We’re now less than half an hour away from the deadline for decisions on the qualifying offers, and it looks like Francisco Liriano has decided to reject his offer from the Pirates, according to Robert Murray of MLBDailyRumors.com.
Francisco Liriano will reject the $15.3 million qualifying offer from the #Pirates, per league source.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) November 10, 2014
The #Pirates have not been informed on Liriano's decision, but he will reject the qualifying offer, I'm told.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) November 10, 2014
Jon Morosi also adds that none of the 12 players who were issued a qualifying offer will accept.
Barring a last-minute reversal, none of the 12 players offered a QO are going to accept it.
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) November 10, 2014
It looks like the Pirates will be lined up for two comp picks after the first round of the 2015 draft, assuming they don’t bring back either one of Russell Martin or Francisco Liriano.
UPDATE 4:44 PM: Russell Martin has officially rejected his qualifying offer.
As expected, a member of Russell Martin's management team just told me thru DM that they have rejected the Pirates qualifying offer..
— mike vukovcan (@mvukovcan) November 10, 2014
UPDATE 4:57 PM: Ken Rosenthal says that Liriano has declined the offer.
Source: Liriano declines #Pirates’ qualifying offer.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 10, 2014