Shohei Ohtani Contract

            In the past week, the news broke out about Shohei Ohtani's contract, and it is unbelievable. A 10-year $700 Million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers marks the biggest contract signed in sports history by far. The former Los Angeles Angel has been given GOAT status, and because of this has made a huge name for himself in the baseball and sports world. Ohtani is a 2 time MVP award winner, and finished 2nd in 2022. Ohtani is dual threat player who can pitch, and hit, while being great at both. Shohei was on pace to break records this year hitting the ball if he never got hurt, and his pitching is remarkable, maintaining under a .300 ERA.
           The finalists for Ohtani were the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels, and San Francisco Giants. With 3 of these being California west coast teams, it was pretty clear and evident that is what Ohtani considered home. As a Cubs fan myself, it would've been very nice to see him in Chicago, but I knew deep down that it wasn't realistic. It was always the Dodgers. They have the most money, he stays in LA, and they're contenders. The Dodgers were the team all along, whether we like it or not.
            Does this say anything about the salary cap though? I think so, I think it is really unfortunate that these teams keep ruling the league. Teams like the Dodgers and Yankees have all this money and it feels like they're just buying out all the best players in the league and creating super teams. This just clearly isn't fair, especially considering I saw a post that said Ohtani's contract was worth more than the entire Arizona Coyotes NHL franchise. That is crazy that the Dodgers are able to pay someone more money than an entire sports franchise even has. It isn't fair.




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