DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers extended a qualifying offer to Gleyber Torres, their free-agent second baseman, on Thursday night.

Torres now has until Nov. 18 to decide whether to accept the offer -- a guaranteed one-year deal worth $22.05 million for 2026 -- or reject it to seek a better deal with another team.

Since elite players usually prefer multi-year deals, QOs are rarely accepted. But by extending such an offer -- which is equal to the average salary of MLB’s top 125 players -- the Tigers would receive draft-pick compensation should Torres decide to sign elsewhere.

It could be a close call for Torres, 29, who had an All-Star season in 2025 but saw his offensive numbers tail off dramatically down the stretch. After the season, he revealed that he had been playing through a hernia

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