Ohtani is different than Soto, than anyone really.
Industry consensus is that your ROI on having Ohtani on your team is $25 million a year for the ball club.
Therefore, if Ohtani is getting AAV of $50 million, it is really only a $25 million dollar spend for the ball club per year. $25 million per year is very doable for superstar and a large market club.
As much as I wanted Soto, and he would boost attendance etc, he is not bringing an ROI of anywhere near $25 million a year to the team.