Only 6 of the 26 insiders predicted which team he'd end up with and none suggested the Angels. The others said it was too early to tell. Here's an excerpt that covers the predictions for the length and dollar amount of his deal:
"The 26 predictions ranged from as short as four years, in an attempt to maximize average annual value, to as long as 13 years, with the total payout ranging from $240 million over those four years to a whopping $605 million.
Since the three shorter AAV-friendly deals are really a different type of contract that skews the results a bit, let's focus first on the 23 answers that were nine years or longer. These are the averages from that group:
Years: 11.0
Total guarantee: $524.3 million
AAV: $47.5 million
On the high end, two deals guaranteed Ohtani both $600 million total and an average annual value of $50 million: 11 years, $605 million ($55M AAV); and 12 years, $600 million ($50M AAV).
Three of the 23 were for less than $500 million, but only one came in under $475 million, and the longest deal (13 years, $475 million) was a bit of an outlier at just $36.5 million in annual value."