Gleyber Torres was one of a record-breaking four players to accept the qualifying offer on the Nov. 18 deadline. He'll return to the Tigers for one more guaranteed year and $22.025 million.
None of the players who got the offer were locks to accept, but Torres and Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham were specifically interesting cases. If they'd gone into free agency, they probably would've gotten three- or four-year offers around $15-17 million per year — so, the security of a multi-year deal, but far less money on an AAV basis than the QO.
Grisham, like Torres, ended up accepting, which has made a bit of a mess for the Yankees, who were definitely betting him going into free agency and getting a compensatory draft pick.