If the Philadelphia Phillies aren’t prepared to exceed the luxury tax threshold, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski is going to have to get creative once the owner-imposed lockout concludes in an attempt to build a playoff-caliber roster.
Gabe Lacques and Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported that Major League Baseball has proposed a $214 million luxury tax threshold for the first year of a new collective bargaining agreement.
If such a proposal became reality, Phillies Nation‘s Destiny Lugardo estimates that the Phillies would have $32,047,052 left to spend under the threshold.