The reign of Shohey Oktani as an athlete with the richest contract in professional sports lasted only one year. After the signing of a 10-year agreement on $ 700 million with Los Angeles Dodeders in December 2023, Juan Soto and New York Mets agreed to a 15-year-old package of $ 765 million after about 365 days.
Leaving the first season of 50 Home -Ranes and 50 stolen bases in the history of baseball of the Premier League, Otani pay less than someone, it seems to be confusing. He still has to speak for the Doders, leaving 2023. Nevertheless, agent Oktani, Naz Bally, told reporters on Thursday that he and his superstar client will “do nothing else.”
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The inequality between contracts is even more sharply with a thorough study of the parts of the corresponding packages. None of the money of COTO will be delayed, which means that he will bring the full cost of $ 765 million. In contrast, the transaction in Oktan includes $ 680 million in decreased money, which reduces the actual value of the agreement to $ 460 million.
According to Ballo, Oktani won the World Series championship with Dodgers last season and fitting that his teammates make up for any financial differences between his contract and SOTO.
“We would not do anything else,” said Ballo at the Sportico Invest West conference through Los Angeles Times. “He won the championship. He went to the right team. Why should we do something else? Does not regret. Nothing”.
In addition, Otan will earn more than 100 million dollars as approval (and can get much more if he chose this way) that he closes all the spaces that are obvious on paper.
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Further, Balelo explained that he and Okhtani felt the same about the contract signed with the angels of Los -Angeles after leaving Japan. Ohtani, probably, could have received more money from other teams, but the angels took the obligation to let him play as an attacker and a jug. This puts him in a position to win the two MVP awards of the American League and get a contract that he signed with the docters, so they also do not regret it.
“It was the right place, with a group and a Mike (Scioscia) and the whole team there,” added Ballo. “They gave him the opportunity. They got stuck with him. He had a heavy spring. At that time it was the right house. ”
Free contracts in sports are often a matter of time, not the cost. In comparison, there are many points, such as a potential bilateral contribution to Okhtani to Doders and Soto for only 26 years. But Soto hit the open market after Otani installed the bar, so he graduated from a larger deal.
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This happens in professional sports. Duck Prescott is the best defender than Patrick Mahome? The majority will say “no”, and the Mohames contract costs a much greater total cost (from 450 to 240 million dollars). But Prescott will earn $ 60 million next season compared to 52.1 million dollars.
According to Ballo, Dodders presented a vision of building a winner around him and followed promises outside his contract. The money saved from Deferrals in his contract was used to sign additional players, including Yoshinoba Yamamoto and Tyler Glastnov, who put them to the best position to win the world series.
Balelo also indicated that Ogatani signed the contract with the docters, maybe his last as a professional athlete. He will be 39 years old, when a 10-year transaction expires and, apparently, is not interested in the game until his skills and condition are completely destroyed.
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“He simply did not want the end of his career to tell, and then in the 13th, 14th and 15th grades:“ Who is this guy? He can not even escape in the first place, ”said Balelo that Oktani was not engaged in a deal for 15 years or more.
Fortunately, baseball fans will probably have nine years old Okhtani.
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