The Dodgers Are About To Take Over Baseball
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Dodgers will sign sasaki to a rookie contract and Snell to 5 years ,And a former brewers SS 👀 eventually they will win to world series back to back to back💀
i love your viteo
The lore is so complex I am starting to believe this sport exists
I was rooting for the mets😢
@@Mets-Yanks_World_Seiressame
It was so sad when they went out
@@Mets-t6qI love the Mets
After them probably the Red Sox
Here is a fun fact. There were more Japanese people who watched the World Series than Americans watched the NBA finals this year. More Americans watched the World Series than American watched the NBA finals this year as well. If you combine Asia and USA, there were more people watch the World Series this year at 30 million views than the most viewed NBA Ever with Micheal Jordan which was 29 million views. Baseball is back.
I haven’t been interested fully since I was 12 and playing little league this was a very fun playoff to watch especially being a dodgers fan ws was probably the more boring series
Pretty crazy numbers for a sport that doesn't exist.
@@Monkeybrain760 I agree, and that's remarkable when you consider that one of the greatest moments in WS history happened with Freddie's grand slam walk off. World Series was fun for the Dodgers but it never felt like they were ever in trouble. Padres and even the Mets gave the Dodgers a real scare.
You left out Latin America which also watches in the millions.
MLB is more fun than the NBA. The postseason games were like a big party.
Dodgers are doing more to promote the game than Manfred and the MLB…..
SUPER FACTS 💯⚾️😎
If you don't think the mlb is behind this, your slow
New MLB fan due to this series here. Never thought I would be I've been a NBA guy my whole life. I love it.
That's what makes it hard to hate them, also their players are all so likeable. I'll still root against them though lol
Canadian hockey fan here, haven't cared for baseball since 99-2002ish, This is the first year ive watched any baseball videos on youtube and watched all the playoff highlights
I’m in Tokyo right now, Ohtani’s face is everywhere. I’ve seen him promoting four different products and services today alone.
He's a god over there. They're nuts
Ohtani is on a Shaq mindset: live off your endorsements while you are an active player. Shaq never spent his game checks, he invested, planned ahead, and is secretly worth as much or more than Magic or Jordan.
Only a matter of time until the public turns on him with that kind of overexposure
@HaykInWonderland and why would that affect him? Signing with the dodgers already turned against him and that didn't affect him winning his 3rd mvp and winning a ring.
Are they rival products? That would be hilarious.
I think the craziest fact in terms of Japanese sponsorships is that Japan Airlines (JAL) sponsors Shohei Ohtani. There are only 2 major airlines in Japan and their biggest rival, All Nippon Airways (ANA), sponsors the Dodgers. I don't think comparing it to the US airline industry will do it justice because it's more diversified than Japan. The best comparison I can think of is the computer industry (Microsoft and Apple) both having sponsorships for the same organization.
Bill Gates bailed out Apple and basically owns both.
@@lymphomasurvive could u explain that for me
@@russellwestbrook462 Microsoft was facing anti trust charges and the company Apple was failing in the 1990s. Microsoft had to have a viable competitor in the computer space. So Bill Gates helped Apple.
"August 6, 1997: In one of the most famous moments in Apple history, Steve Jobs reveals a $150 million Microsoft investment that saved his company from ruin."
Shohei Ohtani Effect: Per SponsorUnited founder and CEO Bob Lynch on LinkedIn, in 2024, the Dodgers cleared nearly $75 million in incremental sponsorship revenue from the prior year. $75M not $50M that he said in the video.
@@russellwestbrook462 "August 6, 1997: In one of the most famous moments in Apple history, Steve Jobs reveals a $150 million Microsoft investment that saved his company from ruin."
I appreciate you bringing up the players that other teams basically threw away coming to the dodgers in some form and becoming all stars. I think that’s an important detail that some don’t always mention
It’s hard to remember considering they signed Mookie Freddie and Shohei
@@Stacey_-bf2mb the Dodgers didnt sign Mookie. They traded for Mookie
@@Stacey_-bf2mbtrue yet people forget that other part of building the team and the injuries no less too so the batting had to be great to elevate the team
I will say, Treinen had a 0.78 ERA with the As in 2018, he just injured his shoulder, had a bad year in 2019 and was non-tendered after that. The Dodgers didn't turn him into a star, they just signed a rehabbing pitcher.
@@MajinSupernova they gave him a 12 year $350 million extension while also agreeing to eat $100 million worth of David price’s contract. The dodgers buy championships
"Moneyball A's but with a Billion dollars" Perfect description!!! So many franchises think they can just spend and hope for better (Angels/Mets/Yankees) but the Dodgers combine both sides. Mark Prior is a Gem as pitching coach. Praying we don't lose him in the offseason!!!
Well they can easily pay him whatever he ask. Only reason if you are prior and you leave , Is if another team offers you a manager spot.
I’d rack up a couple more championships as pitching coach before leaving to become a manager.
@davidduarte2887 That's me and you. But if a team were to approach him and offer him the skipper job and at more $$$ then he was making as pitching coach he will Most likely take it. Unless it's the Padres.🤣
Nah it might be time for him to go lol. All of our pitchers get hurt every year
Let me scare you more: the Dodgers consistently have one of the best player development and scouting organizations in all of baseball. They can sign the free agents and they can grow talent at home.
Ohtani's contract makes a lot more sense when you look at the massive amount of Dodger fans it created in Japan, add Yamamoto and they've dropped a billion to own the whole Japanese MLB market... Honestly a steal, those two deals will pay dividends for the Dodgers. What a good move!!!
Edit: Bruh they're not even really paying him till 2034? Wow... what a deal.
