The Dodgers had three left-handed beginning pitchers hit free company this week, and a minimum of two of them are guys they’d like to have again. Clayton Kershaw is spending his second straight offseason deciding between Los Angeles, the Rangers, and retirement, whereas his former nemesis turned bestie Tyler Anderson is hitting the market coming off the most effective season of his profession.
As Jon Heyman reported on Wednesday, the Dodgers are taking step one in direction of maintaining Anderson.
In case you’re a part of the not-so-exclusive crowd of individuals blocked on Twitter by Heyman, the tweet says, “Phrase is, good likelihood the Dodgers lengthen the $19.65M qualifying supply to All-Star pitcher Tyler Anderson.”
There are three potential outcomes from a qualifying supply. Possibility one might be the least widespread, though it’s not completely inconceivable in Anderson’s case: He may settle for the supply. That might deliver him again to the Dodgers subsequent season on a one-year, $19.65 million contract. That’s really just a little greater than he’s made in his whole profession mixed thus far, and it’s seemingly greater than he’ll get in common annual worth on the open market, so it may occur.
Possibility two is that he may decline the supply and signal elsewhere, presumably for a decrease AAV however a two- or three-year deal. If that occurred, the Dodgers would obtain a compensation draft choose after the fourth spherical of the 2023 draft and the group that indicators him would obtain draft penalties that depend upon which group it’s.
The third possibility is that he may decline the QO however nonetheless ultimately re-sign with Los Angeles, in all probability on a two- or three-year deal just like possibility two. On this case, there aren’t any draft advantages or penalties and the one lasting impact of the QO is that Anderson wouldn’t be eligible to obtain one other one sooner or later, as gamers can solely obtain a qualifying supply as soon as of their careers.
Two of the three choices have Anderson coming again to L.A., so let’s hope that math holds up and he and Kershaw are again collectively in blue subsequent yr.
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