The Toronto Blue Jays got some of the most expected news of the offseason on Tuesday.

Bo Bichette officially declined the team's qualifying offer and is out there for the taking in free agency right now. This was the obvious next step after Toronto tendered him the qualifying offer in the first place. There was never going to be a world in which the 27-year-old star infielder accepted a one-year deal worth just over $22 million.

Bichette was one of nine players to officially decline the option. Four players accepted it: Milwaukee Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff, Chicago Cubs starter Shota Imanaga, Detroit Tigers infielder Gleyber Torres and New York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham.

Now that Bichette has declined the qualifying offer, what's next? Well, it doesn't change anything abo

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