"Deadline for qualifying offer decisions: Today's the deadline for players who were extended the qualifying offer to make their decisions on whether to accept the QO or head into free agency encumbered by draft pick compensation. The majority of the 13 players who received a QO will reject it without much thought, but there are a handful of edge cases who could at least consider accepting the one-year, $22.05MM deal rather than testing the open market."
"Rule 5 protection deadline: Today isn't just the deadline for QO decisions. While the QO decisions get much of the attention, today's deadline on protecting prospects from the Rule 5 draft by adding them to the 40-man roster figures to impact every club in the league. Teams with cluttered 40-man rosters will be looking to either trade Rule 5 eligible prospects they can't fit on the roster or discard players already on the 40-man to make room for those prospects."
Today marks the deadline for players extended qualifying offers to accept a one-year, $22.05MM deal or decline and enter free agency with draft pick compensation. Thirteen players received QOs and most are expected to reject, though Gleyber Torres, Shota Imanaga, and Trent Grisham are among those who might consider accepting. The Rule 5 protection deadline also falls today, requiring teams to add eligible prospects to their 40-man rosters or risk losing them in January's Rule 5 draft. Clubs with full 40-man rosters will trade or remove players to create space while teams with room will seek to add squeezed prospects. The Mariners finalized a five-year deal with Josh Naylor and will hold a press conference to introduce him.
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