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Andrew Friedman: Shohei Ohtani Increased Dodgers’ Willingness To Spend

When Shohei Ohtani signed his record-setting 10-year, $700 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he agreed to defer all but $2 million of his annual salary after the team promised they would use the savings to continue adding elite talent around him.

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