{"id":142480,"date":"2023-12-15T00:28:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T00:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/?p=142480"},"modified":"2023-12-15T00:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T00:28:57","slug":"jerry-hairston-on-shohei-ohtanis-700-million-deal-hes-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/celebrities\/jerry-hairston-on-shohei-ohtanis-700-million-deal-hes-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Hairston On Shohei Ohtani&#039;s $700 Million Deal, &#039;He&#039;s Worth It&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/19\/16by9\/2023\/12\/11\/19794880a8054e51b737dfa043263087_md.jpg\"            loading=\"lazy\"          ><\/p>\n<p>Former World Series champ <strong>Jerry Hairston<\/strong> says the Dodgers didn&#8217;t overpay when they dropped $700 million to get <strong>Shohei Ohtani<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>&#8230; telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong>, &#8220;He&#8217;s worth it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>L.A. inked the two-way star to the deal over the weekend &#8230; and with his pitching career in question due to a second Tommy John surgery on his throwing arm, many wondered if the Dodgers spent just a bit too much.<\/p>\n<p>But, Hairston made it clear to us on Monday &#8230; he believes they didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>As for why &#8230; the ex-outfielder who played two seasons for the Dodgers in 2012 and 2013 said there are a multitude of reasons. No. 1, he said he&#8217;s fully confident Ohtani will be able to pitch again in 2025. No. 2, he told us he believes the 29-year-old is &#8220;just entering his prime, especially with the bat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/31\/1by1\/2023\/12\/09\/31b26a88040744ce9194ff14e41cd4f5_xxs.jpg\"                  loading=\"lazy\"                  alt=\"Shohei Ohtani Joining Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-Year, $700 Million Contract\"                ><\/p>\n<h4>            Shohei Ohtani Joining Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-Year, $700 Million Contract          <\/h4>\n<p>And, perhaps more importantly for the Dodgers&#8217; bottom line, Ohtani brings in revenue like no other player in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He brings in anywhere from $70 to $85 million in revenue alone!&#8221; Hairston said.<\/p>\n<p>Hairston actually went on to praise Ohtani and the Dodgers for <strong>the contract<\/strong> &#8212; noting that the deal&#8217;s deferred payments will allow L.A. to surround the two-time MVP with even more talent in the next few seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is worth the price of admission,&#8221; Hairston said.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention, almost all ($680m) of the monumental $700m contract is deferred an entire decade &#8230; meaning the Dodgers won&#8217;t start paying the Japanese star substantial money until 2034.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/12\/11\/jerry-hairston-on-shohei-ohtanis-700-million-deal-worth-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former World Series champ Jerry Hairston says the Dodgers didn&#8217;t overpay when they dropped $700 million to get Shohei Ohtani &#8230; telling TMZ Sports, &#8220;He&#8217;s worth it.&#8221; L.A. inked the two-way star to the deal over the weekend &#8230; and with his pitching career in question due to a second Tommy John surgery on his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jerry Hairston On Shohei Ohtani&#039;s $700 Million Deal, &#039;He&#039;s Worth It&#039; 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