The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay a record $169.4 million luxury tax after winning their second straight World Series title, raising their two-year tax bill to $272.4 million.
The New York Mets have the second-highest tax assessment among the record-tying nine teams that pay at $91.6 million despite missing the 12-team playoffs, raising their tax owed to $320.3 million in the last four years under high-spending owner Steve Cohen.
The Dodgers will pay tax for the fifth consecutive season. Their total broke the previous high of $103 million they had set last year and overtook the New York Yankees for the first time in total tax since the penalty started in 2003, $519.4 million to $514.2 million.