Six Wild Facts That Show Just How Massive Shohei Ohtani's $700 Million Contract Is

Shohei Ohtani's new contract is worth more than the entire payroll of several MLB teams.

Shohei Ohtani is heading to the Dodgers.

On Saturday, Ohtani announced via his Instagram account that he was heading to Los Angeles for the next chapter of his professional baseball career.

Not long after, details of Ohtani's deal started to emerge—the two-way superstar is now set to make $700 million over the next 10 years with the Dodgers, shattering previous record contracts across the sports world.

While much of Ohtani's pay is reportedly set to be deferred—a move that will help Los Angeles ease the pain of the luxury tax—Ohtani's deal is still basically impossible to compute in the minds of mortals.

Across social media, reporters and fans alike put Ohtani's deal into different contexts that only made the numbers more shocking.

Take a look at some of the best eye-opening examples of just how much Ohtani is set to make over the next decade.

Shohei Ohtani's contract is 10 years, $700M.

$70,000,000 per season
$432,098 per game
$48,010 per inning pic.twitter.com/JVaoYQbXjK

— Luke Arcaini (@ArcainiLuke) December 9, 2023

Shohei Ohtani ($700m) beat Mike Trout's record-setting contract ($426m) by Alex Rodriguez's second record-setting contract ($275m)

— Foolish Baseball (@FoolishBB) December 9, 2023

Looked this up ... the highest-paid MLB players are Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander at $43.33 million per. That means the top of the market in baseball just jumped 87% with Shohei Ohtani getting $70 million.

It'd be like someone paying a QB $102.9 million per this offseason.

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) December 9, 2023

Babe Ruth became the highest paid player in 1922.

His inflation adjusted salary ($52,000) is worth $950,000 today.

Shohei Ohtani will make $950,000 EVERY 20 INNINGS.

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 9, 2023

The Dodgers are set to spend more on Ohtani this season than several clubs are on their entire rosters 😳 pic.twitter.com/qItPHNlW1y

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) December 9, 2023

Shoehei Ohtani's 10 year deal with the Dodgers is worth more money than LeBron James is projected to make in his entire career 🤯

h/t: @SamQuinnCBS pic.twitter.com/2nwSCA3FiC

— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) December 9, 2023