It's tiresome to have to keep repeating that the Red Sox payroll for tax purposes is 242 million this year.
What does it really matter what his other interests are? All he has to do for the Red Sox is set the budget and let his baseball people do the rest.
I think the real bottom line, though, is this: let's revisit the spending thing next April. With so much money coming off the books and talent off the roster, they really do have to spend.