New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone appeared on the radio program of the U.S. "WFAN" on the 30th (Korea time) and expressed concern about the LA Dodgers' recent move to sweep all the players by overusing "defer (deferral)."

It was last winter when Shohei Ohtani, an "adductor" in the FA (free agent) stove league, began to take active steps. At that time, the Dodgers attracted Ohtani's attention and drew attention from all over the world after offering the largest 10-year, 700 million dollars (about 1.10 trillion won) contract in professional sports history that no one had ever made.먹튀검증

The size of the 10-year, $700 million contract was also amazing, but the details of the contract between the Dodgers and Ohtani were simply shocking. It was that Ohtani would receive only $2 million (about 2.9 billion won) every year from the Dodgers and $20 million (about 28.8 billion won) for 10 years, and the remaining $680 million (about 981.6 billion won) would be paid in installments for 10 years after the contract was terminated. This was suggested by Ohtani, not the Dodgers, first, and the reason was that he asked to use the money he had to invest immediately to reinforce his power in other positions.

Dipper has the advantage of not having to spend a large amount of money, but he will also apply a discount rate when his entire annual salary is measured, considering that the value of money declines over time. The key is the discount rate rather than spending a large amount of money. When the discount rate is applied, the Dodgers will reduce the burden of luxury tax and allow more players to be recruited. As a result, the Dodgers decided to suspend payment of 680 million dollars, and began fulfilling Ohtani's request.

In the case of Yoshinobu Yamamoto (325 million U.S. dollars for 12 years), Dipper was not included, but since then, Dipper has appeared in all kinds of contracts, including a contract with Teoscar Hernandez and an extension contract with catcher Will Smith. And this was just the beginning. After the 2024 season, Dipper also signed Blake Snell, an extension contract with Tommy Edman, renewed his contract with Teoscar Hernandez, who became an FA again at the Dodgers, and signed with Tanner Scott, a 160-km fireballer. Dipper alone costs more than 1 trillion won.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the Dodgers won't pay luxury tax based on the team's annual salary (payroll), but their behavior of lowering the team's payroll with the dipper and paying a little less luxury tax could not have looked beautiful. Toronto Blue Jays, who have adequate financial power, also seem to actively utilize the dipper. Toronto signed a five-year, $92.5 million (about 133.5 billion won) contract with Anthony Santander, who hit 44 home runs last year, of which it decided to suspend the payment of a whopping $61.75 million (about 89.1 billion won).

According to multiple U.S. media outlets, Toronto reached the "second luxury tax standard" at the time of recruiting Santander, which reduced team payroll by nearly $5 million through Dipper, and Toronto is currently surpassing "three-time Cy Young Award winner" Max Scherzer and "226 home runs" Pete Alonso. It is very likely that Dipper will be applied to their contracts.

While the Dodgers are over-reaching actions that neither the Yankees, who were called "evil empires" and collected superstars with money, nor the New York Mets, led by "billionaire owner" Steve Cohen, the Major League Baseball secretariat is currently watching Dipper closely, and it is expected that the Dipper system will be changed in the process of signing a new "CBA" after the 2026 season or the introduction of a "hard salary cap" that sets the salary cap for each club.

Amid this development, Major League Baseball officials are complaining a little bit recently. "It is difficult for most owners to do what the Dodgers are doing (recruitment through the Defers)," Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said, but added, "We'll see if it (the Defers) will work. As you know, it's a long season, and anything can happen in the post season. We've seen it many times."

He was not the only one. Yankees manager Aaron Boone also spoke out on a radio program. "Coach Boone expressed concern about the collapse of baseball's business," U.S. media outlet Sports Nut said. "Coach Boone talked about the financial structure of Major League Baseball and said there are growing concerns about cracks among owners."

"I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that it's broken," Boone said. "They (the Dodgers) are going to a place where they can't understand in terms of pay. I'm worried about this in the CBA negotiations. In the process of forming a CBA, not only Major League Baseball and its owners can confront each other, but also owners."

How will the situation in which one loach, called the Dodgers, is clouding the water? As there is no way to stop the Dodgers from moving until a new CBA is formed, more concerns and complaints will likely emerge over time.