Contemplating the Yankees’ future with the luxury tax

Jan 4 2023 by Pinstripe Alley

 
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If this winter is any indication, the Yankees might be bucking their recent trend of cycling beneath the luxury tax.

As part of the 2002 CBA, MLB instituted the modern luxury tax system as we know it. The Yankees would quickly become quite familiar with the tax, exceeding the first threshold for the first 15 years of the system’s existence, paying out over $300 million in the process.

A curious development arose in recent...

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