The reporting on this has been all over the map, witness Bob Nightengale's Nov. 13th report which had the Sox with the 4th-highest payroll in 2017 for luxury tax calculations.
The AP report about MLB issuing luxury tax bills today was somewhat lacking in detail, though it did state the following:
MLB has not posted a press release yet on their websites, so after further digging around, I did locate this NJ.com item which notes:
* Curiously, NJ.com's own article then goes on to list six clubs paying luxury tax penalties in 2016.
The AP report about MLB issuing luxury tax bills today was somewhat lacking in detail, though it did state the following:
The Dodgers owe $36.2 million, according to final figures compiled by the commissioner’s office and obtained by The Associated Press. That raises their five-year tax total to nearly $150 million.
New York was second at $15.7 million, increasing its total since the tax began to $341 million. San Francisco was next at $4.1 million, followed by Detroit at almost $3.7 million and Washington – which is paying tax for the first time – at just under $1.45 million.
MLB has not posted a press release yet on their websites, so after further digging around, I did locate this NJ.com item which notes:
So it appears the Sox quest to get under the luxury tax threshold in 2017 and reset was successful. Nightengale also had the Cubs listed as exceeding the threshold for 2017, but Theo apparently kept them under as well.A record five* clubs are paying this year, including the Washington Nationals for the first time, although their penalty is just $1.4 million.
2017
1. Dodgers: $36,208,572
2. New York Yankees: $15,719,318
3. San Francisco Giants: $4,133,193
4. Detroit Tigers: $3,661,484
5. Washington Nationals: $1,448,190
* Curiously, NJ.com's own article then goes on to list six clubs paying luxury tax penalties in 2016.
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