Last year’s QO was approximately 2.9 billion yen…this year’s amount will be the highest in league history.
US transfer information site MLB Trade Rumors reported on the 20th (21st Japan time) that this year’s qualifying offer (QO) amount is expected to be around $20.5 million (approximately 3,004,250,000 yen). . The actual amount will not be known until after the regular season, but New York Post reporter Joel Sherman reported.
This amount is calculated from the average amount of the top 125 annual salary players in the major leagues. As total spending increases each year, this number has also increased, and this year marks the highest QO in league history. Last year, it was $19.65 million (approximately 2.9 billion yen).
“A player offered a QO can either accept the high one-year offer or decline it in order to pursue a free agent contract,” the site explained. Last off-season, 14 players received QO, and 12 of them refused. But of the 12 who refused, Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo and Brandon Nimmo ended up signing with their original teams. However, all of them had multi-year contracts rather than one-year contracts.
In this off-season, it seems almost certain that Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, Matt Chapman, Aaron Nola, Sonny Gray, Josh Hader, and others will decline the QO this winter. “There is,” the same site said. The movements of pitcher Shohei Ohtani, who signed a one-year contract with the Angels with an annual salary of $30 million (approximately 4.4 billion yen) this season, are attracting attention.
(Full-Count Editorial Department)
2023-09-21 02:39:17
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