The Mariners are reportedly not offering Teoscar Hernández the Qualifying Offer, instead allowing the 31-year-old slugger to hit free agency. As a refresher, the Qualifying Offer (QO) is a competitive balance measure implemented and refined in the last two CBAs where teams can extend a one-year offer worth the mean salary of MLB’s 125 highest-paid players (this year, $20.325M) to a player who: a) was on their roster the entirety of the previous season; and b) has never received a QO before. If the player does not accept the QO, and the vast majority do not, the offering team receives a compensatory draft pick when the player signs elsewhere, and the signing team forfeits a draft pick.
Mariners decline to offer Teoscar Hernández a Qualifying Offer; Hernández to hit free agency
