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

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Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers

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.

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