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Based on the average of the top 125 player salaries, this year’s qualifying offer figure has been determined. Sitting at $19.65 million for any player who is offered it, the QO almost didn’t happen this year.
Part of the lockout negotiations tied the removal of the qualifying offer to the implementation of an international draft. In July MLBPA and MLB couldn’t agree on the draft by the deadline set in the CBA, so things fell back to the norm of the qualifying offer.
The nearly- 20 mil offered in 2022 will be the highest qualifying offer yet, rebounding after the 2021 figure fell to $18.