Not really. Their payroll has consistently been about 2X the Nationals. Plus, they have 1.5 Billion in debt which means they spent a lot of money. Mr. Lerner would never be in that much debt because he would never spend that kind of money.
They were spending imaginary Madoff money for years. If I could stick my money in a safe and it watch it just magically multiply I'd spend the crap out of it, too.