Updated 4/18/18
Estimated 2018 Yankees’ luxury tax payroll: $184.1M
2018 luxury tax threshold: $197 million
The 2018 season is now three weeks old. The Yankees have gotten off to an uneven start, to put it lightly, and they are currently 8-8 with a +3 run differential. On the bright side, Aaron Judge and Didi Gregorius remain pretty awesome. The Yankees have that going for them.
One number is going to hang over the Yankees all year: $197M. That is the luxury tax threshold for the 2018 season. Ownership and the front office is adamant the Yankees will get under the threshold this year — they’ve paid luxury tax every year since the system was put in place in 2003 — which would reset their luxury tax rate.