Is Shohei Ohtani Worth $680 Million?

Is Shohei Ohtani Worth $700 Million?

On Saturday, December 9th, 2023, Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Later on the 11th, Ohtani deferred 680 million dollars. He will still get paid 700 million dollars, he will just get 2 million dollars a year for 10 years. He will get paid the rest of the 700 million dollars later in his career. Shohei still makes 50 million dollars in endorsements. That's a total of 1.2 BILLION dollars in total from his contract and from his endorsements. But anyway, let's get to the main question. Is Shohei Ohtani worth 700 million dollars? In this article, I will explain why and why not he is worth 700 million dollars. First, I think that he is not worth 680 million dollars. First Ohtani will not pitch this season due to an elbow surgery. On September 19th, Ohtani underwent elbow surgery. Another reason Shohei is not worth 700 million dollars is because of his stats. He is not the kind of standout pitcher that you would expect from all the hype around him. His hitting is better than his pitching, and 700 million dollars is a RIDICULOUS amount of money. That's 408 TRILLION pennies. Wow. Some people might also say that he is worth 680 million dollars. One reason he is worth 700 million dollars is that 2-way players only come once a generation. It is super rare to have someone who can hit and pitch and do both well enough to start in the MLB. The last popular player to do that was Babe Ruth from 1914 to 1935! That was almost 100 years ago! Shohei's deal was also a record-breaking deal. Shohei now becomes the most-paid athlete in all of sports!