Today was the deadline for free agents who had been tendered Qualifying Offers by their teams to accept the QO, and 12 of the 13 players who were QO’d have declined. Only Nick Martinez of the Cincinnati Reds accepted. Here is the list of players who rejected the Qualifying Offer:Willy AdamesPete AlonsoAlex BregmanCorbin BurnesMax FriedTeoscar HernandezSean ManaeaNick PivettaAnthony SantanderLuis SeverinoJuan SotoChristian WalkerThe news that Martinez would accept came out Sunday, and it seemed like an obvious decision for Martinez, who now gets $21.

05 million guaranteed for 2025 rather than find a suitor who was willing to both sign him to a contract that was better than 1/$21. 05M and part with a draft pick for the privilege. Of the others, Nick Pivetta seemed like the most likely candidate to accept the QO, given he’s been a 2-2.

5 win pitcher for the last four seasons, with a nice K rate but a scary HR rate. This post was originally published on this site be sure to check out more of their content.