Every MLB team has until 5 p.m. ET on Friday to present any of their impending free agents (those that have been with the club for the entire 2015 season) with the one-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer. The Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals have already gotten to work on that front.
Those players will have seven days to accept the offer. The QO ties that player to draft pick compensation, meaning if the deal is turned down and the player signs elsewhere, the team that signed him must surrender their first-round draft pick to the team that lost the player.
No player has ever accepted the qualifying offer because many are seeking long-term contracts instead in their first year of free agency. Some notable names who cannot be presented with the QO include David Price, Johnny Cueto, Scott Kazmir, Mike Leake, Yoenis Cespedes and Ben Zobrist because they were all traded before this year's deadline and spent the 2015 season with two teams.
Check out those who have already received the QO.
Arizona Diamondbacks
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Atlanta Braves
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Baltimore Orioles
Wei-Yin Chen, SP
Chris Davis, 1B
Matt Wieters, C
Boston Red Sox
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Chicago Cubs
Dexter Fowler, OF
Chicago White Sox
Jeff Samardzija, SP
Cincinnati Reds
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Cleveland Indians
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Colorado Rockies
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Detroit Tigers
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Houston Astros
Colby Rasmus, OF
Kansas City Royals
Alex Gordon, OF
Los Angeles Angels
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Brett Anderson, SP
Zack Greinke, SP
Howie Kendrick, 2B
Miami Marlins
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Milwaukee Brewers
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Minnesota Twins
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New York Mets
Daniel Murphy, 2B
New York Yankees
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Oakland Athletics
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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San Diego Padres
Ian Kennedy, SP
Justin Upton, OF
San Francisco Giants
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Seattle Mariners
Hisashi Iwakuma, SP
St. Louis Cardinals
Jason Heyward, OF
John Lackey, SP
Tampa Bay Rays
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Texas Rangers
Yovani Gallardo, SP
Toronto Blue Jays
Marco Estrada, SP
Washington Nationals
Ian Desmond, SS
Jordan Zimmermann, SP
