Jerry Dipoto was more than happy to pay the $20 million posting fee, $3.5 million international signing fee and $500,000 salary for Shohei Ohtani. So why is he now saying he doesn't want to sign a starting pitcher? The money obviously isn't a problem at least for year one of the contract. Why not sign Jeremy Hellickson for three years, $30 million or whatever to shore up a subpar rotation?
-- Paul G., Boise, Idaho
Dipoto has consistently said this offseason that he wanted to sign the most-impactful pitcher possible. Ohtani clearly was a unique situation, a top-tier talent with six years of team control at a relatively small initial cost.