The Detroit Tigers option and qualifying offer decisions were due on Thursday, and there were a few interesting notes along the way. The most consequential was, as Jeff Passan of ESPN reports, the extension of a qualifying offer worth $22 million in 2026 to second baseman Gleyber Torres.

The former Yankees infielder didn’t get a qualifying offer from them last offseason, so the Tigers were able to use it here. The reasoning by the Yankees was presumably that Torres would accept the qualfiying offer. As it turned out, he got less than the QO from the Tigers on a one-year pillow contract, so it stands to reason that he would’ve accepted it had the Yankees offered.

The question now is whether he’ll accept or decline the Tigers offer. He has until November 18 to decide.

Torres hit .256/.358

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