I mean, really, was there ever any other team for him? I think he was always going to sign with them and this whole circus was just designed to drive up his contract into the outer edges of financial insanity. 700 million is just so beyond comprehension for one player. And that opens the floodgates now for everyone else. Pete Alonso can ask for 450 million and say it's a bargain. He might get 500. He literally has more HR and RBI than Ohtani over the same period of time with one less year.

And guess who will be paying even more for tickets/concessions and cable TV packages and streaming services?