Shohei Ohtani to Dodgers for 10 years, $700 million

Unless there are player or team opt-outs.

All you have to be is the best two-way player in 100 years.  

No. No major league player has ever done what Ohtani has done. Babe Ruth was a great pitcher then transitioned to playing outfield full time. The Yankees did not let Ruth pitch, though he would occasionally ask.  No major leaguer has ever been as good at pitching and hitting at the same time as Ohtani. The man is truly a unicorn.

And a second Tommy John surgery (not many cases of that working well for pitchers).

A Cabrera level waste of money in the out years, times ten

Those last 3-4 years at $70 million each are going to really, really hurt.

Saudi soccer league is paying some guys like Benzema and Ronaldo between 100 and 200 million. Dollars.

"only" doing a bit of work there

Damn that's like 70mm/person in attendance.

3/4 of a billion to play for murderous bosses in an oil soaked stadium, built by slave labor. Good for him for turning it down. Shame on C Ronaldo and Benzema for taking their blood money.

Aaron Judge’s contract is $360/10 years. Ohtani’s deal is rather close to 2x that. 
 

Take out the two major injuries/surgeries and it would be an easy call. On a ten year deal, you expect 7 years to be worth the money from a in-game production standpoint; the last few always see a big drop off, but the marquee name still sells tickets and merchandise. 
 

The problem with this deal is you might only get 4-5 years - or less - of production if the injury bug comes again or the surgery doesn’t bring the arm back. 

The guy who lives three doors down from me, who leaves his Christmas lights up year round and gives me weekly roundups on his five fantasy teams, is crushed--he was certain Ohtani was going to Michigan State. 

Yeah but, there’s a lot of walking, too.

Psssshhhh my golf score is higher than his. Lost balls too.

Allegedly the majority of his salary will be deferred, so it'll be a Bobby Bonilla situation. I'm guessing it's valued at more like a $500M deal, with the extra $200M to account for the present value when he actually receives the money. Somehow the Dodgers got a "team-friendly" $700M deal.

This article says "the majority" of it will be deferred.  It'd probably be more lucrative to him to get the whole thing over the next 10 years, but this would keep the Dodgers' payroll somewhat less insane.

Well, if his arm goes bad again, or if he can't bring the heat he did before the surgery, you're paying that to a DH. You don't want that 

Aside from Ohtani and Trout, the Angels didn't have enough stars.