{"id":290910,"date":"2025-11-14T10:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/290910\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:09:08","slug":"mlb-notebook-inside-the-complicated-accounting-that-helps-determine-the-red-sox-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/290910\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Notebook: Inside the complicated accounting that helps determine the Red Sox payroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/\" title=\"Navigate to Red Sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sox<\/a>Published: Nov. 14, 2025, 5:00 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"John Henry\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TMTHXR7WQVC2HJJAC66VBIL66Q.jpg\"  \/>BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS &#8211; AUGUST 16: The principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, John Henry, is seen during a pre-game ceremony prior to a game against the Miami Marlins at Fenway Park on August 16, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jaiden Tripi\/Getty Images)Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O5YQ3SQJSRHIXFBM5O53R6PDEQ\">Like almost every team in baseball, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/\">the Red Sox <\/a>make it a habit of not publicizing their payroll budget. It\u2019s long been club policy to keep that confidential, since revealing too much could put them at a competitive disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FG5HANB7NNARZP3OJYKU7XVPC4\">Instead, they speak in generalities about a willingness to put a playoff-level team on the field and assure fans that ownership has always, when appropriate, given the green light when it comes to spending.<\/p>\n<p>Sean McAdam has covered the Red Sox for a variety of outlets since 1989. He&#8217;s the co-host of MassLive&#8217;s podcast, Fenway Rundown, and the author of two books. He&#8217;s a graduate of Providence College and lives in&#8230; more<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red SoxPublished: Nov. 14, 2025, 5:00 a.m.BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS &#8211; AUGUST 16: The principal owner of the Boston Red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[367,1558,363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-290910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-american-league","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}