No, they have to put the present value of the deferred money in escrow each year, where it will be held and invested until the player is eligible to claim it. Of course, the Dodgers get to keep any profits that the investments make during the interim...
that deal was so bad for othani, 700 is cheap and defer, should double that.
Shohei ain’t gonna be poor. He makes bank on sponsorships and endorsements over here in Japan. Probably will make a bunch in the States too from now on. His salary is small potatoes compared to the endorsement money he gets while an active player. Dude is set for life, any kids he chooses to have are as well.
They need to plan it wisely because once Ohtani and Yamamoto retire, the Japan market will be gone as well.
I don't know what Ohtani was playing at with that contract. The Dodgers will make that money back in sponsorships alone, and he's giving them an interest free loan in the meantime. Seems strange to call a 700M contract a terrible decision, but there's only one guy like him, ever.
2025 All star game: American League vs the Dodgers.
Dodger more like Japanese league.
U on to something 😂
Expat to Japan here. During the 2024 world series, everywhere I went that had a TV they were showing the games, or the channel dedicated to just following Ohtani-san around. The number of LA hats I see walking around the streets is absolutely mind blowing. It rivals the number of Fighters hats I see even while living in the city that hosts the Fighters. All my Japanese friends and instructors regularly talk about Ohtani-san, regardless of the time of year. They know where my hometown of San Diego is because of Darvish. This countries obsession with baseball is completely next level, and I don't think anyone who hasn't lived here can understand it fully.
As a side note, I'm a life long Boston fan.
Goddamn, this video made me shiver to think about what this team might do in the future. For a Dodgers fan, this was a thrilling show to watch because of your presentation style and editing.
A significant number of mlb players grew up in California. They all likely dreamed of playing for the Dodgers. Free Agent interest in LA is not a big surprise.A significant number of mlb players grew up in California. They all likely dreamed of playing for the Dodgers. Free Agent interest in LA is not a big surprise.
You’re a Boston fan ? I’m so Sorry to hear that . Even though I won $1,500 in the 2004 Boston/ Yankees series
The Japan takeover was absolutely brilliant
Its honestly mind blowing it took so long for it to happen.
I have no idea the reasoning, but part of me believes it was the older organizers not being in touch with pop culture, and then finally the generation of 90's 2000's got to a point where they were in the big chairs and said "you all realize Japan, like, loves this sport right?"
@iceman10129 a lot of it also has to do with pride. Japanese are very prideful to their country and it's a dream to be a pro there. They value it more than anything else, regardless of money.
@@iceman10129i also think that they did not initially believe the influence and spending power and skill in sports of asians..esp east asians.
@@myerz24east Asians have not rose in sports till recently. Even in the Olympics China did not become a powerhouse till the 21st century. Japan and Korea used to be horrible in sports like soccer until they have a competitive team now. It is all about infrastructure and money. Asian countries were poorer then.
@@iceman10129 In fairness, there really hasn't been an opportunity other than Ichiro. And, heck, the Mariners were Japanese-owned during Ichiro's glory years. So it's not like they were out of touch with Japanese culture.
The MLB does not need a salary cap, it needs a salary floor. Every owner is a billionaire, they have the money to spend they just choose not to.
For real, if you’re not willing to spend money on players (the entire product of baseball), you shouldn’t be allowed to own a team
The owners won't agree to a floor without a cap. It was brought up during the 2022 CBA negotiations and was immediately dropped by both sides bc of it.
I was just saying the same thing to a friend last week. Add a salary floor and if a team is consistently at the floor for x number of seasons they are forced to sell the team.
If you’re not willing to spend enough money to field competitive teams, then you shouldn’t own a team.
FJF
Tell the cheap owners to spend more money so we don’t have to talk about salary floor
I haven't seen a judge that bad since the O.J Simpson case
That's crazy 💀
😂😂 GOOD 1
Lawyers were just that good 😂
@@amsf1 Nah, it was the dumbass cops that screwed it up
Lmao that's a good one
A significant number of mlb players grew up in California. They all likely dreamed of playing for the Dodgers. Free Agent interest in LA is not a big surprise.
Freddie Freeman grew up an Angels fan.
@@ultravenia There is a lot of people in SoCal that like all three teams. LA Angels, LA Dodgers, SD Padres. If you ever got to play in the region, it's a dream come true for a kid that grew up here.
@@RobJaeger This is just not a factual statement. At all, in any way whatsoever. I've lived in the Los Angeles area my whole life and I'm well into middle age. I have never once met a person that likes likes both the Dodgers and the Angels, let alone the Dodgers, angels, and padres...oh my.
I'm sure there are some random casuals that will root for say both the Dodgers and angels, but these people are not baseball fans in a meaningful sense and even more unlikely players themselves.
The Dodgers have an absolute stranglehold on the hearts of fans in the Los Angeles area and surrounding counties. Orange County is still hotly contested as many Angels fans reside in the county, but there are still many Dodgers fans that live there.
San Diego has many Dodgers fans as well, but it is clearly mostly padres fans there. Baseball fans in Southern California are no different than any other fan base, very loyal and rabidly tribal.
@@pandemic7 This is true, and I can only speak for people I know and myself. More people I know will generally root for every SoCal team than be diehard about one team and one team only. I can only assume similar projections for others. I'm also more of a baseball fan than a fan one team and one team only.
Actually most of them grew up as Angels fans. Orange County is the baseball hotbed not LA
Damn, this video gave me goosebumps of what the future may hold for this team. Your presentation style, along with the editing, made this exciting to watch for a Dodgers fan.
