I feel Ohtani is more worried about lagacy than being ultra wealthy. That's not a bad thing.

@SamAronow

6 ай бұрын

I agree. I think Ohtani moving to the Dodgers will be better for the relevance of baseball as a whole than it will be for Ohtani or the Dodgers themselves. I keep flashing back to Gretzky going to the Kings.

@acornsucks2111

6 ай бұрын

He should learn to hit in September.

@RunForPeace-hk1cu

6 ай бұрын

@@acornsucks2111 You should learn Japanese

@xh3598

6 ай бұрын

Japanese tourists in 2023 were estimated to be over a million in Southern California, generating over $1.4 billion in tax revenue. Multiply that be ten. As popular as Shohei Ohtani is in Japan, he is the main reason for trips from Japan to LA. Ohtani deferred his entire $680 million contract without interest until he retires. In actuality, his $700 million contract is only in the high $400 million range when inflation is factored in. For the state of California lawmakers to insinuate that Ohtani is dodging the tax code is far from the truth. Ohtani is making the state of California an enormous amount of money with all the sales and the influx of Japanese tourists; he is a market magnet

4:27 Astute symbolism! 😅 Ohtani's own financial engineering team has all the tools, for certain! And L.A. came out satisfied too. Definitely the benchmark for this decade, probably beyond! And thanks for a great year on this channel! 😎✌️

@thebaseballprofessor

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting on the wilted roses!

Well done video!

Japanese tourists in 2023 were estimated to be over a million in Southern California, generating over $1.4 billion in tax revenue. Multiply that be ten. As popular as Shohei Ohtani is in Japan, he is the main reason for trips from Japan to LA. Ohtani deferred his entire $680 million contract without interest until he retires. In actuality, his $700 million contract is only in the high $400 million range when inflation is factored in. For the state of California lawmakers to insinuate that Ohtani is dodging the tax code is far from the truth. Ohtani is making the state of California an enormous amount of money with all the sales and the influx of Japanese tourists; he is a market magnet

@thebaseballprofessor

6 ай бұрын

Ohtani will bring bring billions from Japan to California, MLB, and the Dodgers.

aged like milk real quick on Yamamoto take

I cant wait for LA to finish 3rd in the west next year. 😆

These salaries will kill the small market as it did for Montreal. You need two teams on the field to play baseball.

@RunForPeace-hk1cu

6 ай бұрын

Sure didn't kill NYY LOL....

Nah Ohtani is only 46 mil cbt per year, not 70

@xh3598

6 ай бұрын

Japanese tourists in 2023 were estimated to be over a million in Southern California, generating over $1.4 billion in tax revenue. Multiply that be ten. As popular as Shohei Ohtani is in Japan, he is the main reason for trips from Japan to LA. Ohtani deferred his entire $680 million contract without interest until he retires. In actuality, his $700 million contract is only in the high $400 million range when inflation is factored in. For the state of California lawmakers to insinuate that Ohtani is dodging the tax code is far from the truth. Ohtani is making the state of California an enormous amount of money with all the sales and the influx of Japanese tourists; he is a market magnet

I actually think this is a dumb deal for Ohtani. Take the $35-40 million/year now instead of in a decade or two. Who knows what will happen in the future?

@danielkushner5963

6 ай бұрын

I think it's only dumb if he needs the cashflow or if we have massive inflation

@RunForPeace-hk1cu

6 ай бұрын

If it was all about the money, he should have waited 2more years to before coming to MLB. He would have made $200M more ... LOL

@felixfors9340

6 ай бұрын

He doesn’t care about the money. He said on 60 minutes doc

@mpaulm

6 ай бұрын

@@felixfors9340 He doesn’t care? Why sign for $700 million then?😂

@xh3598

6 ай бұрын

Japanese tourists in 2023 were estimated to be over a million in Southern California, generating over $1.4 billion in tax revenue. Multiply that be ten. As popular as Shohei Ohtani is in Japan, he is the main reason for trips from Japan to LA. Ohtani deferred his entire $680 million contract without interest until he retires. In actuality, his $700 million contract is only in the high $400 million range when inflation is factored in. For the state of California lawmakers to insinuate that Ohtani is dodging the tax code is far from the truth. Ohtani is making the state of California an enormous amount of money with all the sales and the influx of Japanese tourists; he is a market magnet

We are really worried that this guy may go broke.

@xh3598

6 ай бұрын

Japanese tourists in 2023 were estimated to be over a million in Southern California, generating over $1.4 billion in tax revenue. Multiply that be ten. As popular as Shohei Ohtani is in Japan, he is the main reason for trips from Japan to LA. Ohtani deferred his entire $680 million contract without interest until he retires. In actuality, his $700 million contract is only in the high $400 million range when inflation is factored in. For the state of California lawmakers to insinuate that Ohtani is dodging the tax code is far from the truth. Ohtani is making the state of California an enormous amount of money with all the sales and the influx of Japanese tourists; he is a market magnet