If this trade is the last big move of the winter than we will enter the season with a lower payroll than last year, so you are right that this move was irrelevant to the discussion of whether ownership is cheap. Although Boz has introduced a new twist that the Lerners are too controlling in baseball matters. I fully expect another big move that will bring payroll up closer towards the other teams in the division; the question is whether the running debate shifts from the Lerners are cheap to the Lerners are micromanaging everything.
That's not new; it was reported like two years ago, there was a really long article on it in the Post.
