Last night Houston Astros outfielder Colby Rasmus became the first player in MLB history to accept the one-year qualifying offer. The QO has existed for just over three years now and the one-year offer is worth the average of the top 125 contracts in baseball (it's $15.8 million this year).
Another MLB record was set when 20 players received the QO this offseason, leading many to believe someone would finally accept it. There's still a possibility a few others decide to roll with the one-year, $15.8 million contract for the 2016 season.
Here's the full list of those presented with the qualifying offer and updates on if they accepted it or not. The deadline to accept the deal is Friday at 5 p.m. ET. (While players such as Zack Greinke and Chris Davis will undoubtedly decline, we will wait for official confirmation before penciling it in.)
Brett Anderson, SP, LAD: Accepted
Wei-Yin Chen, SP, BAL: Rejected
Chris Davis, 1B, BAL: Rejected
Ian Desmond, SS, WSH: Rejected
Marco Estrada, SP, TOR: Rejected, signed two-year deal
Dexter Fowler, OF, CHC: Rejected
Yovani Gallardo, SP, TEX: Rejected
Alex Gordon, OF, KC: Rejected
Zack Greinke, SP, LAD: Rejected
Jason Heyward, OF, STL: Rejected
Hisashi Iwakuma, SP, SEA: Rejected
Howie Kendrick, 2B, LAD: Rejected
Ian Kennedy, SP, SDP: Rejected
John Lackey, SP, STL: Rejected
Daniel Murphy, 2B/3B, NYM: Rejected
Colby Rasmus, OF, HOU: Accepted
Jeff Samardzija, SP, CWS: Rejected
Justin Upton, OF, SDP: Rejected
Matt Wieters, C, BAL: Accepted
Jordan Zimmermann, SP, WSH: Rejected