Justin Turner, who was undoubtedly one of our earliest and most successful "reject signings," was left out at the end.Justin Turner, who was undoubtedly one of our earliest and most successful "reject signings," was left out at the end.
As a Yankees fan, I was so happy for Freddie. Tankees threw it away. That 5th will be played forever.
Prob one of the best guys for it to happen to, outside of the Yankees, of course
Yankees got outplayed in the 4 games that were close
@ the unfortunate truth
💯 he did that shit on a bum ass ankle and with busted ribs.
@@noneofyourbusiness1114MY GOAT
Shohei made the Dodgers millions before even throwing a pitch. His contract pays for itself and they get two elite players in one.
Any team that pays Soto Ohtani money does not understand business and may the lord rest their soul.
Exactly, Soto doesn’t bring in money like Shohei. Shohei got tons of Japanese companies being big sponsors to Dodgers. Plus 60mill people watching. Plus being the #1 shirts & other products. Soto is a great bat but he doesn’t do what Shohei does, business wise.
Whomever signs Soto is just crippling their team for years.
@@berto8232dodgers end up signing him then going bankrupt you're saying?
@@berto8232as the Dodgers sign him @RF 😅
Soto is a great hitter and mediocre defender. Not even close to the draw Ohtani is. He will make bank though.
No mention of Justin Turner at the end, arguably one of our first and most successful "reject signings".
That was a regret signing? JT was awesome with the Dodgers.
@@camerongrant8344 reject, meaning other teams didn't want him I think it was OP meant.
@@camerongrant8344read bro.
As a Mets fan that signing pains me. He was a decent utility player for us but nothing more and than became an MVP candidate for you guys
It was astonishing how after the Dodgers determined he was done and they should let him go, he became an immense impact guy for the wallowing Mariners this season and they all talked about his hitting philosophy and overall mentality - that he brought over from the Dodgers.
I'm 35 from central California and I'm only into NFL. The only baseball I watch is A/NLCS + World Series. I was raised a Dodger fan but we are considered Giants/A's TV territory even though we're slightly closer to LA than SF so I was never able to watch Dodgers on Cable here (my dad listens to Dodger games on the AM radio). But after this postseason which I watched most of and seeing this all-star team I think I will get MLB TV next season (I assumed we were in a blackout area this whole time!) and start watching regular season games. I went to LA for a concert on Halloween and when I was traveling back the next day I was stuck on an overpass and the effin DODGERS in open top busses heading to the downtown parade passed beneath me and it was the coolest thing I ever seen!! Also I went to 2 Dodger games 20 years ago so you can't call me a bandwagon fan!!!
That Dodgers TV money is one of the most valuable assets in all of sports.
Don’t forget nightly sellouts in the largest capacity stadium in baseball
@Mason_____ True, but at the same time tickets sales are like finding a quarter in the couch compared to the TV revenue lol
And that TV deal was done like 10 years ago. And has another 10 or so years left on it. Imagine what the dodgers could get now ....If the contract was up.
@@thisshouldbeentertaining3386 They actually aren't making deals that good anymore, with streaming and subscription services; the age if sports team/conference networks is pretty much over. I'm 100% sure that they will get a new TV contract after this one in LA, but I doubt it will even be 75% as good. Though, depending on how things play put they may have an even bigger play to make in Japan, where broadcast TV is still really big.
@@Mason_____Plus playoff sellouts every season
I’m glad I’ve lived in LA all my life and have been playing baseball since 3 years old. Going to the WS parade and celebration. What a time to be alive. Keep it coming LAD 💙🤬
Don't blow your fingers off, lol.
Jesus Christ Imagining having to live in that shithole your whole life. I'd rather be fucking dead.
I'm here so fast I don't even know if this video exists.
Same @blessd24
Same 😂
Same
Why do you care so much about a fictional story anyway?
lol I peed me trousers!!
Living in LA as a Dodgers fan my adrenaline just went up after watching this video.
Funny thing is, if baseball gets a salary cap, the only teams that will suffer are the other large market teams (Yankees and Mets). People don’t understand that the dodgers have such a good farm system, as we speak, there are like 5-6 guys who will make a future roster and be a huge contributor in the playoffs. They have the most money sure, but they have the best scouts and talent from top down in the organization. Any rule you institute, they will adapt. They will find a way around the salary cap.
Beg to differ the past few decades for LAD lmao
There’s not going to be a salary cap anytime soon in baseball
@@TheAbass13 Buehler, Bellinger, Seager, Pederson, Urias, Kemp, Puig, Will Smith, May, Gonsolin, Eovaldi. are all Dodger products, but sure my man, go ahead and differ
@@moose7468 buehler ✅, Bellinger found his flaws, Kemp was washed, Puig no where to be found, Will smith ✔️ I guess? Horrible post season performer, May I’ve yet to see pan out, Gonsolin ✔️, Eovaldi ✔️ elsewhere…
@@moose7468 oh and seager is injury prone… I forgot a couple, Pederson is streaky and you know it lol
Urias seems effective tho
7:47 One of the 12 sponsors is not Japanese. STARLUX is a Taiwanese airline and in Taiwan everyone also supports Othani.
Damn. You just ruined the video for me.
yup! I am one of those who support Dodgers and Ohtani from Taiwan !
Yeah,He's also a mega star in Korea!
Didn't a Taiwan corporation win the bid for Ohtani's 50/50 ball? So he's that popular in Asia? Wow.
Very true! He’s so popular in Taiwan!
People forget the Dodgers didn't have Glasnow, Kershaw, May, Gonsolin, Gavin Stone, River Ryan, all guys that maybe started for the Dodgers but got hurt during the season and for the most part and were excellent. Didn't have them for the post season. Also Shohei will pitch next year.
