Official 2024 Off-Season Thread!

Need to see what else the Dodgers do. Their rotation was a much bigger problem than the offense last year. But a top 3 of Shohei/Mookie/Freeman, with the likes of Muncy, Smith, Lux, Outman, among others is a monster offense.
 
msstate7 said:
#1 probably falls considerably this season. 2025 could be #1 again
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Looking at fangraphs, steamer and FGDC both project FF at 4.5 this season; he was 7.9 last year. Steamer and FGDC project betts at 5.9/6.0, which is good but considerably down from last season.
 
bravesnumberone said:
Now we can get on with the rest of the offseason. But it seems like the Dodgers are about drop a billion on two players.
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They could use pitching help alot more. Hope like hell they dont get Yama too who they actually need more than Ohtani.
 
CyYoung31 said:
Ohtani this year probably doesn’t put the Dodgers over the Braves, but he’s going to help them win a lot of games.
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It'll probably offset the eventual decline of Freeman, and even Mookie as well. At least hitting wise.
 
Glad the Dodgers signed him. His contract will be an albatross to weigh them down. Ohtani is a great player but he cant do both over the marathon that is the season year in and year out. If I was the Dodgers I wouldnt have Ohtani pitch until the all star break to keep the wear and tear down. He might make it through the regular season but I doubt in the 10 years of the contract he is healthy come the playoffs to pitch more than three times total and I think even 3 is a stretch. In 5 years there will be 5 years 350 million remaining and he will be a shell of his former self and it will be viewed as so bad of a contract that it occupies the #1 and #2 spots as worst contract in baseball because you could cut it in half and it would still be the worst in baseball. Even if they make up 200 million in revenue thats still 500 million over 10 years. Interest in him is going to plummet if he isnt performing. I think the whole situation will get toxic at some point.
 
zbhargrove said:
Wonder how much basically quitting on his team hurts him
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Not that much. I think the issue is the closer market is always sketchy. Teams aren't always willing to spend **** tons of money on closers all the time.

I think when you look at FA, usually people wait for the biggest chips to fall into place before the middle of th etop 10 signs.

The only top FAs who've signed before Shohei's announcement were Nola and Gray. Yamamoto, Snell, BEllinger, Montgomery, etc. were all hanging out. Because everyone is waiting for Shohei and Yamamoto to set the market.
 
$700 million sounds nuts, but guys like Musk and Bezos are worth hundreds of billions.

Ohtani's number will look like peanuts in 20 years.

I wouldn't count the Dodgers out on Yamamoto, either. They'll have the entire nation of Japan watching their games.
 
Would this possibly put the free agent market on a deeper hold? The remaining top free agents are going to now be wanting much more money and teams will just wait them out until way later in the winter?
 
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