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VMA131Marine

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2. Pretty sure the reason is the luxury tax

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Mar 26, 2018, 08:43 PM

Mar 2018

If the Yankees exceed the luxury tax maximum this year they would have to pay 100% of any amount they go over in luxury tax. The threshold goes up next year so payroll can expand quite a bit. This has been discussed quite a bit on WFAN during Spring training.

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