Major League Baseball's deadline for players to accept the qualifying offer passed on Tuesday afternoon. With it, four players accepted a one-year tender worth $22.205 million to return to their 2025 teams: right-handed pitcher Brandon Woodruff (Brewers), lefty Shota Imanaga (Cubs), infielder Gleyber Torres (Tigers), and outfielder Trent Grisham (Yankees).

The other nine players, including Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette and Framber Valdez, will remain free agents and will now allow their former team to gain draft-pick compensation if they sign elsewhere.

For the Yankees, getting Grisham back to play center field and possibly hit leadoff in front of Aaron Judge again is nice. They have Ben Rice at first base, Giancarlo Stanton at DH and Jasson Domínguez is slotted for left field. This li

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