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Originally Posted by Inferno
70-46=24
So if the Dodgers are willing to spend an extra 70M per year they can use it on more than one player.
That's the point I'm trying to make. It's not about them trying to get around being taxed for 70M. It's being taxed for 70M but it being more than one player.
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They were never going to pay Ohtani 70 million next year - that’s the part you are missing
The options were Ohtani next year at ~50 million or in 10 years at 70 million
They may have saved a payroll rounding error in $$ (5 mil max) by doing it this way because Ohtani can take slightly less due to tax deferrals and come out ahead in 10 years