LAD Crazy Investment? Ohtani Ear Soto Recruited Dream Lineup… “I’m sure you’ll be interested in it”

The Los Angeles Dodgers spent astronomical amounts of money recruiting Japanese players Shohei Ohtani (30) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (26) during the 2023-2024 off-season. Despite the payment grace period, they signed a 10-year contract with Ohtani for 700 million U.S. dollars and invested 325 million dollars in Yamamoto for 12 years. Ohtani was the highest ever in Major League history, and Yamamoto was the highest ever in Major League history.

Confident that Ohtani would appear in the free agent market, the Dodgers had refrained from recruiting outside free agents and managed their team’s annual salary. As soon as Ohtani and Yamamoto appeared, they offered an astronomical amount of money and dressed them in uniforms. However, the Dodgers is a team that could spend more money here. Local media predict that Ohtani could be interested in Juan Soto (26, New York Yankees), the biggest fish in the offseason of 2024-2025.

John Heyman, a columnist for the “New York Post” and one of the leading sources in the Major League, said on the 23rd (Korea time) that the Yankees are most favorable to Soto’s contract, but asserted, “There must be outside interest in Juan Soto, a 25-year-old superstar.” There were a total of four teams that Heyman pointed out, including the New York Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox. Heyman said, “The heads of some competing teams are starting to wonder if he could leave the Yankees.”

Soto is one of the best hitters in the Major League. Since his debut in the Major League in 2018, when he was 20 years old, he achieved the highest performance by combining on-base hits and long balls. He had a batting average of 0.286 with a on-base percentage of 0.422, a slugging percentage of 0.528 and an on-base plus slugging percentage of 0.951 in his entire 855 games in the Major League as of Sunday (Korea time). This is not the case in a single season but his overall performance. He is one of the few players in the league who can record 30 home runs and 100 walks at the same time. 토토사이트 순위

Soto will become a free agent after the end of this season. Scott Boras, Soto’s agent, is already threatening Major League teams. He means that he cannot afford it at a moderate price. After realizing this “size,” the San Diego Padres ultimately gave up their contract by trading Soto last offseason, and the New York Yankees, who acquired Soto, are benefiting greatly from the deal.

Soto has a batting average of 0.305, an on-base percentage of 0.433 (ranked first in the American League), a slugging percentage of 0.567 and an OPS of 1.000 in 76 games this season, and is considered one of the MVP candidates of the league. He has already garnered 63 walks and 18 homers. The Yankees, who have strengthened their batting lineup by recruiting Soto, have stabilized their performance to the extent that they are aiming for the No. 1 overall winning percentage in the American League this year. Knowing the taste, the Yankees may naturally consider signing an extension contract or an FA contract with Soto.

It is interesting to note that the Dodgers mentioned this. If the Dodgers, which already has three MVP hitters (Shohei Otani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman), recruit Soto, it will create the lineup of its dreams. If the Dodgers decide to spend money at the expense of luxury tax, few teams can use it as much as the Dodgers.

On top of that, Ohtani is ostensibly a $700 million contract, but there is a payment moratorium. He only needs to give $2 million annually for the next 10 years. The luxury tax calculation costs $70 million a year, but there is a lot of room for the actual amount. The Dodgers invest a lot of money in superstars, but after all, it’s not a team that can’t give Soto $40 million a year.

Dodgers is affiliated with Soto because it lacks outfielders for sure. Teoscar Hernandez, who has displayed slugging capability this year, has a one-year contract. If Soto is acquired, he can be cleared without extending his contract. Andy Farggs and James Outman are inexperienced, and Jason Heyward is a veteran who never knows when he will leave the team. Minor League Farm also lacks outfield capability. Hence, watchers say that Soto will seek to recruit outfielders with strong off-season capability. Soto, who is still young at the age of 26 this year, is a clear solution. The off-season is already heating up after the season.