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Fabian Ardaya / The Athletic:
Shohei Ohtani to defer $68 million per year in unusual arrangement with Dodgers: Sources — Shohei Ohtani's record-setting 10-year, $700 million deal includes a series of unprecedented deferrals, a person briefed on the terms told The Athletic on Monday. — In an effort to enable the Dodgers …
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Fabian Ardaya / The Athletic:
The Dodgers got Shohei Ohtani. What's next? — The Dodgers landed the man they had sought for a decade. Shohei Ohtani, and his many, many, many (yes, many) millions have shattered records with the richest contract in pro sports history. — Yet, the Dodgers' work might just be beginning.
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The Athletic:
Shohei Ohtani's massive deferrals, Dodgers contract explained — Sometimes $70 million a year isn't exactly $70 million a year. — The best way to think about Shohei Ohtani's wild and unusual contract with the Dodgers might be as a $700 million, 20-year deal, rather than a $700 million, 10-year deal.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Shohei Ohtani free agency hysteria brought out the worst in MLB media. We can do better. — Shohei Ohtani, baseball's most glorious talent, one that we may never see again, has managed to bring out the absolute worst in us. — We baseball writers have disgraced ourselves, becoming an embarrassment to the journalism community.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Shohei Ohtani's new contract is just his latest feat to shock the world — OF ALL HIS incredible abilities, Shohei Ohtani's capacity to shock tops the list. For the past six years, Ohtani has left us mere mortals slack-jawed as he conquered Major League Baseball, a sport that typically evolves …
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Matthew Pouliot / NBCSports.com:
Shohei Ohtani joins Dodgers, signs record $700 million pact — Shohei Ohtani got his $700 million in free agency and didn't even have to pack up his house. Baseball's best player smashed the all-time record with his 10-year deal Saturday, signing with the Dodgers over his other finalists, supposedly the Angels, Blue Jays and Cubs.
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Eric Stephen / True Blue LA:
Dodgers sign Shohei Ohtani for 10 years, $700 million — LA lands its top priority with a record contract — The Dodgers landed the biggest prize on the free agent market, agreeing to terms with superstar two-way player Shohei Ohtani, he announced on his Instagram.
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Alex Feuz / ESPN Press Room U.S.:
ESPN's Expanded International MLB Game Schedule in 2024 to Include Shohei Ohtani's Los Angeles Dodgers Debut as Part of the Seoul Series — Broadcast Slate Includes a Mexico City Series Game, an Exclusive London Series Game and the Complete Two-Game Seoul Series
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Shams Charania / The Athletic:
What I'm hearing about potential trades for Pascal Siakam, Zach LaVine and more: Shams' Inside Pass — LAS VEGAS — With the NBA's In-Season Tournament's conclusion and critical trade eligibility dates nearing, the NBA trade marketplace is beginning to shape up.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Goold's chat: Readers ask as costs soar, are Cardinals ‘complacent,’ conservative or cagey? — Your Cardinals questions in the weekly baseball chat here at StlToday.com prompted more than 14,200 words and nearly 400 inches of baseball conversation, all of it hosted by baseball writer Derrick Goold.
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Tim Healey / Newsday:
Mets' Francisco Alvarez open to long-term contract extension — The Mets' potential franchise cornerstone catcher is open to formalizing that. — Francisco Alvarez is interested in discussing a long-term contract extension with the Mets, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Red Sox acquire Tyler O'Neill, send two pitchers to Cardinals — The Red Sox acquired outfielder Tyler O'Neill from the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, dealing for the powerful right-handed hitter whose upside has been curtailed by injuries but is expected to slot into Boston's everyday lineup.
