I really don't understand why people get lost in the numbers while carrying water for billionaires. The dumbest thing ANY group of citizenry can do is pay for a new stadium. The silliest thing is to worry about different tax levels paid by owners. What made 2003-2007 was stepping up to match the Yankees spending. Hal Steinbrenner took over for his Dad and has followed the billionaire logic of Henry and Werner. Since then, ownership has grown cuter and cuter about figuring out how to keep funding low for the business but demand high here in Boston and in New York.
If Werner and Henry don't want to invest enough to insure success, I am happy to pay fifteen bucks for a bleacher seat, three bucks for a Coke or a hotdog, and fifty bucks for a Monster Seat and I will revet to the guy who was happy enough watching Oil Can Boyd, Jody Reed, and Carlos Quintana make the big team. However, billionaires usually believe their spreadsheets about guarantees them unlimited profits forever. They will continue to produce garbage on NESN and at Fenway at present rates because they have zero capacity for accurate self-reflection. So, trade for Soto, buy Yamamoto and Ohtani or get out of the business. Sign Montgomery too and leave Sale out in the pen as he cannot be expected to make more that 12 to 20 starts a season. I'm not the cow that gets sacrificed to Rousch racing and Liverpool.