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Yankees outfielder faces 15-day call on $22M offer

The New York Yankees are rolling the dice on Trent Grisham before free agency.

The New York Yankees made a surprising offer to Trent Grisham. After a breakout season that fizzled in the playoffs, the Yankees tendered a $22.025 million qualifying offe r to the outfielder.

That started a 15-day window for Grisham to accept or test free agency with draft-pick compensation attached.

Grisham earned $5 million with New York in 2025 after avoiding arbitration, so an acceptance would be a steep one-year raise and would hit the Yankees’ luxury-tax ledger at the full QO amount. The 2026 Competitive Balance Tax thresholds are set at $244M, with surcharges at $264M, $284M and $304M—so a $22.025 tab added to the payr

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