Daily Red Sox Links: Luxury Tax, Joe Kelly, London Series

The luxury tax payments came in and the Red Sox had to pay a whopping $12 million in taxes. In other words, they had to pay a little less than what they’re paying for their first base platoon. (NBC Sports Boston)

If you’re into podcasts, Rob Bradford sat down with Joe Kelly to hear why the righty chose the Dodgers, among other topics of conversation. (Rob Bradford; WEEI)

Nick Cafardo writes that too many teams are doing anything besides trying to win right now. (Nick Cafardo; Boston Globe)

The exact schedule of the Red Sox-Yakees set in London has been released. (Boston.com)

It was another relatively boring Winter Meetings around the entire league, and Sean McAdam wonders how to speed things up. (Sean McAdam; Boston Sports Journal)