Welcome to our Luxury Tax Meter.
With free agency underway, the Yankees will officially attempt to build a 2014 roster good enough to contend, but while staying under the $189 million luxury-tax threshold. The Post will keep you updated every step of the way.
Every time the Yankees make a transaction from now through the end of next season, either taking on 2014 money or getting rid of some, we’ll update the meter.
The Yankees believe dipping below $189 million could save them as much as $100 million over the next two years (adding up money not spent, money saved in the future with a lower tax rate and a revenue-sharing rebate) and better position them to spend aggressively — with fewer penalties for doing so — for the 2015 season and beyond.
Keep in mind that every team is charged about $11 million for items such as insurance and pension, and most clubs budget about $5 million for in-season minor league call-ups.
Based on salary commitments, the Yankees’ current luxury-tax tab is:
$192.201 million
CC Sabathia ($24.4 million)
Mark Teixeira ($22.5 million)
Masahiro Tanaka ($22.143 million)
Jacoby Ellsbury ($21.857 million)
Brian McCann ($17 million)
Hiroki Kuroda ($16.085 million)
Carlos Beltran ($15 million)
Derek Jeter ($12.81 million)
Ichiro Suzuki ($6.5 million)
Brett Gardner ($5.6 million)
David Robertson ($5.215 million)
Alfonso Soriano ($4 million)
Matt Thornton ($3.5 million)
Ivan Nova ($3.3 million)
Alex Rodriguez ($3.156Â million)
Kelly Johnson ($3 million)
Brian Roberts ($2 million)
Shawn Kelley ($1.765 million)
Brendan Ryan ($1.67 million)
Francisco Cervelli ($700,000)