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Kyle Tucker’s ‘$40M AAV’ Could Cost Dodgers $84M With 110% Tax Hit

The Dodgers would face a 110% luxury-tax penalty, making a projected $40M AAV for Tucker cost $84M; at $35M AAV, $73.5M. They already paid a record $169.4M tax, and Díaz’s $21.1M AAV after deferrals cost $44.3M yearly. Blue Jays’ 90% rate would turn $40M into $76M. Phillies, Mets and Yankees sit one major move from that 110% bracket.