And Yamamoto and Buehler coming off injuries. Incredible accomplishment winning this year with all those obstacles.
@@davidduarte2887 buehler is a free agent
Dodgers have 2x top 10 starting rotations on their roster and IL. They might sign more guys? They'd have to start trading some of the guys they already have. Which becomes REALLY scary, because then the Dodgers will start piling up draft picks and prospects.
Cry a river holy hell. Pay billions and wipe your tears with millions… Kershaw is washed anyway. Give the LAD their flowers for a ring but don’t act gag damn surprised 😂
Sheehan and ohtani
Chris Russo is always so annoying because he didn't say the MLB needed a salary cap when the Yankees were signing everyone
That was the first thing I thought of when I saw that clip. Now that the Yankees are getting beat at their own game, they want to change the rules.
@Qdub34 An argument you could make is that the Yankees weren't nearly as effective at doing this as the Dodgers because they'll bust out the pocket book, but they make some really stupid decisions with who they spend it with. Essentially, the Dodgers are so efficient at this that not restricting their spend might allow them to create the same efficiency that the 1930s to early 1960s Yankees had with their farm system when there weren't roster limits. Essentially, until the draft they did everything they could to hoover up as many talented white (their only real inefficiency until they finally signed Elston Howard and broke their own color barrier) prospects as possible and teach them up and see who panned out. The MLB draft was arguably created to kill the early 20th century Yankees farm system and for a time that didn't succeed because the Yankees held a debt over the Kansas City Athletics owner and could effectively demand trades from them and use them as a major league farm team. That only ended when that owner sold to Charley O'Finley and he declared no more trades with the Yankees.
Welcome to MLB big market media. They hit the WS classic they wanted so bad
Dudes a Giants fan you melon. He despises the Yankees.
📠
Let me tell you something I sat through all the years of the Frank McCourt era the Dodgers deserve this
Agreed, eff Frank McCourt!!
The Fox and McCourt years were my childhood, I’m relishing every second of this Guggenheim ownership including the early playoff exits.
never watched baseball before last season. huge dodgers fan now.
So you’re a bandwagon
@@SukunaIsHim I mean obviously new fans of the sport are gonna support the best team at that moment
Welcome aboard! New fans, old fans, baseball fans, it’s all good.
That's insane that tbe Freeman and Gibson walk offs were hit at the exact same time of 8:37.. coincidence? Or the baseball gods😂😂
Gibson was 8:38
@@baseballgod1102 Regardless, it's still THAT close
In 1988 I was a baby months old My father watched that home run with Gibson He passed away when I was 16
Watching Freddie knock one out with my six year old son I felt for a millisecond the joy my dad had in that moment when he knew it was a win
@@reyrayo2502 my pops passed when I was 16 as well.. he was a CSM in desert storm and he died from complications of Gulf War Syndrome.. something about the depleted uranium they used over there really fucked him up. He passed like less than 6 weeks after he was diagnosed, it spread that fast.. this was in 02, nowadays, it's basically treated and not fatal at all.. when I see crazy sports moments like the freeman homer, he's the first person I think of still some 2 decades later.. my pops was a huge Braves fan I'm sure he would've gotten a kick out that Freddy homer even tho he passed away before Freddy started playing
Every time someone plays for the A's, plays like shit, gets dropped, goes to another team, and then immediately starts popping off, a piece of me dies.
A lot of pieces of me have died
Mariners fan; I know your pain acutely. Maybe one day the AL West will be a real division
I’m a White Sox fan. Fml
an entire movie was made, because your A’s did that with other players!!!
Every good player the Giants have ever had somehow they all end up with our biggest rivals the Dodgers. It kills me every time but I respect putting in good work for SF then getting paid as a Dodger. But it’s always a little bit of a stab in the back
But the piece of you that gets up each morning and faces the day no matter how may games the A's lose remains intact!
It’s so inspiring to see someone make up so much lore for a sport that doesn’t exist!
😂
Mhm
Maybe you just don't know baseball
@@inashirojitsugyo976 what's baseball🤣🤣🤣
@@zmusicoffical sports where people earn a whopping million dollars 😂
I grew up loving basketball. And just started learning the Baseball. And i love it.
Watching basketball is exciting on the last 5mins or if OT. Baseball however is enjoyable every minute of the game.
As a dodgers fan I jus think it’s funny it took only one year for everyone to forget ohtani’s 6 years in Anaheim
The difference in team building is very very different and especially with the Dodgers winning a more recent WS & that 50-50 season also changes things too it’s more so people are looking at the present and future more
It's like no one cared, he was an Angel. They only cared because he was a unicorn, but the attitude is like 2024 was his real rookie year.
Didn’t forget on AL West. Big market teams just live in their own media world unless it is provocative entertainment not in the 162 game grind
@@TheAbass13the Angels is a big market team
@@TheAbass13the angels is a big market team
His video is very informative and shows how smart the dodgers are.....however.
If theres one thing I learned from this channel.
The craziest shit happens in baseball.
Baseball doesn't exist, brother.
But later on the deferred salary will count against the cap
@@johnl.7754 Oh i know, they're fucked later down the line BIG TIME.
But, it's one of those things where it's "Future dodgers problem"
No Soto in LA. NO NO NO NO NO!! 600 million for a good bat with mediocre defense and a cancerous monster ego ??FORGET IT! Excuse me for yelling but the Dodgers ALREADY have the best hitting lineup in MLB and a great clubhouse comradery of TEAM players who don't need to add someone who thinks he is the world's best player - they already have someone who is. Give Teoscar - who's been an absolute hero for LA - a 2 or 3 year deal and have lots of money left over for pitching and other options.
They're gonna single handedly make the salary cap happen
NL West is basically the new AL East
this, the idea of soto as a dodger just doesnt fit. too much ego.
Seriously. Soto is a no-go. Can't imagine his awful personality working with our team chemistry. Can't stand that dude.
@@armedjoy3045 The players would have to agree to it, and the MLBPA has no reason to want a salary cap
It's funny to me as a Dodgers fan that it only took a year for everyone to forget Ohtani's six years in Anaheim.
What a waste.
So these people weren’t whining when the Yankees were buying all of their best players in the 90s and early 2000s
they can be denial with million reasons and there's only one true reason they won't tell to everyone, i also won't say it directly but *there's similarity between Ohtani in MLB and current European stars in NBA*
Lmaoaoao ur a casual
@@hlk.2timez200we’re champions
Dodger really doing everything right and everyone hates them for it
Its easy to do everything right when you can just spend more money than anyone else. It was fun to watch this years world series but its going to get old if the outcome is predetermined for the next decade and people will stop to pay attention when only 1 team is relevant.
Also I am not even from California or even the USA but the structure of Othani's contract is some complete bullshit with how it will let him avoid paying almost any tax to the state/country by moving to a tax haven once he is actually paid, never mind how it massively advantages the dodgers to just sign ever more by bypassing the luxury tax.
You embarrass the Yankees with a team of charismatic players with fundamentals and you get a ton of fans.
They not like us! Go Dodgers!
It's because they're the Los Angeles Dodgers. Everything connected to LA should be hated.
Deferring money isn't the same as taking a pay-cut, nor is it "controversial". There have been a huge number of deferred contracts in sports history with the most viral being Bobby Bonilla. However, backloading contracts is not only a thing, it is pretty common especially in baseball. Someone getting paid $50 million over 10 years usually isn't going to get 5 per year, but more like 2.5, 2.5, 2.5, 2.5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 10 or something like that. Obviously the amounts of money the Dodgers are paying players is unprecedented but the manner they are doing it in really is not.
does deferred money ever hit the teams actual salary?
@OMG-si3wn Yeah, it does for sure. You do end up having to pay the piper eventually. Like he pointed out in the video though, it saves the team a ton purely in inflation dollars. Also a lot of teams will end up trading parts of those in the cash deals you hear about. Basically they will trade part of the contract to a team like Oakland who has room on their luxury tax and then they will also pay the team the money to pay the whole thing. That way the Dodgers are still paying the cash, but they aren't being taxed by MLB for it
It kinda is like taking a pay cut, both for the player and for the team. The Dodgers need to set aside about $460M for the next 10 years. The MLB luxury tax will be applied as if $460M were added to the LAD payroll. When Ohtani receives all of his money, he'll have the purchasing power of about $460M in current dollars.
The only difference is that you get a ton more publicity off the massive $700M figure + a bunch more publicity due to the unprecedented 97% deferral.
Meh, Bonilla a bust and wins with deferred money. Shohei getting screwed with appreciation and value for being the the best player to ever do it. To me not the same
@@TheAbass13 I wasn't comparing the players, just the method in which they were signed...
2:22 who ever edits your videos made your voice audio track way quieter than the one that was playing seconds before this one started
yeah i noticed this
Yes me too
I’d imagine the Dodgers would be a bonafide dynasty if baseball was honest and the Dodgers weren’t cheated out of a WS or two by the astros and redsox. I’m no baseball fan, but the Dodgers seem to be doing things for baseball that baseball isn’t capable of doing.
Chicago fan here. Dodgers are my favorite team outside. Go Dodgers 2025! -been a long time Dodger's fan and Chicago fans hate that of me+
Priority #1 for the Dodgers going into this off season, before even watching this video, is resigning Teo. #2 is get another arm or two, which they can really use. That's how dead set I am on the importance of resigning Teo ASAP. And while I do not think this will actually happen, please LA... DO NOT SIGN SOTO! I know he's a very solid player, but for the asking price it really is not worth it. Not when you can use that extra $$$ on other needs for the team going forward- like resigning Teo and getting another arm or two!
Yankees need Soto more
@@therealjaystone2344he’s going to the Mets
Yeah i think the dodgers will add another free agent arm be it burnes or Sasaki ....If they do that then there will be potentially 10+ starters in camp. Kershaw, Glasnow, Yamamoto, Gonsolin, Miller, May, Knack, Sheehan ,Wrobeloski. And there's Buehler and Flaherty if they resign. I'd like to keep them all. But don't see the dodgers going into the first game of the year with more than 7 starters. So if it were me I'd trade some of the guys like Sheehan/Knack/Wrobeloski and maybe Dalton rushing to get maybe Elly de la Cruz. Then you can either play him at SS or transition him to the OF. Imagine a lineup with him leading off and Mookie and Shohei behind him. With Freddie, Teoscar and Muncy behind them.
Teo AND Kike please!!!
@@thisshouldbeentertaining3386 First of all, reds would trade elly, then sasaki might go to another team, like the padres because Yu darvish
My favorite Baseball channel on YT!
