It's now official. Nick Martinez was the lone recipient to accept a qualifying offer this offseason cycle, becoming just the 14th to do so since the system was implemented back in 2012. That leaves Juan Soto, Willy Adames, Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman, Corbin Burnes, Max Fried, Teoscar Hernandez, Christian Walker, Sean Manaea, Anthony Santander, Luis Severino and Pivetta officially heading to free agency. Their respective teams will receive draft pick compensation if they wind up signing elsewhere. No real surprises here besides Pivetta, who ESPN's Jeff Passan indicated last week has at least a "three-year deal" waiting for him on the open market.
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SNY MLB Insider Andy Martino answers Yankees questions from readers.
Here are your hot stove rumors for Monday, Nov. 11