Shohei Ohtani has become the star of MLB baseball, Well, he has extensive pitching and hitting credentials that make him the player who hogs the spotlight.
Everything indicates that the Japanese will be in Free Agency at the end of the season; and he will be the most anticipated in the history of the Major Leagues, since he will very surely set a record in the signed contract.
In a report made by ESPN in which he surveyed 26 executives, agents and experts from the MLBThey revealed their projection about the situation of the Japanese.
6 of the experts considered that the contract would reach less than 500 million dollars:
- 4 years | 240 million
- 8 years | 400 million
- 8 years | 420 million
- 9 years | 427.5 million
- 13 years | 475 million
- 12 years | 492 million
14 of those who issued their opinion project that the contract would range from 500 million to 528 million dollars:
- 9 years | 500 million
- 10 years | 500 million
- 10 years | 510 million
- 10 years | 512 million
- 12 years | 512 million
- 11 years | 515 million
- 11 years | 515 million
- 12 years | 517 million
- 10 years | 520 million
- 11 years | 520 million
- 11 years | 525 million
- 12 years | 525 million
- 11 years | 526 million
- 12 years | 528 million
While the remaining 6 experts believe that Shohei Ohtani’s signature will be around 550 million dollars or more:
- 10 years | 550 million
- 10 years | 550 million
- 11 years | 550 million
- 12 years | 580 million
- 12 years | 600 million
- 11 years | 605 million
The predictions of the 26 experts varied from a value that starts at 240 million for four years to the exorbitant amount of 605 million in exchange for 11 years in business.
Discarding the first three initial options, which project a short-term agreement and a different type of contract, this would be the average of the 23 consulted:
- 11 Years | Total guarantee of 524.3 million dollars | AAV of 47.5 million dollars