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Originally Posted by ESPN
The acquisition of Chase Utley put the Los Angeles Dodgers close to becoming the first baseball team with a $300 million luxury-tax payroll.
The trade Wednesday, which sent Utley from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, raised the Dodgers' projected payroll for tax purposes to about $298.5 million, according to calculations by Major League Baseball. Performance bonuses for other players and end-of-season award bonuses could make the Dodgers the first team to reach the $300 million mark.
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Besides that, already expected to break the luxury bill record by around $10 million once its time for teams to pay up.