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12 Players Reject Qualifying Offers

By Steve Adams and Anthony Franco | November 15, 2022 at 3:11pm CDT

Twelve of the 14 players who received qualifying offers have rejected those one-year, $19.65MM contracts in favor of testing the open market, tweets Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. Martin Perez and Joc Pederson are the only two who accepted a QO. Each of Aaron Judge, Trea Turner, Xander Bogaerts, Dansby Swanson, Jacob deGrom, Carlos Rodon, Brandon Nimmo, Willson Contreras, Anthony Rizzo, Chris Bassitt, Nathan Eovaldi and Tyler Anderson have rejected the deal. Anderson is already in agreement on a three-year contract with the Angels.

None of the news is all that surprising, aside from perhaps Anderson’s early multi-year strike with the Halos. Perez and Pederson were two of the three most likely candidates to take the QO. That the Giants tagged Pederson at all was a move few saw coming, and most believed he’d indeed take the QO once it was put forth.

None of Judge, Turner, Bogaerts, Swanson, deGrom, Rodon, Nimmo, Bassitt or Contreras likely gave much thought to the possibility. Eovaldi and Rizzo were more borderline candidates, but the latter quickly returns to the Yankees on a multi-year deal that’ll pay him around the QO rate over two guaranteed seasons. Eovaldi has yet to sign, but he’ll presumably continue to search for a longer-term contract after taking advantage of the five days to scour the market.

The clubs that saw a free agent decline a qualifying offer now stand to receive draft compensation if that player signs elsewhere. The value of the compensatory pick depends on a team’s status as a revenue sharing recipient and/or whether they paid the luxury tax in 2022. That’s also true of the draft choices and potentially international signing bonus space a team would have to forfeit to sign a qualified free agent from another team.

MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes broke down the forfeiture each team would have to surrender to sign a qualified free agent earlier this month. MLBTR’s Mark Polishuk looked at the compensation each club would receive if one of these players signed elsewhere.

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  1. Gwynning's Anal Lover

    3 years ago

    Xander and Judge to the Pirates. They’ve been saving 45 years for this moment.

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    • Dogs for Hire

      3 years ago

      Even with those two pick-ups, Pittsburgh could still manage to lose 75 games. Why fix what is already broke?

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      • PiratesFan1981

        3 years ago

        Take it easy on my Pirates. Not everything is a bed of roses. Consistent reminder of how broken this organization is, is painful to bare. If you can kindly call Roger Goodell for us Pirates fans and request that he strips Bob Nutting of ownership. At this point, us Pirates fans are tired of this “thrift store” run organization.

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        • blackandorange

          3 years ago

          Roger…Roger Goodell? I think I know why your complaints aren’t being heard.

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        • claude raymond

          3 years ago

          Maybe Bill Cowher could manage the pirates.

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        • thecoffinnail

          3 years ago

          Not Bill!! The Pirates are going to bring back the player/manager next year. I have heard Jerome Bettis is on their short list.

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        • PiratesFan1981

          3 years ago

          Good one, got me.

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    • Miklo916

      3 years ago

      Judge going to SF if he don’t resign with Yankees

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      • thecoffinnail

        3 years ago

        I hope you are right. I hope they approach him the same way they did with Cano. He will be MLB’s most expensive part time DH in 4-5 years. Wouldn’t mind an eye popping record breaking AAV for him if he would sign for less years. A contract that compares to Michael Jordan’s last year with the Bulls compared to the rest of the NBA back then. The 9/$320m that is predicted by some talking heads will be awful sooner rather than later. Players his size don’t age well. Giancarlo is a good example of how well that big body will hold up after 10 years of pro ball.

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    • YourDreamGM

      3 years ago

      Pirates aren’t interested in aging declining over paid players.

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    • flamingbagofpoop

      3 years ago

      Well done.

      Reply
  2. soxshortstop

    3 years ago

    Wonder if anyone of them is going to be this year’s Conforto. Boras really advised well on that one.

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    • gbs42

      3 years ago

      No, no one will be this year’s Conforto. Sucks for him, but it’s not like Boras hasn’t earned his reputation for getting top dollar.

