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>20 of 27 Yankee championships happened before free agency or a draft existed
>20 of 27 Yankee championships happened when only 1 team from each league made the playoffs, which was automatically considered the "World Series"
>16 of 27 Yankee championships happened before integration
>26 of the 27 Yankee championships happened before the luxury tax was introduced in 2002

Since the 2002 CBA (up to 2021), the Yankees surpassed the threshold every year except 2018, spending almost twice as much over every other team combined.

The Yankees spent $348 million in luxury tax in that span. The next highest teams were the Dodgers ($151.7 million), Red Sox ($51 million), and Cubs ($14 million). No other team surpassed $10 million, and only 4 other teams spent more than $1 million.