Major League Baseball\'s qualifying offer will be the highest ever at $21.05 million this offseason, according to sources.
The qualifying offer is a one-year contract that teams can offer qualified free agents. If the player turns it down and signs with another club, the original team receives various forms of draft pick compensation.
Players can be offered the qualifying offer once in their career and need to have played the previous season with one team to qualify.
The qualifying offer is calculated as the average of the top 125 salaries in the league.