December 2023 | Between the Chalk Lines

MLB Free Agents of Japan and Korea in 2023

We saw a handful of NPB players come over from the far East in Kodai Senga, Masataka Yoshida, as well as Shintaro Fujinami in the 2022 offseason. Just a year later, we have NPB pitchers in Yoshida Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga, Yuki Matsui, Naoyuki Uwasawa, as well as KBO stars in outfielder Jung Hoo Lee and pitcher Go Woo Suk. This is without a doubt one of the largest NPB/KBO free agent classes to be posted in MLB history, and just when teams are in...

The Dodgers Future (In Money)

After signing Shohei Ohtani officially to a 10-year, $700MM dollar deal on Monday, there was a lot of talk about this move in terms of financials. The main reason for that being the news that Shohei Ohtani will only be making $2MM per season, for a total of $20MM over the decade that he will be playing with the team, from 2024-2033. Then he would receive $68MM payments in deferred money from the $680MM left over on the contract, every year,...