We’re mere hours from free agency beginning in earnest — at 6 PM EDT on June 30 can teams talk to free agents not on their own team — but a lot transpired the previous day with regards to Atlanta’s roster.
Today was the deadline for all projected restricted free agents to be extended a qualifying offer, including players concluding their rookie contracts and players eligible for two-way contracts coming off a two-way contract. In addition, most team and player options have today as a cutoff date for their respective decisions. And Atlanta has a lot of players from the 2023-24 season who fall into these buckets.