Tuesday brought us the most activity we’ve seen so far this offseason, even if most of it was merely procedural in nature. Beyond the immediate implications of the qualifying offer decisions and 40-man additions to protect prospects from the Rule 5 Draft, however, are ripples across the market as players officially became (un)available and had their values altered. While the top QO players were never in question, several others were in limbo to some extent.
The most important of those for our specific purposes was Shu014dta Imanaga, who many believed would decline the QO and head elsewhere.