Zaidi Giants Offered Same Deal That Ohtani Accepted From Dodger

delmermollie · Post by **delmermollie** » Tue Nov 18, 2025 3:58 am

Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi conducted a conference call with reporters on Tuesday evening. San Franciscos baseball operations leader touched on the clubs pursuit of new division rival now that hes free to speak about that proce s publicly. Zaidi told the media the Giants offered e sentially the same contract terms as Ohtani wound up accepting with the Dodgers. The defending AL MVP is guaranteed $700MM on a 10-year contract, but $680MM of that money is deferred to be paid between 2034-43. MLB calculates the deals actual value around $460MM for competitive balance tax purposes. According to Zaidi, the Giants made clear they were willing to do the same thing. The proposal that was made was very comparable if not identical to what he wound up agreeing to , the Giants baseball ops president said ( ). We offered what would have been the biggest Bryan Watson Jersey contract in major league history. Im gue sing we werent the only team that did that. Zaidi confirmed that Ohtanis camp also lobbied for a heavily deferred contract in their negotiations (something he reportedly pursued with every team). It was pitched to us in a similar way, the notion that hes a player whos got a ton of endorsement deals, makes a lot of money off the field, and it was sort of a vehicle to create some flexibility for the team but also get to a really big number on the overall value of the contract, which is important in its own way, he said (via ). But yeah, I mean, its certainly advantageous and you can understand why it was done. The CBA is very clear there is no maximum or no limitations on deferring salary, thats very black and white, so I dont really have editorial comment. Its something that if its pitched to us in a way that we think makes sense for the player and the team we would be open to it, and we certainly were in this case. Despite the comparable if not identical offer, Ohtani chose the Dodgers. Zaidi suggested that was likely due to a preference for remaining in Southern California, where the superstar has spent his entire career. It also seems fair to presume Ohtani viewed the Dodgers as better positioned than the Giants for sustained competitivene s over the coming decade. The Giants have moved quickly in the wake of the Ohtani decision. They on a six-year, $113MM deal with KBO star to man center field. (The team has yet to confirm that deal.) Evenly distributing the salaries on Lees contract would bring San Franciscos 2024 payroll projection to roughly $166MM, . Thats about $22MM shy of last years season-opening payroll. Theyre roughly $48MM below next years base luxury tax threshold. Theres clearly still room for further acquisitions. Zaidi reiterated his desire to add another starting pitcher and a complement to 22-year-old at shortstop ( ). San Francisco is among the teams to meet with NPB ace in recent days. Filip Kral Jersey