MLB Trade Rumors | Mark Polishuk: After the Yankees reset the luxury tax this season by maneuvering under the $210 million Competitive Balance Tax threshold, one has to wonder if they will spend a bit more this offseason: they did a similar thing in 2018.
The main difference, though, is that there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the new CBT rules. At the moment, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts and Roster Resource, the Yankees’ current 2022 CBT number is “roughly in the range of $221.1MM to $223.7MM. If ownership and the front office don’t overly care about blowing past the tax line once, this might not be an issue (and again, we don’t know what the tax threshold will be in 2022, or if the CBT will continue to exist in its current form).