Qualifying offers are due by Thurs. ..$22.025 M
Posted: 04 Nov 2025 08:27 am
The MLB qualifying offer for 2026 is set at $22.025 M . (That figure is determined by the average of the top 125 player salaries ...that's a 4.6% increase over the previous year of $21.05 M )
You may remember the Cardinals passed on making a QO to Paul Goldschmidt . Even if the Cardinals had wanted to retain Goldy , they were not going to pay him at that level. He eventually signed a one-year deal with NYY for $12.5M . Thus no offer to Goldy as he would have signed that QO offer in a record 0.1 seconds ! lol
No Cardnals will receive a QO this year. Miles Mikolas is a free agent but not worthy of that salary range.
If you are wondering how many soon-to-be free agents sign the QO , since its inception in 2012 there have been 144 players offered the QO. Just 14 players have signed for the one -year deal as top players seek to get more $$$ on a long term deal with a team.
One thing to keep in mind is if the Cardinals would sign any QO player from another team who rejected the offer from their previous team , the Cardinals would possibly need to forfeit their 2nd highest draft choice. For a team rebuilding, draft picks are their 'gold' and it would be highly unlikely Bloom would lose a good draft pick.
Six of the top players most likely who will receive
a QO AND reject that offer are :
SS Bo Bichette, Blue Jays
RHP Edwin Díaz, Mets
DH Kyle Schwarber, Phillies
LHP Ranger Suárez, Phillies
OF Kyle Tucker, Cubs
LHP Framber Valdez, Astros
You may remember the Cardinals passed on making a QO to Paul Goldschmidt . Even if the Cardinals had wanted to retain Goldy , they were not going to pay him at that level. He eventually signed a one-year deal with NYY for $12.5M . Thus no offer to Goldy as he would have signed that QO offer in a record 0.1 seconds ! lol
No Cardnals will receive a QO this year. Miles Mikolas is a free agent but not worthy of that salary range.
If you are wondering how many soon-to-be free agents sign the QO , since its inception in 2012 there have been 144 players offered the QO. Just 14 players have signed for the one -year deal as top players seek to get more $$$ on a long term deal with a team.
One thing to keep in mind is if the Cardinals would sign any QO player from another team who rejected the offer from their previous team , the Cardinals would possibly need to forfeit their 2nd highest draft choice. For a team rebuilding, draft picks are their 'gold' and it would be highly unlikely Bloom would lose a good draft pick.
Six of the top players most likely who will receive
a QO AND reject that offer are :
SS Bo Bichette, Blue Jays
RHP Edwin Díaz, Mets
DH Kyle Schwarber, Phillies
LHP Ranger Suárez, Phillies
OF Kyle Tucker, Cubs
LHP Framber Valdez, Astros