2014 MLB Free Agents

Hot Stove season begins in earnest

Qualifying offer period has passed; players can sign with other teams at midnight

By Doug Miller / MLB.com | 11/4/2013 5:35 P.M. ET

Teams have had five days to make one-year, $14.1 million qualifying offers to their free agents, and that time period expired at 5 p.m. ET on Monday. Teams then have until midnight ET on Monday to sign those players to a contract of any value exclusively, because on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. ET, the players are free to sign with other teams.

If the players turn down qualifying offers and elect to sign with other teams now or later in the winter, clubs are entitled to Draft-pick compensation. A player has one week to accept the offer -- that deadline is 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 11 -- and be locked in to his current team at one year and $14.1 million, or he can decline and hit the open market.

Those who received qualifying offers are

• Carlos Beltran of the Cardinals;
• Shin-Soo Choo of the Reds;
• Robinson Cano of the Yankees;
• Curtis Granderson of the Yankees;
• Hiroki Kuroda of the Yankees;
• outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox;
• first baseman/designated hitter Mike Napoli of the Red Sox;
• shortstop Stephen Drew of the Red Sox;
• Braves catcher Brian McCann ;
• Mariners designated hitter Kendrys Morales;
• outfielder Nelson Cruz of the Rangers;
• starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez of the Indians; and
• Royals right-hander Ervin Santana