That’s it: the deadline to submit a qualifying offer has passed and players can officially sign elsewhere.
A qualifying offer, valued at $20.35 million this season, is a one-year contract offer that certain free agents can receive – under certain conditions.
Those who accept it have a one-year contract in their pocket. The others are free agents and the club that signs them will have to give a draft pick to the player’s former team.
This year, seven players received one.
They have until next Tuesday to accept it, but I don’t see any player signing for just one year. I think the seven will refuse it.
Matt Chapman, Josh Hader, Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, Aaron Nola and Shohei Ohtani are the other players who will say no.
If these players have received an offer, it is because their former club believes that they will refuse it… or that they hope that they will accept it.
But behind the players who had an offer, there are those players who are eligible, but who did not receive an offer. For what? Several reasons apply.
The Dodgers haven’t offered Clayton Kershaw anything, but it’s not because of his injury: it’s out of respect for his career and to allow him to take his time. It’s been like this for three years.
But otherwise, if a club does not submit one, it is often for fear of seeing the player accept.
The case of JD Martinez is fascinating. His batting should get him one, but the Dodgers can’t risk the hitter of choice taking it. Otherwise, where will Shohei Ohtani play?
But he is not the only one in such a situation. Jorge Soler, Rhys Hoskins, Mitch Garver and Teoscar Hernandez did not receive qualifying offers.
On the one hand, it’s definitely about pride. But at the same time, a player is more attractive to another team since he is Really free like air.
The former Blue Jays will surely be in demand. It remains to be seen what kind of contract he will have.
- Reliever Brendon Little arrives in Toronto.
- Javier Baez, who has been playing poorly for two years, obviously did not use his release option. He lives in Detroit.
- The Diamondbacks manager is in town to stay.
- Miguel Andujar in Oakland.
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr. opens up about last year’s transaction.
