Rachel Luba, the agent for starting pitcher , announced Wednesday her client has declined the team's qualifying offer for 2021 and will become an unrestricted free agent.
Here's her full statement:
Rachel Luba @AgentRachelLubaWhy wait for the QO to expire to state the obvious (plus @BauerOutage believes the QO is a ridiculous process so let’s just put it to bed)— Trevor Bauer has rejected the QO but not the Reds, & he looks forward to speaking w/ them & all other interested teams thru Free Agency.
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