A one-year contract that avoids annual salary arbitration exceeds Betts’ 3.9 billion yen in 2020, the highest ever
The Angels announced on the 1st (Japan time 2nd) that they agreed to a one-year deal with Shohei Ohtani for a salary of $30 million. It is the highest amount ever for a player who avoided annual salary arbitration and signed a one-year contract.
This season is the final year of Otani’s two-year contract. He was on the cheap at $3 million last season and $5.5 million this season. He now has the right to arbitrate his annual salary off, and a big increase was expected.
Ohtani’s New Year’s salary is the highest among Japanese majors. Previously, the highest amount ever signed by a player to avoid salary arbitration and sign a one-year contract was $27 million, which outfielder Mookie Betts signed with the Red Sox at the time.
(Full-Count editorial department)