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    • myaccount2

      3 years ago

      It didn’t help that he also chose to get surgery.

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  3. bravesfan

    3 years ago

    Perez and Joc being offered qualifying offers at their age and performances was kind of ridiculous. They would be absolutely insane not to accept these deals. Think joc highest career aav would have to get a 2 year deal with a buyout match to match this one year deal, where Perez would have to sign like a 5 year deal with his previous yearly high to match. Neither guy was really expected to make crazy money this offseason, so take the money, both will likely sign next offseason for the values they’ve already been collecting

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    • Redwolves3

      3 years ago

      Now that Joc “Baby Panda” has accepted the QO he better begin immediately getting in shape for the 2023 season.

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    • yewed

      3 years ago

      If Perez pitches like he did last season, Texas may lock him up before next offseason.

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  4. solaris602

    3 years ago

    Predicting Bassitt is next to sign……most likely with BAL. Going out on a limb here.

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    • Edp007

      3 years ago

      That would be very good move for mlb. O’s moving up

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      • User 3594734386

        3 years ago

        Bassitt to Baltimore sweet. That said, there’s speculation they’re looking for 2 starters? He’s a 2, right? Pretty expensive. If they get him, can Os afford a 2nd?

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    • Ra

      3 years ago

      Forfeiting the ~ #67 pick to sign Bassitt or Eovaldi seems out of character for Elias. Rodon maybe. But he could keep the pick and sign Thor and Taijuan. Or even Quintana and Taillon/Manaea. Not sure that is a significant drop off compared to losing the pick

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  5. User 2079935927

    3 years ago

    Things that are impossible to fix for a $1000 Alex. (Alex played by Will Farrell)

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  6. GreenMonsta

    3 years ago

    I thought Eovoldi would take QO, try to reestablish his value and hit FA next year without QO attached.

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    • yewed

      3 years ago

      Eovaldi already has a multi year deal on the table.

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      • billybilly

        3 years ago

        I find it hard to believe the Sox are offering a real multi year deal. If anything, the talk of a multi year deal was to help promote the idea of rejecting the QO to all but guarantee draft picks. Sox will need those picks to help balance what they will lose by signing other QO rejectors.

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        • yewed

          3 years ago

          I hope you’re right. I for one want to be done with the guy. Sox love him, though.
          Problem is that the draft picks they’ll get won’t be as good since they were over the CBT. Could be Sox way of kind of forcing Eovaldi into taking less money if he doesn’t get any offers he likes. I don’t see them going after any of the big name pitchers and spending money that way.
          I have a bad feeling either way.

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  7. GreatHersh

    3 years ago

    Pederson missed the playoffs for the first time, and he was pretty good when he was in them. Confusing why he would want to stay with a losing team after being with the Dodgers then Braves.

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    • Shrutefarm

      3 years ago

      I can think of 19 million reasons.

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    • Ra

      3 years ago

      Maybe those 107 wins in 2021 made him think they could be a winning team in 2023.

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  8. al34

    3 years ago

    Don’t worry Guys and girls Chaim Bloom is going to save us and bring us back. Hey Chaim, in Tampa Bay you rode the shirt tails of Andrew Friedman. You have a lot of work to do and have a real bad habit of going cheap and lowballing players. This guy is like the last one at the buffet table after everyone has taken their food and is eating. I hope but he is a real long shot with the work ahead of him.

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    • JoeBrady

      3 years ago

      So, did you have a comment on the article?

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  9. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    3 years ago

    Can somebody explain the logic of the Giants extending a QO to Pederson? Did they really think he wasn’t going to accept it ??? I just don’t understand the cost/benefit analysis on this one.

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  10. Backup Catcher to the Backup Catcher

    3 years ago

    Kudos to Pedersen and his newly found wealth. That’s a lot of cheese for a guy who can’t hit LHP. Dunno. I would think for that money they could get a pretty good everyday player. But, heh, it ain’t my money.

    Whatever, Giants have a lot of work to do this off-season. Many holes to fill, but they have the money to get it done.

    Gonna need to do that rebuild because, right now, I rate them #4 in the NL West behind LA, SD and an improving D-Backs team.

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