Well, I want to see a payroll thats anywhere close to that now that it's a decade later and the last few years we were near the bottom of the league. In those 5 years the sox spent:
127m
121m
108m 2x
102m
96m
In 2019 the $127m would land you in the 18th highest paying team. According to Sportrac, the 2021 projected Sox payroll is $101m - just barely above league average at $98m, and it seems like Hahn has a hard cap that he is able to spend to that isn't that much higher than what it is now. The Sox can add $40m in payroll tomorrow and still be 6th in the league - I just don't see Jerry spending that much based on what he's done that last decade.