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Podcast: Bleacher Bunch Network: A Chicago Cubs Podcast
Episode: CubsPS+ #62: Platinum Arm Ohtani & What Comes Next
Description: UPDATE: Jon Becker corrected the calculations he had put out yesterday before I recorded that I cited. I have provided the updated link below. Nutshell - deferring $400M of Ohtani’s contract would take LA’s CBT hit to as low as $42-ish million per year, not the $60M per year I cited in the pod.  https://x.com/jonbecker_/status/1733855093462630748?s=61&t=1Aka_sJo8QXHplWFFqMVAgIt’s been a wild week of fake reports, erroneous reports made in good faith and a whole lot of rumors as the world waited for Shohei to sign. Now he’s made up...