As pointed out by Scott Lauber of
The Boston Herald,
the Red Sox are likely to smash through MLB's $189 million luxury tax threshold. This is not really a big surprise, since the NOG already acknowledged it might happen. The combination of upcoming salary arbitrations (
Rick Porcello,
Wade Miley,
Junichi Tazawa,
Daniel Nava), and contract renewals (
Xander Bogaerts,
Mookie Betts,
Christian Vazquez,
Brock Holt,
Joe Kelly) will almost certainly put
The Carmine Hose over the limit. Right now, they have around $152.4 million committed for 2015—but that's just to 14 players. If—in addition to all these signings—they
also go after the needed number one starter, they will
shatter the threshold.
