Short but important story that I didn’t get to yesterday. The final team salary information for the 2015 season was released recently, which means it’s time to figure out the big spenders’ luxury tax bills. Yay, competitive balance!!
Via Bob Nightengale, the Yankees’ bill will be $26 million. While that represents the highest total the team has paid since 2009, it still doesn’t touch the team record of $34.1 million set back in 2005 and it wasn’t the highest total for this year. That honor goes to the Dodgers, who will have to pay a new MLB record $43.