Martin Perez’s agent says Perez has accepted the qualifying offer tendered to him by the Texas Rangers, per a tweet from Efrain Zavarce.
As we discussed yesterday, reports indicated that Perez was likely to accept the qualifying offer. Without the qualifying offer, Perez would potentially be looking at a 3-4 year deal at $15M per year or more. But with draft pick compensation attached, and a number of similar pitchers at similar price points on the market, Perez was going to have a difficult time getting that sort of contract, and thus takes the bird in the hand.