Per ESPN: Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a 12-year, $325 million contract, sources told ESPN on Thursday, ending a frenzied free agency with the largest deal for a pitcher in years and value in Major League Baseball history.
The deal, for which Los Angeles will pay an additional $50.6 million posting fee to Yamamoto's previous team, the Orix Buffaloes, pushed the Dodgers' free agent spending this winter to more than $1 billion, following the 10-year, $700 million contract they gave to Shohei Ohtani, Yamamoto's countryman.
As a SF Giants fan, I’ll be using my first GIF on this blog to express my reaction:
One BILLION Dollars spent on 2 players- have the Dodgers become Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers Movies? Oh wait, he wanted one MILLION dollars!
Hopefully, the SF Giants can sign (or trade for) one of the few elite pitchers left out there. Cy Young winner Blake Snell, perhaps? This was Santa definitely leaving a lump of coal in my stocking!
Comments