He Japanese Shohei OtaniThe most relevant and important star of the Major League at the moment, announced this Saturday his signing with the club. Los Angeles Dodgers.
“I decided to choose the Dodgers as my my next team“He wrote on his official Instagram profile.
The star two-way player (he works as a pitcher and hitter) was a free agent after leave time with the angels behindand received many offers, full of zeros, from teams who wanted to include someone who they considered generational talent in baseball.
Jeff Passan, one of the best-sourced journalists in the major leagues, reported for the network ESPN V The Dodgers offer is $700 million over 10 years.
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The largest sports contract ever signed in history.
These monumental numbers would earn Ohtani the largest sports contract ever signed in history.
“First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone involved in the Angels organization and the fans who have supported me over the past six years,” Ohtani said.
“And to all Dodger fans, I promise that I will always do what is best for the team and will always be the best version of myself.”
At the end of his message, Ohtani assured that he would soon hold a press conference at which he would outline his decision in more detail.
“There are things that cannot be conveyed in writing, so I would like to talk about this again at the subsequent press conference. Thank you very much”.
Ohtani’s fate has been a big unknown and a constant topic of conversation in MLB in recent months, with multiple teams involved in his search, but in the end, it was the Dodgers who brought his team to the ballpark. 29-year-old Japanese genius. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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