Honestly, I can see a dark horse coming in, such as Atlanta. Imagine AA after that.
But yeah the excitement is indisputable and growing. I think the Dodgers are still front runners Roberts' slip up nothwithstanding.
Jays are going all out, and for all teams it's probably past the money, and Ohtani is not driven by money. ($560 million or $600, who cares), so all teams are going all out. He has a army of personal trainers already and probably other people around him to enhance his career and life, so each team has to cater to that. And he's a private, unconventional guy, so it really has to be an intangibles fit for him personally, wherever.
I still put the Jays at 20% chance, but to even be in the mix at a late stage is cool. But it goes past the "wanting to make the team better" as it is for probably most of the US teams, this would be bigger than that off the field if it was Toronto. It's a once in a long time acquisition that goes past baseball for Rogers.
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