I'm really interested in the ratings for the next WBC . I bet it's a much bigger deal.
i feel like baseball needs like a flair to get ppl back in... even tho yes the dodgers have been good and stuff the viewership overall in USA is declining each year since the late 2000s while the other sports have been growing insanely. Even tho i dnt like the cocky players normally i feel like we need a couple of them but them actually being good... those kindof of players always boost viewships in younger fans and make them into long term BB fans. Most ppl around my age when i ask them what sport they watch they all say Basketball or Football... i remember being a kid and most of us watched Baseball and Basketball in the early 2000s
You know basketball is doing terribly. There is like a 40% drop from last season. There are more Americans who watch the World Series at 15 million than the NBA finals at 11 million this year. If you add Asia and America this WS at 30 million, there are more viewers than the highest view NBA Finals with Micheal Jordan at 29 million. I watched a POD cast with NBA players and they said at least 50% of the NBA players dont like basketball. Legends like Kareem said they watch the NBA. Even players dislike basketball. Also the way the treated Jeremy Lin Lin because he wasnt the right race was terrible. People and I see through it. The refs have too much power in basketball. They refs determine the games more than the players.
@@alexlilano1931 i think this world series tbh was a one off because Otani just going there and the classic LA vs NY with Judge basically being the face of MLB. I can almost bet the next year WS will be less viewers in america at least. This year was crazy hyped with the Mets, Padres and Dodgers basically all year bringing mainstream viewership. Idk where the 40% decrease stat you said came from but that seems alil off tbh no sport drops that much in one year. Baseball will be more popular out of america ofc just like soccer but in America Basketball and Football took over. The issue like i said before is there isnt any like "star player" Otani is the first star star i seen in like a Decade... theres been good players but no like "omg hes fun" player in so long which those players are the ones that bring youth into sports. NBA you are right with Lebron leaving def gonna have a hard time going forward but all 2010s they had alot of start stars like KD, Curry, Bron etc... we need stars like that in MLB but otani is a good start.. also that guy on the Yankees is kindof fun to watch.. wish he hit better tho but hes def fun to watch. The 2000s we had so many flair players like Jeter and Jose Reyes, Big Papi and so many more that were on each team to make it fun af to watch
@@Tuelz...LeBron is massively overrated and part of the reason the NBA is bleeding fans.
@@Tuelz...I am a laker fan but to be honest it did drop like 40 percent players have no heart Kobe was the last guy to do it like Jordan the nba product is in decline to be honest baseball has a better future is mor exciting
The Dodgers have a whole system approach. It is not just money and of course winning means you have more money.
And the dodgers have the best play by play announcer in Joe Davis. They really do get everything
Before that was Vin and Jaime on Spanish broadcasts. Embarrassment of riches for us.
Even commentary got better. Baseball got better in so many ways. I was a huge baseball fan 10 to 15 years ago and recently got back into it.
Meh, he’s ight
I was once a rabid fan of baseball but lost interest for 30 years. Shohei brought me back to baseball and now I'm hooked. I'm sure that is true for many.
Ohtani could be the first player to win the Quadruple Crown: Leading the league in Homeruns, RBI's, Batting Average, and Steals. Even Micky Mantle and Frank Robinson can't compete with that stat.
What about 20 wins?
I don't think they're letting him steal bases so freely ever again lol specially if he's pitching
Even though it was in an era when one could lead the league on home runs with less than 10, Ty Cobb in 1909 achieved this.
@@Koyomimaticya. After that shoulder injury it would not be surprising if Ohtani's steal numbers go down significantly
I think Ohtani may need to cut back on the base stealing, we need him healthy for the playoffs
They really cultivated a whole country into dodgers fans😂
My friend asked me if I was going to the Halloween party, I said yeah I'll be Aaron Judge cuz I ain't showing up...
I love that a lot of the dodgers players say they like playing for the dodgers because they just have more fun
well and they get to live in LA and make a shit ton of money
A big part is that the Dodgers franchise puts more thought and effort into supporting their players - and their players' families! - than any other big-league team. Better coaches, better amenities, nutrition support, medical support, families travel with the team on chartered flights, etc. Being a professional athlete basically makes it impossible to have a normal life and the Dodgers help smooth that out for their players, and it gets them loyalty.
@@adamkoslin9302you think other top teams don’t do this?
LA is closer to japan and has beautiful weather. Latin americans hate the cold and asians appreciate being closer to asia. when you make hundreds of millions you aren’t swayed by minor differences in money, you just weigh soft benefits.
that's because "winning" is fun. 😉
@@nagash77as mentioned by dozens of former and current MLB players. LA is the gold standard when it comes to these things. These players know a lot more than you and LA is always the top answer.
Dodgers looking preeeeettyyy good
Ohtani signing a contract like that shows you how much he cares about winning. Isn't about Money. This guy wants to be legendary. Wants to be the greatest baseball player of all time and he's willing to do ANYTHING outside or inside the field to get achieve his goal
In my opinion. The Dodgers don't need Soto. Just get more starting pitching. Your offense is already the best in baseball there's no need to add more if you already outscoring teams so heavily. Get more Starting pitching so it doesn't end up happening like this postseason of having literally just 3 pitchers starting and 2 of them being a complete question mark. Jack,Sasaki and Corbin should be the target.
Also he doesn’t need money from the payroll and it’s a win win for him. If he takes less money in payroll then the team does better so he gets more in sponsorships. Thats not even counting the fact of playing for a winning team every single year after never making the playoffs for the first 8 years in the league
Othani 100% cares about the money. He will make a shit ton from other stuff like sponsorships and merch while he is playing, then once his contract is up he will move somewhere without much taxes and save more money in tax than inflation will ever cost him from the deferrals.
