Donnie dodger blue For the First Time Tonight Show he Otani is Hollywood's newest Superstar introduced today in Los Angeles the former Angel is a two-way sensation a flame-throwing pitcher and a baseball crushing batter the japanese-born global sensation inking a 10-year $700 million contract surpassing the two decade career earnings of LeBron James and the deal just signed by soccer super Superstar lonel Messi I was very humbled and happy to see all of you here says Otani I can't wait to join the Dodgers already making an estimated 40 million a year in endorsements Otani is deferring 97% of his salary until the End of his contract allowing the Dodgers to pay for other elite players I'm not sure how long I'm going to be able to play the game so I did prioritize winning that's at the top of my list and will probably never change with otani's Jersey setting sales records ticket prices for the Dodgers Home opener are averaging close to ,000 it's a celebrity in Japan in the mold of a LeBron James and a Taylor Swift combined somebody we're going to be talking about as one of the greatest baseball players of all time tonight the new face of a franchise and America's Pastime Miguel aler NBC News Los Ang Angeles thanks for watching stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media