Is $600 million + α true?
Can Shohei Ohtani (29, LA Angels) really win a contract worth $600 million beyond the first $500 million contract in the major leagues? ESPN received a survey from 26 experts, including major league executives, agents, and its own reporters, on the 7th (hereinafter Korean time).메이저놀이터
14 expected to sign contracts for totals between $500 million and less than $550 million. However, six people believed that it would exceed $550 million. Even the three predicted contracts of 600 million dollars in 12 years, 600 million dollars in 11 years, and 605 million dollars in 11 years, respectively.
The prospect that Ohtani will surpass Mike Trout’s contract amount of $426.5 billion (12 years) is tedious. AAV also has the potential to exceed $43.33 million of Max Scherzer (Texas Rangers) and Justin Verlander (Houston Astros), who recently escaped the New York Mets side by side.
Experts pitched several ideas to ESPN. Paying attention to the fact that Ohtani is at a high risk of injury because he doubles, he proposed an opt-out clause or a contract to increase AAV in a short-term contract. Anyway, it is certain that Ohtani’s contract this winter will write new history in the major leagues.
ESPN said, “The numbers will surprise you, whether it’s the amount, the AAV, or the length of the contract. It is highly likely to use the longest guarantee contract in major league history. Taking into account the largest factors present in each type of transaction, it is likely to total up to $606 million.”
The destination is also the Los Angeles Dodgers. Prospects abound that he won’t be leaving his familiar Southwest California easily. The Dodgers are one of the few teams that can afford Ohtani’s $600 million contract. Two out of 26 experts surveyed by ESPN said it was the Dodgers. The New York Yankees, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and San Francisco Giants were also mentioned. However, most pundits who mentioned these teams mentioned the Dodgers together as an or.