Trevor Boyer rejects eligibility offer

In an action that does not surprise anyone, Trevor Boyer Agent Rachel Luba, who rejects the Reds’ eligibility offer Announced on Twitter. There is no doubt that Bauer, Sai Young’s finalist in the National League, will turn down a one-year, 9 18.9MM qualifying offer. By rejecting it, he will now be tied to draft exam compensation this winter, although it is unlikely to stand in the way of getting him a more lucrative contract.

The 30-year-old Boyer led the national league in ERA (1.73) and WHIP (0.79) in January, and he accelerated the entire Major League Baseball with two shutouts and gave up 5.1 wins in nine innings. The former No. 3 overall draft pick, every bit who believed he would be Cincinnati when he gets him before the 2019 trade deadline, mostly put his two-month-old footage in the rearview mirror with the 2019 Reds.

This is the second Sai Young-caliber season for Bower in three years as he returned with the 2018 Indians in 175 1/3 innings of the 2.21 ERA ball. Over the past three seasons, Boer has scored 461 1/3 innings with 3.18 ERA and 3.38 FIP with 11.2 strikeouts, 3.0 walks and 1.01 home runs in nine innings.

Since Bauer rejected the qualification offer, any club that signs him will now win next year’s draft. A group that pays the luxury tax (e.g. the Yankees) will sign off on Boer for its second and fifth highest picks. They will also see the league-allocated international bonus pool reduced by $ 1MM. Clubs that receive revenue sharing in a typical season and do not exceed the tax limit are only “required” to sign their third-highest selection to sign up with a qualified free agent. Clubs that do not receive revenue sharing and stay under the luxury ban are penalized if they lose their second-highest selection and see the International Pool K 500K reduced.

As for the Reds, they will be a very keen observer of Boer’s deal. The right-winger made it clear that he did not plan to sign a multi-year contract for several years, instead receiving his earnings in a series of one-year contracts. The abbreviated nature of the word would, in theory, allow Bauer to have the potential to earn more when he was healthy and played well; Teams are willing to pay a higher annual rate to avoid long-term risk. Recently, however, both Burr and Luba have indicated that they will consider long-term contracts at the free company.

This is very important for the Reds because they will have a compensatory choice after the first round of next year’s draft, and Bauer will have to sign elsewhere – but only if his total guarantee is more than M 50MM. If Bauer goes on a one-year track, he will certainly be ashamed of that threshold, meaning the Reds only have the right to choose between a competitive balance B and a 3rd round of draft. Basically, this is the difference of about 45 seats in the draft row, as well as the significant amount of slot value associated with the higher of the two choices.