Time to make Shohei an Angel for life

[Taylor]

Arte needs to STEP UP. But this time for a legitimate reason and not some weird conspiracy theory.

Time to Shohei the money. Get 'er done before the end of May and show Ohtani and the fans you're committed to keeping him an Angel for life.

[mmc]

All of this assumes Shohei has no interest in testing the market

[Taylor]

On 4/20/2022 at 7:06 PM, mmc said:

All of this assumes Shohei has no interest in testing the market

Don Arte must make him an offer he can't refuse.

[mmc]

Just now, Taylor said:

Don Arte must make him an offer he can't refuse.

Is that even possible?  Look at what Cohen's willing to spend.

Not saying Ohtani will leave or anything, just that I don't think it will be money that ultimately keeps him here.

[gotbeer]

Largest contract.  Mike Trout  12/$426.5 million, starting 2019 age 27

Average Annual Value.  Max Scherzer 3/$130 million, $43.333 million a year, starting 2022, age 37

Shohei is currently 27.  Two years till FA'cy.  Signed $5.5 million for this year. 

10/$440?

[failos]

Give him all the monies

[AngelsLakersFan]

Let him be owner

[UndertheHalo]

Why did you title this thread like an urban dance movie for teenagers ?

[failos]

Just now, UndertheHalo said:

Why did you title this thread like an urban dance movie for teenagers ?

It’s Taylor…

[UndertheHalo]

1 minute ago, failos said:

It’s Taylor…

Taylor is my friend 

[failos]

Just now, UndertheHalo said:

Taylor is my friend 

I don’t think so. He’s my friend.

[UndertheHalo]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

I don’t think so. He’s my friend.

 

[Jason]

36 minutes ago, gotbeer said:. 

10/$440?

No thanks 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Brings up an interesting question...whats the biggest contract you would offer Ohtani? 10/450? 11/500? 

[Taylor]

14 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Why did you title this thread like an urban dance movie for teenagers ?

Remember Brian's batshit crazy thread from a couple years ago? It's an homage to that. You can find it now on the first page of the [redacted] forum.

[Taylor]

26 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Taylor is my friend 

 

24 minutes ago, failos said:

I don’t think so. He’s my friend.

 

I could just say that there is room for more than one AW friend in my life, but I'd also like to see how this plays out.

[Taylor]

15 minutes ago, Angels_Make_Me_Drink said:

Brings up an interesting question...whats the biggest contract you would offer Ohtani? 10/450? 11/500? 

15/600 plus 51% ownership in the team.

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

15/600 plus 51% ownership in the team.

That sounds like something Arte will jump on 

[AngelsLakersFan]

Taylor is a whore

[AngelsLakersFan]

Not that there’s anything wrong with that

[gotbeer]

12 minutes ago, Jason said:

No thanks 

You know someone will do it.  10/$440 is probably just the starting.  It probably also doesn't help that the DH and Ohtani rule opened up the entire NL now also.  

[Reveille1984]

I think I'd rather just wait and see if he can get through another season staying healthy and putting up big numbers.  It's not like his value is going to get much higher than it already is after a once in a century MVP season.  And he probably isn't super motivated to extend in Anaheim unless we start, you know, actually winning so it's probably a moot point anyways.

It is an interesting case study though since pitchers generally are a way riskier long term investment, and a good chunk of his value comes from being a high end SP.  If he can only be a valuable pitcher for say, half the contract, will he still want to try to be a starter or slowly transition to a permanent DH (maybe RF/1B)?  Will "position player" Ohtani still be worth $45M a year at that point?  And a guy that's throwing 100 on the mound on top of hitting in 130+ games you'd have to think is more prone to wear and tear than your average position player.  Looking at last year, his OPS dropped 200 points in the second half of the season and fatigue likely played a part in that.  

As much as I love the guy, I feel like 10 years would be a major risk.  He'd probably get it if he were a FA right now though.

[ScottT]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

But this time for a legitimate reason and not some weird conspiracy theory.

Time to Shohei the money. Get 'er done before the end of May and show Ohtani and the fans you're committed to keeping him an Angel for life.

Any contact  extension is tricky.  Hes not going anywhere though.  The Angels have probably made money off him.  They are freerolling or close to it

Everyone thought Trout was leaving.   A lot did anyway. 

I'm more confident Ohtani will stay for a while.  

[bloodbrother]

Rename the team after him

[ScottT]

He would've gotten $200 million if he waited a year.  I'd be really surprised if he leaves.