The Baltimore Orioles had three free agents eligible for a qualifying offer: Pedro Alvarez, Matt Wieters and Mark Trumbo. After much deliberation, the Orioles eventually extended a qualifying offer to Mark Trumbo. However, the move confirms the Orioles are not going to offer a qualifying offer to Wieters.
Trumbo is likely to decline the qualifying offer and will have a draft pick compensation attached should he sign with a different team.
The Orioles didn’t offer a qualifying offer to Wieters due to their wariness he would accept the offer again. The Orioles extended a qualifying offer to Wieters last offseason and Wieters took the $15 Million one-year contract.