Kevin Gausman is once again a free agent, and the San Francisco Giants will try and make it three straight offseasons striking a deal with the right-handed pitcher.
This time will be the hardest. Two years ago, Gausman, coming off an up-and-down season in which he had been waived, signed with the Giants for one year and $3.33 million. After his stellar 2020, the Giants extended him the Qualifying Offer and he accepted, returning for the set price of $18.9 million, nearly as much as he’d made in his first eight years combined.
The Giants will surely extend the Qualifying Offer again, only this time Gausman will almost surely reject it, meaning the Giants will be awarded a compensatory draft pick should he sign elsewhere.