Good morning, Camden Chatters.
The slow-to-heat-up MLB hot stove got a major jolt over the weekend with the biggest free agent signing in baseball history, Shohei Ohtani’s 10-year, $700 million deal with the Dodgers, a move that the club officially announced last night. We also learned some surprising details about the contract: Ohtani will defer a whopping $68 million per season for the entire 10 years of the deal, which he will then receive in full for the 10 years afterward.
So in effect, Ohtani will only be making $2 million a year for the next decade.