Red Sox conscious of new luxury-tax penalties this offseason
OXON HILL, Md. — The big-spending Boston Red Sox could be far more conservative this offseason because of baseball’s new luxury tax rules.
President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Monday that the new collective bargaining agreement’s stricter penalties for spending above a certain payroll threshold could factor in to the team’s plans. His top priority is to find an eighth-inning reliever and also add another bat, but don’t expect him to throw money around to make it happen.