The New York Yankees chose not to extend a qualifying offer to shortstop Didi Gregorius. This means that if the Cincinnati Reds choose to pursue Gregorius in free agency, there’s no draft compensation should the team’s former farmhand agree to come back to the Queen City.
A qualifying offer was extended to several free agents yesterday. Most notable among those that received the offer were Gerritt Cole of the Houston Astros, Anthony Rendon of the Washington Nationals and Madison Bumgarner of the San Francisco Giants. Gregorius was among the surprise candidates not to receive such an offer.