Biggest move: at catcher, where Buster Posey has passed Yadier Molina. The results:
Catcher
Buster Posey: 1,713,839
Yadier Molina: 1,576,199
First Base
Joey Votto: 2,108,725
Lance Berkman:851,373
Second Base
Dan Uggla: 1,341,088
Brandon Phillips:885,250
Third Base
David Wright: 1,358,992
Pablo Sandoval:1,103,650
Shortstop
Troy Tulowitzki:1,200,256
Rafael Furcal: 1,183,096
Outfield
Matt Kemp: 2,589,464
Carlos Beltran: 1,782,831
Ryan Braun: 1,553,356
MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reports that, while there is no official word yet, Hyun-Jin Ryu will “most likely” accept the Dodgers’ one-year, $17.9 million qualifying offer.
Ryu posted a 1.97 ERA in to 82.1 regular-season innings, with his season shortened due to recovery from injury. He was pretty darn good in the postseason too, though his ERA was inflated somewhat thanks to Ryan Madson allowing his inherited runners to score like it was his job or something. Either way: given his durability issues over the past few seasons, it’s not at all clear that there was a massive multi-year deal in the offing for the soon-to-be-32-year-old pitcher, so accepting the qualifying offer is probably a pretty good move for him.
All players who received a qualifying offer have until 5PM today to make a decision on them. Others, besides Ryu, who got them: Yasmani Grandal, Patrick Corbin, Bryce Harper, Dallas Keuchel, Craig Kimbrel, and A.J. Pollock.
