Fansided · Nov 3
Pirates qualifying offer history gives Brandon Lowe two very different paths
The Pittsburgh Pirates have officially extended a qualifying offer to Brandon Lowe, marking just the third time in franchise history that they've taken advantage of the mechanism since its introduction in 2012.
The first two times? Well, they couldn't have ended much differently.
The Pirates' only previous qualifying offers went to Russell Martin and Francisco Liriano in November 2014. Both rejected the one-year, $15.3 million offers, but one eventually returned to Pittsburgh on a lucrative multiyear contract while the other departed for greener pastures.