The Red Sox player payroll has fallen to fourth in the majors, with both the Mets and Tigers leapfrogging them. The Yankees, of course, remain No. 1 with an Opening Day payroll of $209.1 million, according to figures obtained by the Associated Press, but the Sox, who were second at $143.026 million a year ago, are now ... (Full article: 872 words)

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