The tax man is coming to collect from the Boston Red Sox.
Boston was among the six teams that were sent bills on Friday by the commissioner’s office, according to the Associated Press. The Red Sox were served with the third highest tax penalty at $4.5 million, trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers ($31.8 million) and New York Yankees ($27.4 million).
Rounding out the rest of the record number of tax paying teams are the Detroit Tigers ($4 million), San Francisco Giants ($3.4 million) and the Chicago Cubs ($2.96 million).
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The luxury tax threshold for 2016 was set at $189 million, with teams penalized based on how many consecutive years they have exceeded the limit.