The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win the World Series, and now the baseball world will pivot to the offseason. It may be some time before the hot stove truly heats up, but there are some procedural decisions that teams will have to make with impending free agents in the coming days. Among those is whether to extend a qualifying offer to impending free agents.
The qualifying offer is a one-year, $21.05 million deal. If it's extended to any player, they can accept it and play on that deal for 2025.
If they decline it and sign with another team, their former team collects draft-pick compensation, while the new employers surrender picks in the next year's MLB Draft. Those who have previously been extended a qualifying offer cannot receive one for a second time. Among those who can become free agents this winter who are ineligible to receive a qualifying offer are Gerrit Cole, Cody Bellinger, Nathan Eovaldi, Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and Blake Snell.
Teams have to decide by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov.
4 whether to extend qualifying offers to eligible recipients. Those who receive a QO have to accept or decline it by 4 p.m.
ET on Nov. 19. Here are predictions on whether some notable candidates for the qualifying offer will indeed be extended one and if they are, whether they will accept or decline it.
Will Orioles Extend Qualifying Offer? Yes Will Burnes Accept Qualifying Offer? No Corbin Burnes just turned 30 years old, has been an All-Star in four conse.
