Something I’m tired of seeing is how criminally underrated Will Smith is. Dudes a top 3 catcher and is one of the best offensive catchers in the game. It’s a 4 man juggernaut between Mookie, Shohie, Freddie, and Will.
This is why I don’t think the Dodgers will win in 2024, but they will in 2025. As long as Ohtani gets to finally be in the postseason though, I see this as an absolute win.
yall forget buetane comes back this season too? he could have last season but opted a better recovery. nobody expected the dodgers to win in 23 with all their injuries. they shouldnt even have gotten to 100 wins.
I’m getting sick of seeing this because people are clowning the dodgers for this when they had injuries in the pitching all year we running of rookies what do you expect? (healthy rotation this year probably raps) in 2025 when we have Ohtani on the mound (we don’t even know how good he will be). stop saying may will be out when he said he want to be back sometime after the all star break.
Starting pitching is a crisis situation for the Dodgers. That's why signing Yamamoto and maybe trading some of their enticing, controllable prospects to Tampa for Glasnow and Arozarena.
Dodgers have 70-80 million to add in payroll plus the #3 farm in baseball to trade from. Their pitching will be fine by opening day. It will be interesting though to see what they do if they miss out on Yamamoto. They don’t really need free agent pitchers on longer term deals. They need rentals. After 20224 Ohtani, May and Gonsolin all come back. May was top 3 in the Cy You g before his injury and Gonsolin is an allstar caliber pitcher when healthy. He wasn’t in 2023 but only because he needed TJ since opening day but played through it to collect incentives.
It is an easy fix for pitching with Ohtani only getting 2 mil a year we have the money to sign Trever bauer and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to fix the rotation 1-Yamamoto 2-Glasnow 3-Bobby Miller 4-Trever Baur 5- Clayton Kershaw
Really the only way they'd recover from signing Based Bauer and all the kneejerk is to do it with Ohtani at the same time. Who is gonna boycott that in their right mind??
Like if Dave Roberts came out and said "Hey we kept our distance but Trevor has been exonerated under the law and we are ruthlessly trying to bring all Dodgers fans a World Series Title, that's the real bottom line."
@@SmartrBaseball Thanks for replying yes Ohtani will count towards the Signing cap but the Dodgers do have still have room under that mark to big players and at this point since Bauer was not guilty of assault i would love to have him back to strengthen the rotation
The money the Dodgers have to pay Ohtani is 2 mil but it counts like there paying him 46 mil because he could if he want to Ohtani could get nothing and he doesn't count towards the payroll which would be very unfair
Dear F. Robinson, Just wait for a year or two. Shohei Ohtani who moved from LAA to LAD will soon be the second player who wins MVP in BOTH leagues after 58 years absence. But all unanimously... HE has been astonishing us so often by achieving what we thought shouldn't be done.
How is it a loophole no other player can even get a contract l like that unless they are ohtani and only big market teams can do it if there was a player, keep crying
This contract sets an extremely dangerous precedent for baseball. Bold take, I know, but I see things going the NBA route with contracts like this. MLB needs to step in before this type of deal spirals out of control any further.
Do you think they just say no deferred money? Cause I agree this is bad for baseball, it's like a cheat code for the rich teams. If you have the extra money to pay out of pocket later, and still field a competitive team, then you get a lower tax hit during the contract and can sign more/better players, mid and smaller market teams don't have that extra money to do that.
@SmartrBaseball Only the Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets are in the position to actually afford those kinds of contracts. Once the initial reports about the Ohtani contract details came through, the first thing that came to my mind is that the Dodgers will no doubt give Juan Soto this same kind of offer and it will make baseball flat out uncompetitive. Now, that possibility is something tangible for Juan Soto next year, and that scares the shit out of me.
People are acting like teams can force these contracts to happen. They can't. Most players won't want this pay structure. Jordan, Brady, Ohtani. Those three are the best of the best in their sports, and way more concerned about winning than money. That's a rare, rare breed.
Something I’m tired of seeing is how criminally underrated Will Smith is. Dudes a top 3 catcher and is one of the best offensive catchers in the game. It’s a 4 man juggernaut between Mookie, Shohie, Freddie, and Will.
ong it should be big 4
Casually adding max muncys +30 homers
And james outmans 20+ homers if thats alright
@@purpleyranger and casually adding jason heywards 25+ homeruns
He low key disappeared in the second half of the season this season but I agree with you
This is why I don’t think the Dodgers will win in 2024, but they will in 2025. As long as Ohtani gets to finally be in the postseason though, I see this as an absolute win.
true ohtani needs to get used to the post season but I hope they win the 2024 ws
yall forget buetane comes back this season too? he could have last season but opted a better recovery. nobody expected the dodgers to win in 23 with all their injuries. they shouldnt even have gotten to 100 wins.
