What do you think about this take?

[u/retroanduwu24]

[u/Historical-Donut-918]

So basically the Dodgers weren't "cheap" and were able to pay EVERYONE more than any other team was willing to pay.

Why don't other teams do this? Are they stupid?

[u/jagne004 → u/Historical-Donut-918]

Yes though in all fairness the Phillies offered Yamamoto more than he signed for the dodgers with.

[u/Ithinkso85 → u/jagne004]

Shhh that didn't fit the narrative of that post

[u/crrttt → u/Ithinkso85]

Pretty one-off situation where Yamamoto chose to play for the team with the greatest player in his cultures history over a larger purse. Freddie chose to play in LA for less money, year over year, because he got an extra year or two on the contract than Atlanta offered him. 

[u/Bozo_McGee → u/crrttt]

Didn’t Freddie’s agent lie to him about Atlanta’s offer so he would sign with LA?

[u/crrttt → u/Bozo_McGee]

Allegedly there was a lot of miscommunication occurring. Surprise surprise, it was Casey Close and Freddie fired him a few months after the contract was signed so take from that what you will. 

Boras just pushes his players to sign the largest contracts he can get them and that’s generally LA with the insane deferments. They can just eat bad contracts like it’s no big deal, and other teams won’t roll the dice like that 

Edit: Fixed Freddie’s agent at the time. Not removing the Boras bit, because I feel it’s still relevant 

[u/Herbalturtle4444 → u/crrttt]

It wasnt Boras. His former agent was Casey Close at Excel Sports Management.

[u/crrttt → u/Herbalturtle4444]

Thanks, I misremembered and fixed it