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MLB qualifying offer: Predicting who will get a QO this offseason, plus how the $23.15 million contract works

It's unclear how -- or if -- the new CBA will change the QO system, which could leave teams more hesitant to make an offer this winter…

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MLB qualifying offer: Predicting who will get a QO this offseason, plus how the $23.15 million contract works
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Predicting: What Happened

CBS Sports reported on Friday, October 30, 2026 in a story involving Predicting, CBA. Here is how the report opens:

It's unclear how -- or if -- the new CBA will change the QO system, which could leave teams more hesitant to make an offer this winter…

— CBS Sports
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It is one of many Baseball stories we are following today. Below are the key takeaways, how the story is being reported across the sport, background on Major League Baseball and what to watch next.

Key Takeaways

  • The story: MLB qualifying offer: Predicting who will get a QO this offseason, plus how the $23.15 million contract works
  • Who’s involved: Predicting and CBA
  • League: Baseball
  • First reported: Friday, October 30, 2026 by CBS Sports

Background: Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league in North America composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is the oldest major professional sports league in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day held during the last week of March or the first week of April. Six teams in each league then advance to a four-round postseason tournament in October, culminating in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions first played in 1903.

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What happened with Predicting?

It's unclear how -- or if -- the new CBA will change the QO system, which could leave teams more hesitant to make an offer this winter… CBS Sports reported the story on Friday, October 30, 2026.

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