At one point not too long ago, this winter seemed like the time Matt Wieters might cash in on a $100 million payday. Instead, in a surprising move, Wieters is reportedly staying with the Baltimore Orioles for another season, taking a $15.8 million qualifying offer and seeing what free agency will hold for him in a year's time. [ Related: Colby Rasmus will be first player ever to accept a qualifying offer ] With the 5 p.m. ET deadline for MLB players to accept qualifying offers now past, Wieters chose to be among the few players who took the deal. Twenty players were tagged with qualifying offers. Three accepted. The news about Wieters was first reported by CBS Sports' Jon Heyman : wieters had multiyear chances but likes baltimore, gets nice raise to $15.8M, is just 29 & can reset w/ healthy year in '16 — Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) November 13, 2015 Colby Rasmus accepted the Houston Astros' qualifying offer — reportedly on Thursday and officially on Friday — making him the first player in history to accept a qualifying offer and, thus, making Wieters the second. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brett Anderson would later become the third. MLB's qualifying offers work...
Matt Wieters accepts $15.8M qualifying offer to stay with Orioles
Published November 13, 2015 at 2:35 PM
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