Twelve other free agents turned down their teams’ qualifying offers on Tuesday, but Texas Rangers left-hander Martn Perez and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson both accepted one-year deals worth $19.65 million.
Aaron Judge, Brandon Nimmo, Willson Contreras, Trea Turner, Xander Bogaerts, right-hander Jacob deGrom, left-hander Carlos Rodón, shortstop Dansby Swanson, outfielder Aaron Judge, right-hander Chris Bassitt, and right-hander Nathan Eovaldi are among the players that declined the offer.
Before the deadline of 4 p.m. ET to accept his qualifying offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers, left-hander Tyler Anderson agreed to a three-year, $39 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels, sources told ESPN. First baseman Anthony Rizzo, the last person to get a qualifying offer, was re-signed by the New York Yankees to a two-year, $40 million contract with a third-year option that would raise the overall value to $51 million, according to sources.
Aaron Judge, Brandon Nimmo, Willson Contreras, Trea Turner, Xander Bogaerts, right-hander Jacob deGrom, left-hander Carlos Rodón, shortstop Dansby Swanson, outfielder Aaron Judge, right-hander Chris Bassitt, and right-hander Nathan Eovaldi are among the players that declined the offer.
Before the deadline of 4 p.m. ET to accept his qualifying offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers, left-hander Tyler Anderson agreed to a three-year, $39 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels, sources told ESPN. First baseman Anthony Rizzo, the last person to get a qualifying offer, was re-signed by the New York Yankees to a two-year, $40 million contract with a third-year option that would raise the overall value to $51 million, according to sources.
For the Giants, Pederson, 30, put up some of his finest offensive statistics ever.
Perez, 31, received a windfall worth much more than his previous record-high $6 million. Perez made his MLB debut with the Rangers at age 21 and later moved on to Minnesota and Boston before making a comeback to Texas last season. Nearly all of his full-season statistics, including his ERA (2.89), innings pitched (196.1), strikeouts (169), and home run rate, were career highs (0.5 per nine innings).
Players who decline qualifying offers must pay draft-pick compensation, which may hurt their market value. Even though the penalties—which for the highest-spending teams include second- and fifth-round picks, as well as $1 million in international bonus money, and for low-revenue teams means forfeiting a third-round pick—rarely deter teams from signing top free agents, their presence could have an impact on the market for a player like Nathan Eovaldi.
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