Incredible breakdown by Alex Speier, this is much more than John Henry not wanting to pay the ten million or so in CBT taxes everyone seems to think it is.
Expect the Sox to get under 208m this year, spend to 240m in 2020 and 2021, and then drop down again in 2023, pending the new CBA.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2019/12/10/here-what-red-sox-would-face-they-don-get-under-luxury-tax-threshold-this-year/PCjGCkeVgdj23kGMUN4aaL/story.html
Expect the Sox to get under 208m this year, spend to 240m in 2020 and 2021, and then drop down again in 2023, pending the new CBA.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2019/12/10/here-what-red-sox-would-face-they-don-get-under-luxury-tax-threshold-this-year/PCjGCkeVgdj23kGMUN4aaL/story.html