The Yankees did accomplish something this year: they lowered their luxury tax for the second straight season.
The Yankees were hit with a tax bill of $23.88 million by MLB in a notice sent to teams late Friday, pushing them over the $100 million mark since the penalty for profligate spending was introduced in 2003.
The only other club that must pay the competitive-balance tax, as it is formally known, is the World Series' champion Red Sox, who owe $6.06 million.
Checks are due at the commissioner's office by January 31.
Via AP
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It wasn?t the holiday message Red Sox fans were looking for.
Although David Ortiz? infectious smile and trademark hugs were spread throughout Gillette Stadium during his visit to the Patriots? game against Miami yesterday, the message he delivered regarding the possible arrival of Johan Santana was anything but joyous for many of the Sox faithful.
?No,? Ortiz said when asked if he thought his good friend Santana would be traded to the Red Sox. ?I was (following it) for a minute, but I guess they stopped. They don?t want him to go. (Minnesota) already gave Boston too many good things already. Me, and now Santana? No way.?
While Ortiz? belief that the left-hander won?t be coming to the Red Sox might serve as coal in the stockings of many New Englanders, the idea of missing out on the former Cy Young Award winner doesn?t thrill the Sox slugger, either.
?Hell yeah,? Ortiz said when asked if he was excited at the prospect of calling Santana a teammate again. ?What do you think? That?s a whole lot less trouble for me.?
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Dec 23, 2007 12:30 PM EST
The Red Sox are still searching for a backup at catcher. Right now it looks more likely that Doug Mirabelli will return.
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Red Sox Dec 2007 Archive
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Boston Globe | Dec 23, 2007
The Red Sox appear to still be offering Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, and Jed Lowrie for Johan Santana.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 20, 2007
Gabe Kapler's retirement didn't last long.
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ESPN.com | Dec 20, 2007
According to the Hattiesburg American, the baseball from the final out of the 2007 World Series is at Jonathan Papelbon's home.
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ESPN.com | Dec 19, 2007
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called on Roger Clemens to give up the four Cy Young Awards he's won since 1997 if he can't clear his name from allegations that he used steroids to prolong and enhance his career.
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WBZ | Dec 16, 2007
In an interview with ESPN sports reporter Peter Gammons, former Red Sox pitcher Brendan Donnelly said he was "sick" when he learned of the accusations against him in the Mitchell Report.
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ESPN | Dec 15, 2007
Dan Duquette was vilified by many after suggesting that star pitcher Roger Clemens was entering the "twilight of his career" when he left the Boston Red Sox in 1996.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 13, 2007
The Red Sox on Wednesday announced that the club will not tender a 2008 contract to Brendan Donnelly.
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Boston Herald | Dec 12, 2007
The Red Sox, Yankees and Mets remain the top candidates to be Johan Santana?s next home, and a Sox source yesterday indicated that nothing had changed since last week?s Winter Meetings ended in Tennessee.
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Associated Press | Dec 11, 2007
The Fenway Sports Group, owned by the same company that owns the Red Sox, has agreed to buy the Salem Avalanche of the Class-A Carolina League.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 8, 2007
Righthander Eric Gagne declined an offer of salary arbitration from the Red Sox, the team announced on Friday.
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Providence Journal | Dec 7, 2007
The Sox made a minor deal with the Cincinnati Reds, obtaining minor-league catcher Juan Apodaca.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 7, 2007
The Red Sox are bringing back a key member of their bullpen.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 6, 2007
The Oakland Athletics on Thursday claimed lefthanded pitcher Jay Marshall off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
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Boston Globe | Dec 5, 2007
Jacoby Ellsbury has made a change in his representation from Joe Urbon to Scott Boras.
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New York Post | Dec 5, 2007
The Red Sox, according to an official who has been in contact with their top brass, had two goals in the process when it has come to chasing Johan Santana.
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ESPN | Dec 5, 2007
What exactly are the Minnesota Twins thinking as they sit back and contemplate Boston's two trade proposals? And are the New York Yankees really, truly out of it?
The Yankees pulled out of the Santana sweepstakes Tuesday when Senior VP Hank Steinbrenner told the Associated Press that "a deadline is a deadline.
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AP | Dec 5, 2007
The best team in baseball is getting closer to acquiring the best pitcher on the market.
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New York Times | Dec 4, 2007
According to Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees? pursuit of Johan Santana has come to an end.
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New York Times | Dec 4, 2007
The Yankees? pursuit of Johan Santana showed a flicker of life early Tuesday morning when the Minnesota Twins backed off their demand that the right-hander Ian Kennedy be added to the Yankees? trade offer.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune | Dec 4, 2007
The Twins and Red Sox exchanged medical reports on Johan Santana and Jon Lester late Monday.
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ESPN | Dec 4, 2007
Johan Santana may be dealt to Boston or stay in Minnesota in 2008.
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ESPN.com | Dec 3, 2007
In what may be a calculated response to Hank Steinbrenner's ultimatum that a deal to acquire the Twins' Johan Santana must be agreed to by Monday, Red Sox GM Theo Epstein took the opposite approach.
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AP | Dec 3, 2007
The Red Sox and reliever Mike Timlin reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract worth $3 million.
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Newsday | Dec 3, 2007
By the end of Monday, Johan Santana will be a Yankee or VP Hank Steinbrenner will remove his team from trade considerations with the Twins.
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AP | Dec 2, 2007
Yankees senior VP Hank Steinbrenner said Sunday, "so if they want the best offer that has been offered to them, then they need to make up their minds."
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ESPN.com | Dec 2, 2007
The Red Sox have told the Twins that they will not trade LHP Jon Lester and OF Jacoby Ellsbury together in the package they are offering.
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ESPN | Dec 1, 2007
The Twins may have reached the point where they have the best offers they are going to get from the Yankees and Red Sox for pitcher Johan Santana.
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Yahoo.com | Dec 1, 2007
The Red Sox are not ready to give up on Eric Gagne yet.
