It’s a relatively big day today, as Texas must decide by the end of the afternoon whether to tender Yovani Gallardo a one-year qualifying offer of $15.8 million, and whether to bid blindly on the right to negotiate with Korean first baseman Byung-ho Park, who was posted by his Nexen Heroes team on Monday.
If the Rangers tender the offer to Gallardo, he’ll have until a week from today to accept it or turn it down. If he declines the offer, he can still negotiate with Texas — but if he signs somewhere else, the Rangers recoup a supplemental first-round pick as compensation.