ST. LOUIS -- President of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Tuesday that the Cardinals are still weighing whether to offer Lance Lynn a qualifying offer at the conclusion of the World Series.
The value of the one-year qualifying offer this offseason is set around $18.1 million, and it is binding if a player accepts. That will factor into the Cardinals' calculations. Should the Cardinals make the offer and have it rejected by Lynn, they would receive a compensatory pick in the 2018 MLB Draft after the Competitive Balance Round B.
The qualifying offer process was altered in the last Collective Bargaining Agreement, leaving clubs like the Cardinals who receive no revenue sharing getting a lower compensatory pick than they once did when a qualifying offer was rejected.