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The rules in last year's CBA agreement* have tampered down the importance of this mechanism in the free agency process, but yesterday was the deadline for QOs.
$17.4 million is the number for this year and a total of nine players received one from their 2017 teams.
Jake Arrieta - Cubs
Lorenzo Cain - Royals
Alex Cobb - Rays
Wade Davis - Cubs
Greg Holland - Rockies
Eric Hosmer - Royals
Lance Lynn - Cardinals
Mike Moustakas - Royals
Carlos Santana - Indians
Among the more significant players who did not receive offers were Zack Cozart (Reds), Andrew Cashner (Rangers), Logan Morrison (Rays)
The nine offers ties a low mark in the brief history of the QO (with 2012, the first year the QO was in effect) and is less than half of the 20 QOs that were offered in 2015. Whether that's due to just the
circumstances as to which players were eligible this year or is the result of a more cautious approach from clubs caused by players actually accepting offers more readily in recent years is unclear.
* Draft Pick Compensation
The system of draft pick compensation will change drastically. Under the previous agreement, teams signing players who had rejected qualifying offers from their previous team would forfeit their
highest unprotected pick.
Now, a team signing a QO free agent will be subject to the following rules:
• A non-market disqualified Revenue Sharing Payee team (i.e. a team that receives revenue sharing money) will forfeit its third highest remaining selection.
• A Competitive Balance Tax paying team (i.e. a team whose payroll exceeds the luxury tax threshold) will forfeit its second-highest and fifth-highest remaining picks—in addition to having its
international signing bonus pool reduced by $1 million in the next full signing period.
• All other teams will forfeit their second-highest remaining pick and will have their international bonus pool reduced by $500,000.
Teams that lose free agents who rejected qualifying offers are subject to the following rules:
• A non-market disqualified Revenue Sharing Payee team will receive a pick immediately following the first round if the player signs a contract with a total guarantee of $50 million or more.
• A Competitive Balance Tax paying team will receive a pick immediately following the fourth round.
• All other teams will receive a pick immediately after the Competitive Balance Round B.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/ne ... ges-draft/ (Dec 2016)
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