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9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Buehler is a free agent after this season. 

I am throwing the Bag at him that's for sure 

9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

You should hope not. It means Arte is selling. 

One can only hope that would be the case. Ballmer and Epstein would be a dream come true . 

Are the Angels going to do anything else this winter

12 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

I truly believe it's half true. Ohtani had his heart as a Dodger and gave the Angels a 80/20% chance to match . 

31 minutes ago, Taylor said:

This was in the Ohtani thread but deserves its own.

Is Bobby V. about to get Clinton'd?

Perry should have just quit right then and there if this was true. He would have saved face for his future employment.  

Wtf has happened to Arte’s unfinished Business that he claimed when he pulled the Angels off the sale block ?

4 minutes ago, 3pitchwalk said:

if true, also means the all-in trades like giolito dont happen.

arte is his own worst enemy.

Arte is a pos that hasn't done shit for the Angels since he bought them

16 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yes of course he does. He doesn’t lose a billion in value losing Shohei. He doesn’t lose $680 million either. 

Shit he doesn't. He will be lucky to get 2 billion now 

1 minute ago, m0nkey said:

Sad truth

 

So that made him want to be a Dodger? I mean wtf When the Yankees goes to Dodger stadium half will be Yankee fans. 

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Trying to save Face that's all . Dude was a Dodger all along 

10 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Why?  Because that is debt against the sale of the team, after he is no longer on the team, when he adds no value to the team.  Imagine buying a team and having $680 million of debt accrued for something no longer creating value. 

Do you even think he touches the 2 billion mark now that Ohtani the Cash Cow is gone ?

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Why?  Because that is debt against the sale of the team, after he is no longer on the team, when he adds no value to the team.  Imagine buying a team and having $680 million of debt accrued for something no longer creating value. 

So he was offered 3 Billion last year when he put the Angels up for sale. How much do you think he lost in Value the minute Ohtani left? 

5 minutes ago, mmc said:

Mf wanted to be there from the day he came over fuxk him 

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

Thanks Arte you POS

7 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Why would Arte care it's not like that MF would be owning the Angels in 10 years anyways when that money kicks in . Arte is a POS he has fucked this organization since day 1 of his ownership 

Just now, OhtaniSan said:

I read somewhere the Dodgers still take a 45m hit to their AAV even despite the deferred payments.

That being said, 45m is still a whole lot less than 70m

Yup just enough to sign Yamamoto under that Tax threshold 

Yup He is going to the Dodgers it's easy to see. MLB will do whatever it takes to get them back to the world series 

Fuck yea better those prospects than nothing, Shit doesn't seem to Add up. Why Arte didn't trade him know the whole baseball world knew Ohtani was leaving is beyond me 

9 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

MLB clearly set up Ohtani to the Dodgers by giving them a total refund on the Bauer deal, legalizing their use of the DH, then sneaking in an incredibly player friendly change to deferred money rules without asking the MLBPA for any concessions. All that happened roughly in the last year or so.

The Dodgers are also already opening up the ‘24 season in Korea. Shocking.

Yup MLB definitely has their blood stained Hands on this deal. 

3 hours ago, Anthony Tendon said:

My "hatred" for the Dodgers was mild before this deferred acquisition. They're now the number 1 villain. So much so, that I'm actually thankful that the trashstros cheated them out of a chip. The phony 2020 season is all they can cling to. Hope they remain the modern day Buffalo Bills.

 

Trash asses.

 

P.S you chaps are cool.

Shit The Dodgers I have always hated but now Ohtani I hate even more. I never want to see Ohtani succeed again that pos is dead to me. He had his eye on the Dodgers for the past 6 years and when he had the chance he bounced.  He shit on us Angel fans who supported him for the past 6 years. To see him give that kind of contract to the Dodgers makes me absolutely sick to my stomach.. Seeing him only DH and the Dodgers not winning shit for the next 10 years would be the cherry on top

14 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

He's got a massive ego so doubt we'll ever hear anything. But I have to assume he's gone here soon at this point. 

He took a massive hit in the media, and sith the fan base. He just lost the biggest name in the game to his hated rival. And I think @Jeff Fletcher or someone on here mentioned recently, Bally Sports is dying and that will hurt his income in a huge way.

I think the most we'll ever hear is the media saying Arte is selling again, and we'll never hear from him again.

One can only hope this is true 

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yes, that's correct. Reported yesterday by several folks. 

Thank you 

8 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

I just want Arte to explain the real reason he decided to keep the team

Or not trading ohtani knowing the mf was going to be a Dodger all along 

Can anyone confirm this? 

The collective bargaining agreement has a section for calculating the CBT hit for a contract that includes deferred money.  According to reports, that calculation works out to a $46MM average annual value and accompanying CBT hit for the Dodgers and Ohtani.  As you can see here, $46MM tops Max Scherzer‘s previous AAV record of $43,333,333.33.  It’s $6MM beyond Aaron Judge‘s $40MM AAV, which was the highest for a player on a deal of more than three years.

On 12/10/2023 at 3:03 AM, Stradling said:

The team isn’t signing a rapist. 

Wtf is this shit. Mf didn't do anything wrong