MLB Offseason Thread: Shohei Ohtani Free Agent Prediction extravaganza

[Xno Kappa]

Deal might even be done and announced by the end of the day supposedly.

[synistar]

There's like a few thousand people tracking a private jet that is traveling from Santa Ana John Wayne Airport to Toronto lol

https://twitter.com/JeffVeillette/st...r9vxkIMvQ&s=19

[Obsidian]

Kikuchi also rented out 50 seats at a Sushi restaurant downtown tonight.

I BELIEVEEEEEEE

[synistar]

Still unconfirmed, but reddit mods say the writer is credible.

https://dodgersnation.com/shohei-oht...es/2023/12/08/

The wait is over: Shohei Ohtani is signing with the Toronto Blue Jays.

According to multiple sources who spoke with Dodgers Nation on Friday, the two-way superstar has ended the suspense of the most lucrative free-agent pursuit in baseball history. A formal announcement is expected as early as tonight.

The exact value of Ohtani’s contract isn’t known, but it is expected to shatter the value of Mike Trout’s record 12-year, $426.5 million deal with the Angels.

[Mertron]

https://twitter.com/cdgoldstein/stat...894670974?s=46

[Vaspinne]

Kikuchi also rented out 50 seats at a Sushi restaurant downtown tonight.

I BELIEVEEEEEEE

The two of them went to highschool together apparently =X

[Xno Kappa]

The Ohtani plane should land any minute now.

[Obsidian]

I thought it wasn't supposed to land until like 5:10

[Xno Kappa]

The report I saw had it landing at 4PM EST.

[synistar]

Flightradar24 data has the Ohtani Flight landing estimated at 4:27pm EST.

And there's 7000+ people watching this flight lol.

Edit: make that 9000 people watching this webpage update (and continuing to climb)

https://www.flightradar24.com/N616RH/33251c37

[Xno Kappa]

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EDIT: For whatever reason this post is breaking the thread for me lol

[Obsidian]

The jet just flew over my city, but my binoculars weren't good enough to see who was inside.

[Xno Kappa]

Can the canucks confirm if this guy is legit?

https://twitter.com/AHBSeaborn/statu...598132816?s=20

[Obsidian]

He works for TSN, one of the two sports networks up here.

[Xno Kappa]

Oh man lmao

https://twitter.com/BNightengale/sta...213655484?s=20

[Xno Kappa]

So thousands of people kept track of a random ass plane. If the jays don’t eventually sign him than The Ohtani Plane is gonna be way more infamous than Arson Judge lol.

[Melena]

So thousands of people kept track of a random ass plane. If the jays don’t eventually sign him than The Ohtani Plane is gonna be way more infamous than Arson Judge lol.

Hey, Arson Judge was appropriate as it burned all the Giants fans free agent hopes to the ground after that happened.

[Vaspinne]

What's sad is today is probably the 2nd most exciting thing to happen in Toronto sports history in the 21st century so far (the first being the Raps championship)

[Xno Kappa]

Apparently it was the dude from shark tank lmao

https://twitter.com/Devin_Heroux/sta...966337871?s=20

[Obsidian]

Poaching that guy from Shark Tank is a huge get for the Jays, in fairness.