Dodgers hit with $36.2M tax, Yanks with $15.7M

The Los Angeles Dodgers must pay Major League Baseball's highest luxury tax for the fourth straight year.

The Dodgers owe $36.2 million, raising the team's five-year total to almost $150 million.

The New York Yankees are second with $15.7 million owed. That's the lowest amount the team has owed since 2011.

The taxes fund player benefits. Other funding is given to teams that do not meet the tax threshold. 

Read more from The Associated Press.