Don’t get used to seeing the Yankees with the payroll they have this season — just north of $300 million — going forward, whether Juan Soto is in The Bronx or not.
With Hal Steinbrenner again singing Soto’s praises at MLB Headquarters in Midtown on Wednesday at the owners meetings, saying that the team is “championship caliber,’’ the owner added their current payroll is “not sustainable.”
“I’m gonna be honest, payrolls at the levels we’re at right now are simply not sustainable for us financially,’’ Steinbrenner said. “It wouldn’t be sustainable for the vast majority of ownership [groups], given the luxury tax we have to pay.’’
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