UPDATE: Um, well this is embarrassing. I wrote this post based on a Ken Rosenthal tweet that I swear said Ian Kennedy was accepting the qualifying offer. It’s not there now so either I just totally misread it or else the tweet was deleted, but now it’s clear: Ian Kennedy is rejecting the Padres’ qualifying offer.
Kennedy is coming off of a rough season in which he finished with a 4.28 ERA across 30 starts. He earned $9.85 million for the 2015 season, avoiding arbitration in his final year of eligibility. A contract for $15.8 million would be a nice bump, but apparently he and his agent decided to test the market.
Apologies for the bad post. Happens sometimes when you fire before you aim.