Free agent outfielder Mark Trumbo on Monday declined the team’s $17.2-million qualifying offer, according to an industry source.
Instead, he will enter free agency for the first time in his nomadic, seven-year career.
Trumbo, who led the majors with 47 home runs, now enters a market heavy on power hitters, including outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Jose Bautista, and first baseman Edwin Encarnacion.
Trumbo had a week to decide after the Orioles extended the offer on Nov. 7, but as the deadline drew near, the team's expectation was that Trumbo would decline.