Many fans feel that sports contracts are getting out of control. League minimums are increasing, which is great, but with the growing popularity of respective sports, the monster contracts for the top athletes are jaw-dropping. A recent trend for baseball has been marquee free agents signing 10-plus-year contracts.
It feels like we took a huge jump regarding contracts ahead of the 2021 offseason. The Texas Rangers spent half a billion dollars on its middle infield when it signed Marcus Semien to a seven-year, $175 million deal and Corey Seager to a 10-year, $325 million contract. Shohei Ohtani won the American League MVP in 2021 and 2023.
He had already accomplished things nobody thought possible by being a two-way player who could both hit for power and be one of the best pitchers in the game. The Los Angeles Angels chose not to trade Ohtani in 2023, instead trying to bring him back with a lucrative contract offer. That gambit didn't work out, as the Los Angeles Dodgers won the bidding war and signed baseball's most coveted prize.
Let's take a look at the contract that the Dodgers gave Ohtani, including a rare decision to include deferred payments. SN's MLB HQ: Live MLB scores | Updated MLB standings | Full MLB schedule Shohei Ohtani contract breakdown Ohtani signed a monumental 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers. The sticker shock alone on seeing those numbers put together is unprecedented.
Ohtani didn't quite get a billion dollars like some predicted, but he g.
