Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has signed the biggest free-agent deal in history, agreeing to a 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a record $700 million.
Ohtani, a stellar pitcher and slugger for the California Angels the past six seasons, won the Most Valuable Player award in 2021 and 2023 and finished second in 2022, despite the Angels never being serious contenders.
His new deal eclipses the previous record, held by his former Angels teammate Mike Trout, at $426 million over 12 years. It’s also nearly double what Ohtani was earning in his Angels contract.
