In addition to what will likely be massive contracts, some of the top names on Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski’s potential free agency list this offseason could come with an extra price.
Sunday at 5 p.m. ET was the deadline for teams to issue qualifying offers to players. 14 players received these one-year/$18.4 million offers. Players who received the offer have until Nov. 17 to accept or decline it.
Since the Phillies are one of 15 teams not over the luxury tax threshold and not a revenue sharing recipient, they’ll have to cough up a second round pick and $500,000 of international signing bonus money if they want to sign one of these players, as noted by Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors.