The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a historic financial commitment this offseason, spending over a billion dollars on two players. The team's winning bid for one of the players was reported to be over $300 million, matching the believed $300M bid from the New York Yankees. The Dodgers have signed both Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, with Ohtani's deal alone reported to be worth $700 million and Yamamoto's contract valued at $325 million over 12 years. This level of spending is unprecedented in the same offseason and has led to comments about the Dodgers using 'Monopoly money' due to the sheer magnitude of the contracts. The combined contracts for Ohtani and Yamamoto exceed $1 billion, setting a new standard in Major League Baseball for financial outlay on player acquisitions.
The Dodgers spent $1 billion on these men this offseason https://t.co/HCXDt1P5ZH
To recap: 17 + 18 = > $1 Billion in contracts in LA https://t.co/GuVM8GePsV
Going to be hilarious watching the Dodgers lose in the playoffs.
YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO AND SHOHEI OHTANI WILL BE MAKING A COMBINED $1 BILLION+ 💰 https://t.co/LCHcxWsE0U
the Dodgers really spent a Billion dollars on 2 guys https://t.co/VaDzaF0zbO
It's going to be pretty funny when the Dodgers lose in the NLDS again after all of this.
Shohei Ohtani: $700 million. Yoshinobu Yamamoto: $325 million. I’m no mathematician, but I’m pretty sure that’s more than: https://t.co/E7C3VsPFLJ
OHTANI AND YAMAMOTO ON THE SAME ROSTER IN LOS ANGELES 🤯 https://t.co/xnRevdQlCM
$325 million 😮💨 https://t.co/5haH2OgoLz
The Dodgers just spent over a billion dollars on two players. We will never live to see another team ball out like that in the same offseason for as long as we live.
Yamamoto walking past Ohtani and his $2 million salary in the clubhouse https://t.co/A06D0QlR76
Just a cool $1 billion in contracts given out by the Dodgers this month. https://t.co/OAYfQv3tNI
Updated FA Matrix with the Dodgers now having spent more than all the other teams COMBINED in free agency this offseason: https://t.co/qoS3snmyYi
The deal is going to be worth $325 million over 12 years, per @JeffPassan. The Dodgers have spent over a billion dollars on two players this winter🤯 https://t.co/xDyPR4iNs5
Dodgers spending MONEYYYY
$322 million deferred, I assume https://t.co/pAIwEnh85Q
Dodgers winning bid is said to be over $300M. Yankees believed to have bid $300M.
The deal is 12 years and $325M, per @JeffPassan https://t.co/C8K7ZCKC3I
Jon with the details on how the bidding war went down ⬇️ https://t.co/6RbxPtPTJp
The Dodgers are just using Monopoly money at this point https://t.co/VQja6VAhpw
Dodgers winning bid is said to be over $300M. Yankees believed to have hid $300M.
The Dodgers are printing money to loss to a Wild Card team in the NLDS 😭 https://t.co/pvw1fU0F9y
So the Dodgers spend more than one billion dollars to sign Ohtani and Yamamoto. Obviously, Ohtani deferred almost all of his salary. But one billion is one billion.