@@NicolasWoodcock Lol, this is false. You do not save more in taxes than getting the entire amount of the salary now. 68M more now in even the basic invest interest compounded annually in addition to another 68M every year is far greater than any tax savings you can get. Even better, investing in properties will return far more in return than tax deductions or savings. His life has not been all about money, something that is a foreign concept to a lot of professional athletes. He makes way more in advertisement than his 70M so he is fine without 68m of it annually for the time being. If he would have been that much about money, he wouldnt have come over into MLB when he did and lost hundreds of millions. Not only is he not getting interest in the deferred money, that PV value loses a lot of value over time just sitting there. Unless you can say he literally will not get tax at all, he losses value due to inflation, and opportunity lost in investment far more than any tax deduction he can get. Even with zero tax at the end of the day, with that much money involved, opportunity cost is way more than taxes.
Ohtani could care less about his contract money. He’s already a millionaire and is making the money he deferred through sponsorships and merch sales. His deferred money is pretty much retirement money at this point.
Why are people crying about the fact that the Dodgers are one of the few franchises (outside of the Mets and Yankees at this point) willing to spend money to... you know... WIN...
It's a simple case of "they hate us cuz they ain't us"
Baseball is to Japan is what hockey is to Canada
Love everything you've been doing on this channel. My favorite recent discovery on the website. LETS GO DODGERS!
The astros killed it at cheating. Best cheaters ever.
Calm down bro they only cheated for one season.
@@BrisbaneBroncosfan67they cheated several times and become the most hated team of all Americans sports .
@@jamesnelson5618several times?? Lmao rent free holy hell
Well, we forgive them now. We Dodgers got the WS ring denied us years ago and we did it in a full regular season, just like them. And no can-banging required!
@@Bongaboi151 I wonder if the Astros are the reason NYY/LAD had to spend billions to get the best players in baseball. Couldn’t quite get over the hump without it
People complaining about big market teams spending money need to realize that money doesn't buy you a championship, and that every single Owner in the league could spend 300m+ on yearly payroll if they wanted to, but are far too stingy and selfish and would rather their teams settle for mediocrity so they can profit more
5:10 Because, unlike the Astros, they did not cheat…
cry cry cry
I think you mean the Astros*
Y’all just skip over 21 and 22 huh
@@aIIix Cry? Like asstros fans when people don't pat them on the back for cheating themselves into a championship* LOL
@@theoperry3236ain’t really being ignored about 2021 more so a focus on 2017 which wasn’t brought up but I guess it’s a bit obvious but overall Dodgers got two more recent WS wins while astros really got one
The city of LA and Japan market can keep baseball relevant
I know people will hate Dodgers fans in a heartbeat but I’m just have to put this on the table: They’re also in my opinion the most popular team across Mexico, even beating the Yankees. North/Northwest of Mexico which includes states like Both Californias, Sinaloa, Nuevo León and Sonora on top of other central states like Jalisco have had many many many players go through the Dodgers over the years. Fernando Valenzuela was from Sonora, just to give an example, and the last inning of the 2020 WS was pitched by a man Born in my hometown (Julio Urías, sadly he’s an asshole) and was a very promising pitcher and that’s just two ppl I remember there are many more. The Dodgers are just huge in Mexico.
This channel is slowly getting me into baseball and I never new they didn’t have a salary cap which is insane to me because all other professional sports leagues do
I've always thought the cap was stupid. You're limiting how much players as a whole can make, and you're forcing them to go to certain teams if the team they want to play for can't find the space to afford them. Not only that, but certain owners have no incentive to spend money and just collect hundreds of millions in profit every year and don't invest in their club. You should want players to get paid as much as they're worth.
I find it as dumb as the NBA or NFL draft, tbh.
They already have tbh😭
People hate on the Dodgers payroll all the time but its undeniable that they are able to take okay players and make them great
Dodgers don't just sign FA's or trade for players, they build teams. Every stud they've acquired is a character guy, they don't just get the best players, they get the best dudes too.
You’ve already forgotten the domestic abusers they’ve released, ie Bauer and Urias. So not ALL of their signings have been of solid character
@ lol yeah unlike most orgs they canned them when they were pos. Not like the employers of Osuna and Ozuna
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the class of baseball now. Brilliance. Haters keep it coming.
$67 million luxury tax this year. More than the Oakland A’s entire payroll. Clearly there is no “competitive balance” because these teams paying all this money for players have the money to pay for the tax.
It's an absolute joke, I've said it before and I'll say it again, baseball is nothing more than a vehicle for selling commercials and ad space
It's a mirror of American society.
Its the dodgers fault that they spend money? Anyone couldve bought ohtani, the dodgers owners just care about the franchise.
don’t act like the owners of all these teams are broke… oaklands owner has a net worth of over 3 billion dollars. he’s just not willing to spend money
the a's are a terrible example because they tend to not spend their money very well, on top of that the angels spend an exorbitant amount of money every year just to not make the playoffs, its so obviously not how much money you spend but how you spend it that matters
Getting Yama and Shohei put them over the hump. Dodgers probably don't even win the division without Sho, Dodgers don't win the WS without Yamas pitching, definitely don't get their without Sho.
The Dodgers have already taken over baseball. They have the best team in baseball history.
The 2025 NL All-star team is just gonna be the dodgers
7:47 Starlux is taiwanese🤓
lol😂 you beat me to it!
BTW my Taiwanese wife booked a Starlux flight ✈️ back to visit her mum 2 wewks ago. Cheep tix! 😂 Took 1 hr. less to fly to Taipei than her previous flights with other airlines😅
@@willywonka4340 lol! I am a huge plane nerd and have flown starlux in my flight sims from Taipei to LAX (I looked up the real flight)
@woah_1234, I hope you collect 1:400 scale die-cast models! I prefer a 1:200 scale, but the lack of economies of scale limited the available varieties. Gemini seems to be the only game in town 😄
Was gonna post this too lol
I love how so many people argued throughout the season that the Dodgers have no soul as a team, but what other team is attracting their players, free agents, and even players who aren't even free agents to their team like this??? Clearly it isn't for the money
TRUE! I’m a dodgers fan so might be biased but I loved seeing how much they cared for each other and celebrated each other. Miguel Rojas said it best that there is no ego on that team and that’s what makes them so good and strong together.
