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Dombrowski: Red Sox payroll to remain close to 2015 level

The Red Sox will continue to spend like a big market team.

New president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Tuesday that he does not expect the Sox to lower their payroll in 2016, though he’s yet to have specific conversations with the Red Sox’ ownership group.They had a record payroll for their 2015 roster, which pushed $185 million in player salaries, and almost $200 million for luxury tax purposes.

Dombrowski said Red Sox' ownership is "very desired to win" and the payroll is "not going backwards. But I don’t really have that specific number. But if you say ballpark, yeah, that would be safe to say it’s in the same ballpark [as 2015].