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Eight MLB free agents receive $23.15 million qualifying offers
Eight MLB teams offered free agents a one-year deal worth $23.15 million for the 2027 season.
The players are Jake Bauers of the Brewers, Randy Arozarena of the Mariners, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs, and five others from the Yankees, Twins, Pirates, Padres and Orioles.
The offers give each player a choice: return to his current team for the stated salary or turn it down and pursue a contract elsewhere.
Qualifying offers are available only to certain free agents who spent the season with one team and have never received one before.
Players have until Nov.
17 to decide whether to accept or reject their offer.
If a player rejects and signs elsewhere, his former team can receive draft-pick compensation, while the new team may face draft-pick penalties.
The choices could shape the teams’ plans for next season, as players weigh the offer against their prospects on the open market.
Eight MLB free agents received one-year, $23.15 million qualifying offers from their teams on Monday.
The players have until Nov. 17 to accept or reject the offers.
Players who accept will play the 2027 season for their 2026 teams at the offered salary.
Players who reject become free agents, and their former teams may receive draft-pick compensation if they sign elsewhere.
A team that signs a free agent who rejected a qualifying offer may lose a draft pick.
- Who
- Randy Arozarena, Seiya Suzuki, Jake Bauers, Trevor Rogers, Ryan Jeffers, Brandon Lowe, Adrian Morejon and David Bednar received offers.
- What
- Each received a one-year, $23.15 million qualifying offer.
- When
- The offers were made Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Players have until Nov. 17 to decide.
- Where
- The offers came from the players’ MLB teams.
- Why
- The qualifying offer is calculated as the average of the top 125 major-league contracts; the system can provide draft-pick compensation to a former team if a player rejects the offer and signs elsewhere.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
MLB teams extended one-year, $23.15 million qualifying offers to eight free agents.
Players must accept or reject their offers by the deadline.
- Offer value
- $23.15 million for one year
- Number of players
- Eight
- Decision deadline
- Nov. 17, 2026
- Accepting the offer
- The player would play the 2027 season for their 2026 team
- Draft-pick compensation
- Former teams may receive a pick if a player rejects the offer and signs elsewhere
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Eight players received the one-year, $23.15 million qualifying offer today. The deadline to accept it is Nov. 17. Randy Arozarena (Mariners) Seiya Suzuki (Cubs) Brandon Lowe (Pirates) Trevor Rogers (Orioles) Adrian Morejon (Padres) David Bednar (Yankees) Jake Bauers (Brewers)