2026 Trade Deadline impact on qualifying offer free agents
By: Thomas Harrigan | Published: 2026-08-08 04:09:26 | Source: www.mlb.com
Free agency usually isn’t at the front of mind right after the Trade Deadline passes, but some of the deals we just saw — and some we didn’t — could have ripple effects that carry into the offseason.
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Among the most obvious: the qualifying offer, a one-year contract — set at the average salary of MLB’s top 125 highest-paid players (worth $22.025 million last offseason) — that a team can…
