Shohei Ohtani, arguably the top star in Major League Baseball today, announced his arrival to the Los Angeles Dodgers, looking to continue his amazing performances in the sport.
“I have decided to choose the Dodgers as my next team,” he wrote on his official Instagram profile.
The stellar two-way player became a free agent, at the end of the season, and received numerous offers full of zeros from teams that wanted to incorporate who is considered a generational talent in baseball.
According to information provided by journalist Jeff Passan for ESPN, the Dodgers’ offer was 700 million dollars for 10 years. Those monumental numbers would place Ohtani with the largest sports contract ever signed in history.
Below, we will review the 10 athletes with the highest contracts in the history of U.S. sports.