Dodgers owner Todd Boehly thinks the Shohei Ohtani-led team is the ‘obvious choice’ to take baseball global—if only MLB would let him profit from it

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The LA Dodgers are heading to a rockstar reception in their March 18 Tokyo game—the latest win for Boehly's supercharged take on the Moneyball strategy.

Boehly bristles at the suggestion that the Dodgers are just winning championships simply because they throw more money at stars than other teams.

The Dodgers have fanned the flame of those complaints by using deferred contracts more extensively than any other team, committing more than $1 billion in deferred payments to seven players, including Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Blake Snell, and Freddie Freeman.

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Author / Journalist: Clay Chandler

Category: EconomyBusiness

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Published On: 2025-03-17 @ 09:00:00 (18 hours ago)

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