As Bowlerman notes, by the time those guys near free agency and will need to be paid big sums, the team will be rid of some of their current high cost contracts. However, the luxury tax concerns at present most likely do prevent them from locking any of them up to long term contracts now, even at team friendly prices.So is the idea that the Sox have to stay under the luxury tax threshold this year, because they'll need to go over when they lock up all the B's on long term deals?