The historic amount of deferrals in Shohei Ohtani's contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers was his idea, but it sounds like he didn't offer the same opportunity to other teams that pursued him this offseason.
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said during an appearance on Talkin' Yanks that he wasn't offered the same deal by Ohtani.
"That's like a once-in-a-lifetime situation," Cashman said. "I can't imagine how you propose a contract like that with all those deferrals, but it made sense when he said it came from Ohtani. So, no, there was nothing presented to me like that.