Update: They fixed it with Yamamoto and Glassnow
I’m getting sick of seeing this because people are clowning the dodgers for this when they had injuries in the pitching all year we running of rookies what do you expect? (healthy rotation this year probably raps) in 2025 when we have Ohtani on the mound (we don’t even know how good he will be). stop saying may will be out when he said he want to be back sometime after the all star break.
Two tommy Johns lol
Starting pitching is a crisis situation for the Dodgers. That's why signing Yamamoto and maybe trading some of their enticing, controllable prospects to Tampa for Glasnow and Arozarena.
yall forgetting about buehler is fucking stupid.
Good call close
Dodgers have 70-80 million to add in payroll plus the #3 farm in baseball to trade from. Their pitching will be fine by opening day. It will be interesting though to see what they do if they miss out on Yamamoto. They don’t really need free agent pitchers on longer term deals. They need rentals. After 20224 Ohtani, May and Gonsolin all come back. May was top 3 in the Cy You g before his injury and Gonsolin is an allstar caliber pitcher when healthy. He wasn’t in 2023 but only because he needed TJ since opening day but played through it to collect incentives.
2024* what is the point of the edit button if UA-cam doesn’t allow you to click it?
It is an easy fix for pitching with Ohtani only getting 2 mil a year we have the money to sign Trever bauer and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to fix the rotation 1-Yamamoto 2-Glasnow 3-Bobby Miller 4-Trever Baur 5- Clayton Kershaw
He'll still count for 46M towards the CBT, you think the Dodgers would re-sign Bauer?
Really the only way they'd recover from signing Based Bauer and all the kneejerk is to do it with Ohtani at the same time. Who is gonna boycott that in their right mind??
Like if Dave Roberts came out and said "Hey we kept our distance but Trevor has been exonerated under the law and we are ruthlessly trying to bring all Dodgers fans a World Series Title, that's the real bottom line."
He was not exonerated, because he was not charged. He might be a criminal; he might be innocent. There’s no way to know.
@@SmartrBaseball Thanks for replying yes Ohtani will count towards the Signing cap but the Dodgers do have still have room under that mark to big players and at this point since Bauer was not guilty of assault i would love to have him back to strengthen the rotation
at the end of the day, it’s about money, Ohtani will attract lots of money to LA Dodgers and MLB..
re-do the video man 40-50 ? its only 2
He's only getting paid 2M, but he counts as 46M for the CBT, either way this contract is wild!
The money the Dodgers have to pay Ohtani is 2 mil but it counts like there paying him 46 mil because he could if he want to Ohtani could get nothing and he doesn't count towards the payroll which would be very unfair
no but bobby miller sheehan and buehler sure fucking do.
Dear F. Robinson,
Just wait for a year or two. Shohei Ohtani who moved from LAA to LAD will soon be the second player who wins MVP in BOTH leagues after 58 years absence. But all unanimously... HE has been astonishing us so often by achieving what we thought shouldn't be done.
This guy has no idea what’s coming for him
Don't worry.
Shohei would solve the biggest problem easily.
Loopholes are created for these teams
How is it a loophole no other player can even get a contract l like that unless they are ohtani and only big market teams can do it if there was a player, keep crying
This contract sets an extremely dangerous precedent for baseball. Bold take, I know, but I see things going the NBA route with contracts like this. MLB needs to step in before this type of deal spirals out of control any further.
Do you think they just say no deferred money? Cause I agree this is bad for baseball, it's like a cheat code for the rich teams. If you have the extra money to pay out of pocket later, and still field a competitive team, then you get a lower tax hit during the contract and can sign more/better players, mid and smaller market teams don't have that extra money to do that.
@SmartrBaseball Only the Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets are in the position to actually afford those kinds of contracts. Once the initial reports about the Ohtani contract details came through, the first thing that came to my mind is that the Dodgers will no doubt give Juan Soto this same kind of offer and it will make baseball flat out uncompetitive. Now, that possibility is something tangible for Juan Soto next year, and that scares the shit out of me.
@@SmartrBaseball name me one player willing to defer 98% of their salary ... waiting ....
People are acting like teams can force these contracts to happen. They can't. Most players won't want this pay structure. Jordan, Brady, Ohtani. Those three are the best of the best in their sports, and way more concerned about winning than money. That's a rare, rare breed.
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@@Rivals356 I was the first comment AnGeLeS fan
I am so made the Dodgers spent 700 million dollars on a DH when all of their pitchers are all rookies. And now the Dodgers cant get any more players.
You don’t get memo
smartr baseball isnt very much smart.