@@spudcoconut kinda easy sell/pitch when you finagle the GOAT to take a pay-cut and attract other stars
@@TheAbass13Ohtani himself suggested the deferral as his way of helping continue to build the team with financial flexibility. He offered those same terms to the METS, Giants, and Angels, maybe Jays, Angels declined, Ohtani chose Dodgers because of their winning attitude and record.
@ meh, I think the existing roster and Yamamoto signing was a major influence too lol
Let’s not forget we have Dave Roberts at the helm too
Freddie will go down in history. That walk off grand slam was iconic.
That' 8:37 PM stat about the homer is wild! History doesn't repeat but it ryhmes.
Honestly you can't not mention the Japanese takeover with the dodgers without acknowledging they had a whole ass crossover event with vtuber company hololive with gawr gura sinking take me out to the ball game and everything they not only probably got even more attention from japan by collaborating with one of the biggest companies there but also got a whole group of vtuber fans who aren't interested in baseball to go to it and even got baseball fans interested in vtubers it was insane
I was already a fan of both so it was a win win for me
The gawr gura buff is real
Anime is gonna take over too
@therealjaystone2344 we have the power of god and anime on our side
This is definitely what MLB wants
People dont give the Dodgers credit for all the waived players from other teams they’ve picked up and turned them into All Stars. And one of the top farm systems that allow them to make trades for top players at the deadline.
As a baseball and hololive fan who watches Suisei and Pekora, the dodgers had the power of god and anime on their side this year. They should do a collab more often tbh
We all do.
The hololive collab was huge and probably got them a lot of new fans, mostly nerds that never watched a baseball game in their life. And the Gura boost saved their season.
@@85blutch yeah. that's me. before the collab, i was just interested in baseball because of the Doraemon baseball manga and the Yankees franchise, the 2 times i read anything baseball related in the last 5 years were the WBC and the signing of Shohei, now i'm seriously rooting for the Dodgers, fun time
@@85blutch Gawr Gura was to the Dodgers what Grimace was to the Mets this season. Both of them saved their respective teams’ seasons, and it’s actually kind of bonkers.
@@IAmAriqueAlt And yet BDE talked extensively about grimace but didn't mentioned Gura once, kinda weird
If Shohei never gets injured again he’ll be the greatest player of all time
He'll defo have the career stats. He hasn't had any of the single season hitting performances to match Bonds, Williams and Ruth, but also being an ace pitcher (and doing both at once, unlike Ruth who was first a great pitcher, then a great hitter) certainly puts him in the conversation.
Sorry buddy absolutely no one is doing what Barry bonds did
I would like to note that technically this isn’t the first time a salary cap has been yelled for it happened in the late 90s and early 2000s which is why Moneyball exists, this is just the first time the general public has called for it. I know a lot of lore for sport that doesn’t exist.
Pirates fans have been calling for it for 20 years lmao
Trout is my favorite player being from Bridgeton NJ and multiple family members born and raised in bridgeton area. Ohtani is my second favorite player! Hope the Phillies get on track and get something going. Go Phils, nice win LA.
As a padres fan, this is depressing 😂 all good though! Makes the dodger x padres match ups that much better !
I'm glad the Dodgers didn't play a 7 game series with the Padres. Those Padres are damn good!!!
Baseball sounds like a fun game to play with the homies on a nice summer day only if it existed tho 😢
Thank you for explaining why salary caps are bs and that players should be paid what they are worth.
The dodgers being a dynasty is exactly what baseball needed. I feel like baseball is built on the back of dynasties more so than other sports because of how slow the game is compared to nfl or nba. You need some real star power to sit through an entire baseball game if you’re not a fan of baseball.
It's crazy to me a that a sport that doesn't exist with such niche audience is valued so much. How is it not a bubble waiting to burst ? Soccer is routinely pulling 10 times these numbers and is barely in the top 10 of most valued franchise despite having worldwide reach. Last champion's league final pulled 380 to 400 millions spectators and you're telling me the dodgers are valued higher ?
Something just isn't right.
Roki Sasaki has officially been posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines and will enter free agency.
A Yankees fan complaining that we need a salary cap? That is comical, the Yankees have been doing this for decades, and when the Dodgers uses their tactics against them, they complain? Like I said comical. 😂
Thanks!
3:38 The homer 😭
took the vid off so fast
I’ve been waiting for this video since the series ended
sasaki posted COME HOME PAPA
You can't compare ticket sales to Taylor swift when they play 5x more games than she does shows
The Gawr Gura Buff
We had anime on our side no way we were losing
Soon, the rest of Hololive will support the Los Angeles Dodgers and win another.
How many drunk guys rapping about the Padres does it take to equal one Gura?
Yeah some people didn't understand the Hololive skit but it makes a lot of sense within the context of winning Japan's support. And to be fair, they are huge in the west too
@@hua.. True, especially that Hololive is the only Vtuber agency that has a huge following overseas.
This was super helpful, thanks!
California is home to a sizable portion of MLB players. Most certainly, they all wanted to play for the Dodgers. It's not shocking that free agents are interested in LA.
3:58 WOAH! What a coincidence! That's an amazing fact