Texas Rangers rumors: Andrew Cashner is a free agent after this season, and the qualifying offer for MLB free agents is $17.4 million. While that may seem like more than most fans would want to spend on a one year deal for Cashner, T.R. Sullivan says to expect the Rangers to extend a qualifying offer to Cashner, and for Cashner to reject it, becoming a free agent.
If Cashner does reject a qualifying offer, the Rangers would receive a compensatory pick at the end of the second round of the 2018 draft.