The Los Angeles Dodgers have formally introduced that Shohei Ohtani has been signed to a 10-year contract with the crew.

The beloved baseball participant, who has been in comparison with the legendary Babe Ruth, signed a historic $700 million contract with the crew, which marks the largest payday in baseball historical past.

Salary particulars had been neglected of the official press launch, however we simply realized that Ohtani shall be deferring most of his wage, incomes simply $2 million a 12 months whereas he’s taking part in for the crew. We have extra particulars on when he’ll get the remainder of his cash!

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DODGERS SIGN TWO-TIME MVP SHOHEI OHTANI

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Dodgers have signed two-time American League Most Valuable Player Shohei Ohtani to a 10-year contract.

Ohtani joins the Dodgers after spending six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels. The three-time All-Star has hit .274/.366/.556 (.922 OPS) with 171 homers and 437 RBI throughout his MLB profession whereas posting a 38-19 document with a 3.01 ERA and 608 strikeouts in 481 2/3 innings throughout 86 profession begins.

“Dodger fans, thank you for welcoming me to your team,” mentioned Ohtani. “I can say 100 percent that you, the Dodger organization and I share the same goal – to bring World Series parades to the streets of Los Angeles.”

“On behalf of the L.A. Dodgers and our fans everywhere, we welcome Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers, the home of Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax and Hideo Nomo, three of the sport’s most legendary and pathbreaking players. We congratulate him on his historic contract with our storied franchise,” mentioned Mark Walter, Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Guggenheim Baseball. “Shohei is a once-in-a-generation talent and one of the most exciting professional athletes in the world. Our players, staff, management and ownership look forward to working together with Shohei to help the Dodgers continue to add, improve and strive for excellence on the field. Together with Shohei, we will work to help grow the number and breadth of people around the world who enjoy the excitement of Major League Baseball.”

The 29-year-old Ohtani was voted the 2023 AL Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, successful the award unanimously for the second time in his profession and turning into the primary participant in Major League Baseball historical past to win the award unanimously greater than as soon as. He is the twenty eighth participant in MLB historical past to win the award a number of occasions and the sixteenth participant in American League historical past with a number of MVP awards. During his stellar 2023 marketing campaign, Ohtani clubbed 44 homers and drove in 95 runs whereas hitting .304/.412/.654 (1.066 OPS) in addition to going 10-5 with a 3.14 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 23 begins (132 innings) on the mound. In July, Ohtani was chosen to his third consecutive All-Star Game as each a pitcher and place participant. In addition to house runs, on-base share, slugging share and OPS, Ohtani led the AL in extra-base hits (78) and whole bases (325), whereas ending second in intentional walks (21), third in triples (8), fourth in batting common (.304), tied for fourth in runs (102) and fifth in walks (91). He additionally led AL pitchers in opponents’ batting common (.184) whereas ending second in strikeouts per 9 innings (11.4).

The two-way participant received his first profession AL MVP award in 2021 after slashing .257/.372/.592 with 46 homers, 26 doubles, eight triples, 100 RBI, 103 runs and 26 stolen bases in 155 video games and going 9-2 with a 3.18 ERA and 156 strikeouts in 130.1 innings (23 begins) on the mound. He grew to become the primary Japanese-born participant to win the award since Ichiro Suzuki in 2001.

Ohtani additionally received the 2023 World Baseball Classic MVP award after main Team Japan to the title. Ohtani batted .435 with a 1.345 OPS whereas going 2-0 on the mound with a 1.86 ERA, putting out Mike Trout of Team USA for the series-clinching out.

Ohtani made his Major League debut in 2018, beginning because the designated hitter in opposition to the Oakland Athletics on March 29. He singled in his Major League debut whereas recording his first Major League victory on April 1 after tossing six innings in opposition to Oakland. He would go on to win the American League Rookie of the Year as he completed his inaugural marketing campaign with a .285 batting common, .361 OBP, .564 slugging share, .925 OPS, 22 homers and 61 RBI alongside a 4-2 document with a 3.31 ERA in 11 begins.

Prior to coming to the United States, the 6-foot-4 Ohtani led the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to the 2016 Pacific League Championship in an MVP season, hitting .322 with a 1.004 OPS, 22 homers and 67 RBI whereas posting a 1.86 ERA with 174 strikeouts. He made his skilled debut at age 18 on March 29, 2013 and performed 5 seasons within the Nippon Professional Baseball League, tallying 403 video games, batting .286/.358/.501/.859 with 48 homers and 166 RBI on the plate and a 42-15 mark with a 2.52 ERA and 624 strikeouts in 543 innings on the mound.

Ohtani would be the eleventh Japanese-born participant to put on a Dodger uniform, becoming a member of Dodger Manager Dave Roberts (2002-2004), Hideo Nomo (1995-1998, 2002-2004), Masao Kida (2003-2004), Kazuhisa Ishii (2002-2004), Norihiro Nakamura (2005), Takashi Saito (2006-2008), Hiroki Kuroda (2008-2011), Kenta Maeda (2016-2019), Yu Darvish (2017) and Yoshi Tsutsugo (2021). The Dodgers’ wealthy custom with Japan started whereas the crew was nonetheless in Brooklyn, with goodwill excursions to the nation that featured the likes of Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges and Duke Snider. The Dodgers grew to become the second crew to introduce a Japanese-born participant to the majors when Nomo broke by means of and went on to win the 1995 National League Rookie of the Year.

Originally born in Mizusawa, Oshu, Japan, Ohtani has performed 11 skilled seasons, receiving quite a few accolades in his profession, together with Pacific League MVP (2016), American League MVP (2021, 2023), Nippon Professional Baseball League All-Star (2013-2017), American League All-Star (2021-2023), All-MLB First Team (2021-22), All-MLB Second Team (2021-2022), Pacific League Pitcher Best-Nine (2015-2016), Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (2016, 2018), Louisville Silver Slugger (2021, 2023), Edgar Martinez Designated Hitter Award (2021-2023) and Japan Series Champion (2016).