Dodgers to Make History With MLB Record Luxury Tax Bill After 2025 World Series Win

The back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers will pay a $169.4 million luxury tax bill following the 2025 season, per the Associated Press.

Nine teams in total will pay a luxury tax this year. The other eight are the New York Mets ($91.6 million), the New York Yankees ($61.8 million), the Philadelphia Phillies ($56.1 million), the Toronto Blue Jays ($13.6 million), the San Diego Padres (just under $7 million), the Boston Red Sox ($1.5 million), the Houston Astros ($1.5 million) and the Texas Rangers (roughly $190,000).

Per the AP, the figures were finalized Friday by Major League Baseball and the players' association.

The Dodgers probably don't mind paying the massive luxury tax bill, especially given that their spending ways have led to a pair of World Series. L.A. also paid $103 million in luxury tax the year before, per the Associated Press.

L.A. has seven players on the payroll with contracts in the nine figures, ranging from starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow's $136.6 million contract to four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani's $700 million deal. The players in between are shortstop Mookie Betts, starting pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Blake Snell, first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith.

All seven have made major contributions to the team, led Ohtani, who just blasted 55 home runs and led the National League with a 1.014 OPS.

The Dodgers haven't dropped any nine-figure contracts this offseason (yet), although they did add lights-out closer Edwin Díaz on a $69 million deal from the New York Mets. They have been connected to other big names, including Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (per MLB.com's Mark Feinsand) and Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker (per Robert Murray of FanSided).

We'll see what transpires this offseason soon enough as the Dodgers look to become the first three-peat World Series champions since 2000 (New York Yankees).