The Yankees are set to achieve their goal of coming under baseball’s luxury tax threshold for the first time since the penalty started taking effect in 2003.
The Red Sox and Nationals remain the only teams on track to pay the tax this year, according to Aug. 31 figures compiled by the commissioner’s office for clubs and obtained by The Associated Press.
The Yankees’ updated luxury tax payroll is $192.1 million, an increase from $178.8 million at the season’s start.