The Red Sox have a handful of meaningful free agents who are currently on the open market, but only one of them received the qualifying offer. That would be Craig Kimbrel, who had a chance to sign on for a one-year, $17.9 million deal. He is one of seven players around the league who received this offer, which if rejected allows for the team from whom he is departing to receive compensation. Kimbrel, unsurprisingly, rejected this deal in hopes of finding more guaranteed money (though likely not on an annual basis) on the open market.
Craig Kimbrel rejects qualifying offer
