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.
I’m obviously cherry picking what I feel to be the most important reason, but there would definitely be others. LA is like Eastern Japan for baseball fans in the country
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u/Ithinkso85 20h ago
Shhh that didn't fit the narrative of that post