As free agency gets going, players will be added to the pool of available free agents depending on whether their options are picked up or declined or whether they accept qualifying offers or not. While there are lots of team or player options out there to be decided on, most of them are probably going to be declined. The qualifying offer amount this year is $17.9 million.
All the qualifying offer and option decisions of the 2018 MLB offseason
Which of these players are getting added to the free agency pool?
This is a list of all the options (whether player, team, or mutual) that have been decided on thus far, and what their salary for next season is or would have been depending on the outcome. This includes buyout amounts as well, if applicable. The qualifying offers are listed as accepted or declined.
Some of these we knew were coming, some decisions were balancing on a fencepost, and some people probably weren’t thinking about at all, with the exception of fans of those teams. Here, team by team, is your offseason option and QO tracker.
Top players not eligible for qualifying offers this year thanks to either having already received one or being traded in-season include Manny Machado, Andrew McCutchen, Nathan Eovaldi, J.A. Happ, Nelson Cruz, and Zach Britton.
A’s
Jed Lowrie, 2B — did not receive qualifying offer
Jonathan Lucroy, C — did not receive qualifying offer
Fernando Rodney, P — $4.25 team option picked up
Astros
Dallas Keuchel, P — qualifying offer rejected
Charlie Morton, P — did not receive qualifying offer
Marwin Gonzalez, UTIL — did not receive qualifying offer
Evan Gattis, DH — did not receive qualifying offer
Brian McCann, C — $15 million club option declined
Blue Jays
Justin Smoak, 1B — $8 million team option picked up
Braves
Nick Markakis, OF — did not receive qualifying offer
Brewers
Wade Miley, P — did not receive qualifying offer
Cardinals
Bud Norris, P — did not receive qualifying offer
Matt Adams, 1B — did not receive qualifying offer
Tyson Ross, P — did not receive qualifying offer
Cubs
Justin Wilson, P — did not receive qualifying offer
Pedro Strop, P — $6.25 million team option picked up
Cole Hamels, P — $20 million team option picked up
Diamondbacks
Patrick Corbin, LHP — qualifying offer rejected
A.J. Pollock, OF — qualifying offer rejected
Daniel Descalso, INF — did not receive qualifying offer
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B — $14.5 million team option picked up
Dodgers
Yasmani Grandal, C — qualifying offer rejected
Hyun-Jin Ryu, LHP — qualifying offer accepted
David Freese, 1B — $6 million team option declined, re-signed on 1-year, $4.5 million deal plus $500,000 option buyout
Giants
Hunter Pence, OF — did not receive qualifying offer
Madison Bumgarner, P — $12 million club option picked up
Pablo Sandoval, 3B — $18 million option picked up (Red Sox paying $17.455 million)
Indians
Andrew Miller, LHP — did not receive qualifying offer
Michael Brantley, OF — did not receive qualifying offer
Cody Allen, RHP — did not receive qualifying offer
Lonnie Chisenhall, OF — did not receive qualifying offer
Carlos Carrasco, P — $9.75 million team option picked up
Brandon Guyer, OF — $3 million team option declined, $250,00 buyout
Nationals
Bryce Harper, OF — qualifying offer rejected
Sean Doolittle, P — $6 million team option picked up
Orioles
Adam Jones, OF — did not receive qualifying offer
Padres
Freddy Galvis, SS — did not receive qualifying offer
Pirates
Josh Harrison, 2B — $10.5 million team option declined, $1 million buyout
Jung Ho Kang, 3B — $5.5 million team option declined
Rangers
Adrian Beltre, 3B — did not receive qualifying offer
Red Sox
Craig Kimbrel, RHP — qualifying offer rejected
Joe Kelly, RHP — did not receive qualifying offer
Chris Sale, P — $15 million team option picked up
Rockies
Adam Ottavino, RHP — did not receive qualifying offer
DJ LeMahieu, 2B — did not receive qualifying offer
Carlos Gonzalez, OF — did not receive qualifying offer
Royals
Jason Hammel, P — $12 million mutual option declined
Wily Peralta, P — 2019 option canceled out by new 1-year, $3.25 deal, $7 million 2020 option added
Twins
Logan Morrison, 1B — $8 million player option bought out for $1 million
Ervin Santana, P — $14 million team option declined, $1 million buyout
White Sox
Nate Jones, P — $4.65 million team option picked up
James Shields, P — $16 million team option declined, $2 million buyout
Yankees
CC Sabathia, LHP — did not receive qualifying offer
Brett Gardner, OF — $12.5 million team option declined, re-signed on 1-year, $7.5 million deal
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