On Monday, the New York Yankees made the decision to forgo offering shortstop Didi Gregorius a $17.8 million qualifying offer for the 2020 season.
By doing so, Gregorius will now officially become available on the open market to sign with any interested team. This also very likely means that Gregorius’s time with the Yankees is seemingly over.
While the decision to let Gregorius walk was likely a tough choice for general manager Brian Cashman to make, the Yankees just couldn’t take the risk of him actually accepting the qualifying offer.