Shohei Ohtani to the Blue Jays? Are we to think the most expensive player in the history of baseball will sign with a team that has never carried a payroll high enough to pay the luxury tax and hasn’t won a postseason game in seven years? It’s not as crazy as it first appears.
The Dodgers still can offer Ohtani everything he wants: money, a chance to win every year, weather that doesn’t impede training or performance and the same Southern California lifestyle he has now. That’s why they have been the favorites to sign him. But then why isn’t he a Dodger already? Ohtani clearly has options that intrigue him. And the Jays now appear to be the best of those other options.
Ohtani was believed to be touring the Jays’ spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla., on Monday, according to The Athletic. You’re not flying across the country at this stage in the game on a whim.
