That’s AAV. They are actually paying less in cash with the deferred money. Hopefully they are doing well in the stock market with that cash they are not paying out.
AAV is more important than actual cash. The Lerners will NOT pay the luxury tax without a virtual guarantee of postseason revenue to offset it.
So when asking why we're not adding a 15 million dollar number 4 pitcher, its because we have 60 million AAV wrapped up in AAV until 2025