REVEALED: Shohei Ohtani ‘will defer $680MILLION of his $700m LA Dodgers contract until AFTER the deal finishes’ – meaning he will only be paid $2m-a-year for the next 10 seasons

Shohei Ohtani will defer a staggering $680 million from his $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and will only receive $2 million per year, according to a new report.

Ohtani’s mega-money move across Los Angeles from the Angels to the Dodgers stunned the baseball world this week, with the Japanese two-way sensation signing a 10-year contract for never-before-seen money.

Incredibly, it looks like he won’t see much of his money for at least the next decade, after ESPN’s Jeff Passan said the $680 million deal would be delayed until the contract closes.

That means Ohtani, 29, will earn a salary of $2 million per year for the next 10 seasons and then $68 million per year from 2034 to 2043, when he will be in his 40s.

Various reports claim that the Dodgers’ decision allows them to lower his “average annual value” (or AAV) from $70 million to $46 million, meaning they can put better players around him and improve their chances at the World Series.

Shohei Ohtani signed an incredible 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers this week.

The Japanese bilateral sensation will not be paid off for the most part for another 10 years.

Newspapers containing news of Otani’s move are distributed to readers in Japan on Sunday.

The contract is unprecedented in Major League Baseball history and has been heavily criticized by fans stunned by the incredible amount of money thrown at the Japanese star.

Some even argued that MLB should take action and terminate Ohtani’s contract, but ESPN’s Passan confirmed that there is no chance of that happening.

In fact, there is a specific clause in the collective bargaining agreement that states that “there is no limit on the amount of deferred compensation or the percentage of total compensation.”

Earlier on Monday, it was claimed that the Toronto Blue Jays had reportedly made an offer to Ohtani “at the same financial level” as the one the Japanese sensation accepted over the weekend.

Ohtani will receive $2 million per year for the duration of the contract and will receive $680 million thereafter.

Before Ohtani’s trade, his former Angels teammate Mike Trout (left) was the highest-paid star.

Ohtani’s deal broke a Major League Baseball record held by now-former teammate Mike Trout of the Angels.

The exact final offer from the Blue Jays is unknown, and when Toronto learned they weren’t going to sign the 29-year-old is also unclear. according to Sportsnet.

Trout’s 12-year, $426.5 million contract, which added two years and a huge salary increase to his current deal in 2019, eclipsed Ohtani’s record for a sum that would have been higher than the 17th most lucrative deal in Major League Baseball history.

To be on the same financial level as the Dodgers deal, that means the Blue Jays’ best shot would have to be over $600 million. That’s a staggering number for MLB’s only non-American franchise.