Six players from this year’s free agent class were tendered qualifying offers by their teams prior to today’s deadline for making a qualifying offer: George Springer of the Houston Astros, Trevor Bauer of the Cincinnati Reds, J.T. Realmuto of the Philadelphia Phillies, Marcus Stroman of the New York Mets, D.J. LeMahieu of the New York Yankees, and Kevin Gausman of the San Francisco Giants.
Springer, Bauer and Realmuto are generally seen as the top three players in this class, and were seen as automatics to get the QO and to turn it down.