The 2015-16 free agent season’s qualifying offer value has been set at
$15.8MM, according to a tweet from Eric Fisher of the Sports Business
Journal. That represents an increase, of course, but the rise isn’t nearly
as great as it has been in the past.
The QO system used a $13.3MM number in its first year, which increased to
$14.1MM and then to $15.3MM last fall. The qualifying offer value is
determined by averaging the 125 contracts leaguewide that have the highest
average annual values.
Here’s a quick refresher on how the qualifying offer system works: Teams can
offer their departing free agents a one-year deal, at the established price
tag, within five days of the conclusion of the World Series. Over the next
seven days, players who receive the offer are allowed to talk with other
teams and decide whether to take the single-season pact. If they reject it,
then draft implications attach: their former team stands to gain a
compensation pick in the following year’s draft, while a new signing team
must give up their highest non-protected draft choice.
There are plenty of other elements of the system, of course, and you can
check out this old-but-good overview for more. For an understanding of why
the qualifying offer matters so much, read this great explanation of why “
avoiding the qualifying offer” is so important for a free agent’s value.
Players traded in mid-season are not eligible to receive a qualifying offer.
So, for example, the Royals can make a qualifying offer to Alex Gordon but
cannot extend one to Johnny Cueto or Ben Zobrist.
And remember: we still have yet to see a player accept a qualifying offer.
While several QO-declining players have seemingly experienced market impacts
after being saddled with draft compensation, the opportunity to test the open
market in search of a multi-year pact has thus far proved compelling.
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今年的QO是15.8M 原本预估约16M
QO实施后还没有选手接受过
历年QO 2012 13.3M
2013 14.1M
2014 15.3M