Tuesday, November 18 is a big day in the MLB offseason. It is the qualifying offer deadline, and players will be able to accept or reject their offers until 1 p.m. PST. Two specific players will be on Padres fans' radars on this day, as we expect starting pitchers Michael King and Dylan Cease to decline their one-year, $22.025 million offers.
It's pretty easy to project that these two right-handers will seek a contract in the $100-plus million range this offseason, which puts San Diego in a rough spot. Either AJ Preller signs one of them, or neither.