Winning a World Series comes with a price tag for the Boston Red Sox, who owe the highest luxury-tax bill in Major League Baseball.
Per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com), the Red Sox will pay $11,951,091 for exceeding MLB's tax threshold during the 2018 season.
The tax limit for teams was set at $197 million coming into the season, with Boston's payroll after the tax at $239.5 million thanks to signing J.D. Martinez and midseason trades that landed Nathan Eovaldi, Ian Kinsler and Steve Pearce.
Boston was also assessed a draft penalty for being more than $40 million over the tax.