Whether the Blue Jays have engaged with Michael Conforto is unclear, but sources say they have expressed interest in pitchers and position players who received qualifying offers. bnicholsonsmith and ShiDavidi with the latest from the GM Meetings:
and the common thread between them is that they’re all represented by powerful agent Scott Boras.
Conforto, an outfielder who makes a lot of sense for the Blue Jays, seemed like a candidate to accept the QO from the New York Mets as a one-year pillow deal. But rejecting it allows him to explore longer-term deals with other clubs, knowing he’ll surely be able to replicate the QO late in the off-season should a better market not develop.
For any player thinking of accepting the qualifying offer, this week is critical for information gathering, creating some urgency in an off-season that’s otherwise expected to develop slowly. While most free agent talks can wait, teams must express interest to qualified free agents now or risk that they accept, returning to their former teams.
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