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Before the Chicago Cubs can really know what they’re going to do with Seiya Suzuki this offseason, they had an initial decision to make.
It had to do with the qualifying offer, that intriguing piece of MLB’s salary code that allows certain players to be offered a certain dollar amount for the season ahead — and if they decline, sets the offering team up for draft pick compensation when the player signs elsewhere.
Classically, players don’t accept the qualifying offer, but last season, four players did.
This season, MLB announced
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