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vtadave
“Brett Anderson of the Rockies”…. if only. – Dodgers fans
Jeff Todd
Ha whoops.
g55s
Looks like more players will accept this off season.
1tav
I bet both the Mets and Murphy wish he would have excepted his QO last year. The Mets would have gotten him for at least this probable MVP year he’s having this year, and Murphy could get at least 5yr $125 mill contract next year. It’s pretty amazing that they couldn’t recognize his late season and playoff improvement was the real thing and not fool’s gold. He wanted to stay a Met too.
Robertowannabe
If Murphy really wanted to stay a Met, he would have accepted the QO. He did not so……..must not have wanted to stay that much.
EndinStealth
The Mets might wish he would have accepted, but I doubt Murphy does.
baseball10
It should be interesting to see what happens. I would expect a rather steep decline on offers going forward. Which again will hurt the small market teams that cant compete in free agency
cynicwithtaste
This year will presumably have fewer QO’s by raw numbers because it’s a notoriously weak FA class, but I think teams will still QO a lot of the players on the bubble of accepting it..
Because it’s a weak FA class, that also means less other places for teams to spend their money this year. And teams may logically expect a lot of on the bubble players to turn down the QO because the lack of good FA’s means that it’s a seller’s market for the ones who are there.
Robertowannabe
I agree with a combo of what g55s and baseball10 both said. Will be fewer offers made because many of these guys are not worth huge money. More of those that get offered will accept based on what has happened the last few years.
1tav
Their might be more offers than you think. Yes the QO value is up, but less than $1 mill. Given what Greinke and some of the other FA were given last year, the FA contract could go up even more by comparison.
gamecock24
Can a player have a QO extended to him two years in a row (i.e. can the Orioles extend Wieters one again this year)?
MB923
My guess is Yes.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Yes then can
gamecock24
Can a player have a QO extended to him two years in a row?
TennVol
Looks like Michael Saunders has played himself into a QO this year for Toronto. I wonder if he would be a player that would accept it?
braves95 2
I was just about to post about Saunders. I think he accepts. The QO attached to him will hurt his market in free agency, and the Jays would be wise to offer him with what they will potentially lose in free agency.
What about Justin Turner?
cynicwithtaste
Turner should be a no-brainer QO. Three straight years of being over a 3 WAR player.. He’s 31, which is post-peak but not so old that you’d expect him to crater over the next 2-3 years.
1tav
I bet both Murphy and the Mets wish he had accepted his QO last year. The Mets would have at least had him for this year and the likely MVP he should win. If he was a FA again next year he’d be in line for at least 5 yr $125 range. The fact that he wanted to stay a Met and he wound up signing with their biggest rivals is doubly galling. He should wind up with a WAR of at least 5 this year. That’s a 10 game difference between what the Mets lost and the Nats gain. Walker is slumping and will be lucky if he has a WAR in 1-2 range. Alderson wasn’t even going to extend him a QO until that super human post season. It’s amazing that these so called talent evaluators can’t tell fool’s gold from the real thing sometimes, even if it’s sitting right under their very noses.
1tav
That should be 5yr $125 mill, obviously.
ilikebaseball2
If Aroldis Chapman is presumed to get 4 yrs and $60mil in the off season, maybe the Cubs extend him a qualifying offer at season’s end. Wouldn’t he be likely to turn that down and get them a draft pick? Am I right in believing that he is eligible because he began the season with the Yankees?
ilikebaseball2
My bad. I guess he would have had to start the season with the Cubs. I guess I was just hoping to squeeze more value out of the deal they just made.
MB923
Correct. A player has to be with the team all year. It’s why players like Cespedes and Price didn’t get it last year.
1tav
Sorry for the repeat, my first one didn’t come up fight away.
st1300b 2
Rediculous when do fans get considered the money is out of control and mlb needs to reign this insanity in.
stl_cards16 2
Haha. That’s cute. The fans have never been considered and salaries have nothing to do with that.