"This offseason's qualifying offer will be worth approximately $22MM, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The exact figure won't be known for another five or six weeks, though Sherman writes that the final total will probably be a little under $22MM, according to sources within both the league and the players' union. This would track with Sherman's early estimates about the QO in each of the last two seasons - he reported a $20.5MM approximate for 2023-24 that ended up being $20.325MM,"
"The value of the QO is determined by calculating the mean salary of the league's 125 highest-paid players. This has usually meant an increase in the year-to-year value of the qualifying offer, as detailed in this breakdown... 2012-13: $13.3MM 2013-14: $14.4MM 2014-15: $15.3MM 2015-16: $15.8MM 2016-17: $17.2MM 2017-18: $17.4MM 2018-19: $17.9MM 2019-20: $17.8MM 2020-21: $18.9MM"
"As a reminder, the qualifying offer is a one-year deal that teams can issue to any of their own free agents. A player is eligible to receive a QO if he has spent the entire 2025 season on his current team's roster, and he hasn't received a QO in the past. Once the World Series is over, teams have a five-day window to decide whether or not to issue a QO to any of their eligible free agents. A player who receives a qualifying offer then has 10 days to decide on accepting or rejecting the offer."
The qualifying offer for the upcoming offseason is projected at about $22 million, with the precise number to be finalized in five to six weeks and expected to be slightly under $22 million. The QO value is calculated as the mean salary of the league's top 125 highest-paid players and has generally risen year to year. Teams can issue a one-year QO to their own eligible free agents during a five-day window after the World Series, and players then have 10 days to accept or reject. Historically, only a small fraction of issued QOs have been accepted.
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