Sox Rank Fourth in MLB Payroll in ’09
According to the Associated Press, the Red Sox ranked fourth in major-league payroll in 2009 with a $140.5 million payroll for luxury tax purposes. That mark ranked behind the Yankees ($226.2 million),...
View ArticleBeltre and the 2011 Payroll
One further update regarding Adrian Beltre’s contract and its implications for the luxury tax. Beltre’s one-year $9 million deal with a $5 million player option is treated, for purposes of determining...
View ArticleExtension can wait? Why Adrian Gonzalez extension might not make sense right now
The big fish is on the hook, and now needs only to be reeled in. Or does he? The Red Sox made their trade to acquire star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez on Saturday, giving up the richest package of...
View ArticleRed Sox join Yankees in getting hit with a luxury tax bill
According to the Associated Press, the Red Sox joined the Yankees as the only two teams to pay Major League Baseball’s luxury tax for the 2010 season. The Yankees, according to The AP, paid $18 million...
View ArticleSource: Red Sox expect to go over luxury tax threshold
According to a major league source, the Red Sox expect to exceed the $178 million payroll threshold that would trigger luxury tax payments for the 2012 season. That is, of course, subject to change,...
View ArticleRed Sox GM Ben Cherington: ‘Don’t feel like we need’ to make a move
Red Sox GM Ben Cherington, in an interview on The Big Show, said that the Red Sox face a budget but not a mandate to stay under the $178 million luxury tax threshold for 2012, explained the rationale...
View ArticleA look at the updated Red Sox payroll (and correcting the record on John...
The trade of Marco Scutaro unexpectedly freed up more payroll for luxury tax purposes than expected, as the shortstop’s $6 million salary in 2012 would have represented a $7.67 million payroll hit for...
View ArticleLarry Lucchino on Red Sox payroll, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek,...
Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino rebutted claims that his team is scaling back its spending this offseason, saying in multiple settings that his team plays on blowing past the $178 million...
View ArticleNo luxury tax implications of timing of extension for David Ortiz or Jon Lester
There was a time when the Red Sox were very careful to announce extensions after Opening Day. Players who hammered out the parameters of long-term deals in spring training but waited until after the...
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