Why Red Sox can't give Justin Turner qualifying offer, get draft pick back for him

With the World Series now over, Monday marks one of the first important deadlines of the MLB offseason as teams must decide whether or not to issue qualifying offers to their own free agents. As a reminder, the qualifying offer is a one-year deal at a set salary, which is $20.35 million this winter. It gives teams a chance to bring back their own free agents early in the winter while guaranteeing them draft pick compensation if the player declines and signs elsewhere in free agency. While top free agents like Shohei Ohtani, Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger, J.D. Martinez, Blake Snell, Josh Hader and Aaron Nola are among the candidates to receive qualifying offers, the top Red Sox free agent, Justin Turner, isn't.

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