If the dodgers don’t get Bobby Bonilla to throw out the first pitch at the 2043 “Shohei Otani Day” game then future me will be really bummed out.
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The Dodgers better win multiple titles with Ohtani along with planning wisely on how they plan to manage their financial situation not only while he is with the team but the decade after when he's eating a ton of cap space. They essentially will have $68 mil of dead salary on the books for the 10 years after his contract expires and the Dodgers already spent close to $223 mil this year as it is. They'll just be adding payroll to put players around Ohtani so what happens once he is gone do they gut the roster and just suck for 10 years? They surely will be in luxury tax territory for the foreseeable future but it's going to take some creative planning to not have to really eat it for luxury tax for 10 years when that 68 mil a year starts to hit the books. Who knows what the threshold will be 11 years from now but in today's dollars if you added that 68 mil to their already 223 mil last year that's 291 mil which puts them 2nd behind the Mets this year at 353+ The Yankees were 2nd at around 277.
These were all figures from back in April BTW for reference (https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ayrolls-2023-highest-lowest-mets/11612107002/) I can't imagine the Dodgers are going to shed payroll even with the savings they get over 10 years, if anything they will keep creeping up the dollar amount as they add more high priced talent they eventually will be in the same mess the Mets and Padres are in right now with overspending and not having the results they expected to show for it.
These were all figures from back in April BTW for reference (https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ayrolls-2023-highest-lowest-mets/11612107002/) I can't imagine the Dodgers are going to shed payroll even with the savings they get over 10 years, if anything they will keep creeping up the dollar amount as they add more high priced talent they eventually will be in the same mess the Mets and Padres are in right now with overspending and not having the results they expected to show for it.
That’s not how the cbt works, he’ll be around $46 million rather than $68 million for the entire time.
Shohei Ohtani contract: Explaining $680 million deferral in Dodgers deal with unique Andrew Friedman clause
Ohtani will earn just $2 million in salary a year thanks to the deferrals
Either way he will be a burden on the luxury tax for that deal. 46 mil in today's dollars is still crazy money.That’s not how the cbt works, he’ll be around $46 million rather than $68 million for the entire time.
Shohei Ohtani contract: Explaining $680 million deferral in Dodgers deal with unique Andrew Friedman clause
Ohtani will earn just $2 million in salary a year thanks to the deferralswww.cbssports.com
Not sure how much this is about winning vs. a shrewd tax avoidance move by SO.
