue-jays-1.7052383

That's a cost of doing business as much as the money spent lobbying the politicians to get your stadium deal. You going to include that?

I wouldn't have done the 600M, I certainly won't sweeten the pot on top that deal.

I like that deal for them, they had Luis Matos out in Center last year. They need more help tho.

If he isn't able to pitch I'll be shocked if he can't play outfield. The money he'll bring in from Japan will keep the deal from being as bad as the Davis deal.

I am by no means an expert but it seemed to me that Turgeon could recruit but he couldn't develop them once he got them. Didn't he have some highly regarded classes?

If they had played another best of five right after the O's very well might have won. You know this. Texas got smoking hot at the right time, that doesn't mean the O's shouldn't have tried to improve the team. If the O's trade for Montgomery instead of Texas what happens? Does Texas even make the playoffs?

I don't think they will be sacrificing anything.

But we were already told that the cost in prospects is higher than expected.

Can't expect to compete with a financial juggernaut like Kansas City, it has city right in the name.

Assuming he doesn't have any issues with PEDs or off the field issues I don't see how it could be. Ohtani brings in tens of million in revenue on a yearly basis. Davis sold about a dozen season tickets.

Just to put this in perspective, the 1998 Orioles had a payroll over 70 million. The money is there, it is just a matter of who gets it.

That's an opinion. I don't agree.

Future money is worth less than present money, Think about the Lotto, you take a lump sum you get a lot less than if you get it over 20 years. They decided that 680 million paid out from 11-20 years from now is worth the lower amount.

It was. It's allowed.

The MLBPA likes them. You think the owners are going to try and make it a point of contetion?

I don't think anyone is worried that they don't have the money.

All of this content will be a useful resource when the O's are trying to get under the cap.

I figured they were going to front load it and pay him 650M in year one.

Why did he come to MLB under the posting system instead of waiting and being able to sign a FA deal? He doesn't care much about the money. He said to be bringing in 50M/year in endorsements.

It's estimated he makes almost 50M in endorsements.

But I thought the O's were in on Uwasawa?

Florida has no State income tax.

Might see something in the next CBA. Fights between rich and super rich owners are fun.

According to the Athletic it's 46M a year, which is not how I read the tweet.