The Braves will tender the $18.4 million qualifying offer to pending free agent first baseman Freddie Freeman, GM Alex Anthopoulos told media members Sunday:
#Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos on Freddie Freeman, whom he said will get a qualifying offer today as a procedural move: "We love him. He's great. We want him to stay. He wants to stay...Our goal is to sign him and keep him a Brave. That's probably all I can say at this point."
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) November 7, 2021
The qualifying offer gives Freeman an opportunity to stay in Atlanta on a one-year, $18.