So $700 million for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was a surprise? Not to my trusty spreadsheet. Back in July, this “unicorn” athlete who oddly excels at pitching and hitting – then with the Angels – was headed toward free agency after the season ended. Speculation swirled about the heft of his future payday. I could not resist the mathematical opportunity. My guess: , perhaps the most generous estimate one could find. Last week, we learned the – though most of it will be . My science was relatively simple, as I wrote five months ago: “All the spreadsheet did is take what teams are currently paying top stars and extrapolate those…
