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#204
slobake said:
Like the man in the cheezy commercials used to say "But wait, there's more." It appears 4.5 million dollars was transferred from Ohtani's bank account to a bookie in Orange County. At first it was said Ohani did this to help out his interpreter who had a huge gambling debt. Then, the story changed and now it is being said that Ohtani's interpreter stole the money. What is going on here?
Ohtani's interpreter fired, 'massive theft' alleged
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Does Ohtani bet on baseball? Hmmmm....
 
#209
The Mariners are going to have a couple more games with the Padres in California before opening night. Spring training is pretty much done now. They could have one of the best rotations in baseball this year if those guys pitch like they can. Barring injuries, their staff should be formidable. They were actually hitting this spring, too. I'm not holding my breath over whether that will keep up. It never does with them.
 
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#215
buldog5151bass said:
Yes he was. But especially as most of the money is deferred, that's pretty cheap, as a lot of the contracts seem to be.
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I’m not much for conspiracy theories. The Dodgers either had to tender 20+ Mil or let him go. They let him go assuming Ohtani was going to be their DH for years to come. I sure hope that works out. JD is a good guy and a monster hitter when in the right place.

But to your point. It doesn’t smell right. There are several guys, some who are coincidentally(?) ex-Dodgers, who have signed contracts for surprisingly less than their proven worth. And the Blake Snell deal really gives me pause.
 
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The thing I find interesting re: Blake Snell is that he has won the Cy Young twice, he isn’t incredibly old yet, and he’s got a fairly solid track record as a starter in the MLB since 2017—yet he basically got a pillow contract. Yamamoto, meanwhile, despite being a very promising young pitcher, has not proven himself in the MLB, and he got 12 years / $325 million. I think it mainly illustrates that teams do not value the Snell type of starter as much (high walks, doesn’t pitch deep into games, likely will never throw 200 innings in a season). And who knows, maybe it’s all downhill for him from this year onwards. But you’d think more teams would have been trying to add a guy like Snell. Besides, 6 inning starts play just fine in today’s MLB. Bullpens play such a large role. I guess teams just don’t trust him that much.
 
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