What Shohei Ohtanis unique $700M contract could mean for the future of baseball

Joe Posnanski:

Yes, I think that had to be a big, big part of it for Ohtani.

It doesn't feel legal to me, honestly. I mean, it's a $700 million contract that doesn't really begin until 2034. So that's — it's a very, very strange thing, and it's kind of hard to even get your arms around what it means.

But for the Dodgers, it does mean that they can go out, get more pitching, which is what they need right now. And as far as Ohtani and the injuries, that had to be a huge part of the decision process, because you're right. I mean, as we — as far as we know, he's not going to pitch this year. We don't really know exactly what the surgery has been and where his elbow is from a health perspective.

You would think the Dodgers have a much better perspective on that than any of us do. But the thing that's so amazing about Shohei Ohtani is how driven he is, how driven he is to get better, how driven he is to, as we say, be a part of baseball history.

So I'm sure what the Dodgers are betting on is that kind of commitment from Shohei Ohtani.

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