The Dodgers had two goals they set out to accomplish in 2018. The first one is to win the World Series, which remains a work in progress with approximately two weeks left in the regular season. Their second goal was to stay under the luxury tax threshold of $197 million to reset their penalties for consecutive years above the threshold before this year’s mega free agent class.
It appears that the Dodgers have accomplished their secondary goal for this season as they are currently at about $182 million dollars and while that number will go up when players meet incentives, it will not go up more than fifteen million dollars.