Since Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association didn’t reach an agreement on the implementation of an international draft, it looks like the qualifying-offer system will remain place for at least the 2022-23 offseason. The QO will impact some but not all big names in this winter’s free agent market, as the qualifying offer can only be issued to certain players.
To be eligible for a QO, a player must have spent the entire 2022 season with his current organization, and cannot have received a qualifying offer in any past trips to free agency. (Whether or not a player accepted a past qualifying offer doesn’t matter.) With the latter proviso in mind, here is the full list of active players who have been issued qualifying offers…
Jose Abreu
Brett Anderson
Trevor Bauer
Brandon Belt
Madison Bumgarner
Lorenzo Cain
Robinson Cano
Nick Castellanos
Alex Cobb
Gerrit Cole
Michael Conforto
Patrick Corbin
Carlos Correa
Nelson Cruz
Josh Donaldson
Freddie Freeman
Dexter Fowler
Kevin Gausman
Yasmani Grandal
Zack Greinke
Bryce Harper
Jason Heyward
Greg Holland
Eric Hosmer
Raisel Iglesias
Kenley Jansen
Ian Kennedy
Dallas Keuchel
Craig Kimbrel
DJ LeMahieu
Lance Lynn
Mike Moustakas
Jake Odorizzi
Marcell Ozuna
AJ Pollock
Robbie Ray
J.T. Realmuto
Anthony Rendon
David Robertson
Eduardo Rodriguez
Hyun Jin Ryu
Pablo Sandoval
Carlos Santana
Ervin Santana
Max Scherzer
Corey Seager
Marcus Semien
Will Smith (pitcher)
George Springer
Trevor Story
Stephen Strasburg
Marcus Stroman
Noah Syndergaard
Chris Taylor
Justin Turner
Justin Upton
Justin Verlander
Zack Wheeler
Updated from an August 2021 post from MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes