Important Dates 2018-2019 Offseason

[Nate Colbert]

Some of the following dates are keyed off when the WS ends. I've assumed the series goes to six games and will revise this accordingly if it ends up going five or seven games.

• Oct. 31--free agency begins:
• Marwin (Boras client)
• Morton
• Maldonado (Boras client)
• Keuchel (Boras client)
• Sipp
• Gattis
• McCann
• Nov. 4--deadline for making a qualifying offer (QO) of $17.9MM to a team's own free agents:
• Marwin
• Morton
• Keuchel
• Nov. 6--GM meetings begin.
• Nov. 14--deadline for a player to accept/reject QO. For each QO not accepted, Astros will receive a draft pick prior to the beginning of the 3rd round of the 2019 draft.
• Nov. 20--date rosters must be locked down for purposes of the Rule 5 draft.
• Nov. 30--non-tender deadline for arb-eligible players.
• Dec. 10--winter meetings begin.
• Dec. 13--Rule 5 draft.
• Feb. 14--pitchers & catchers report.

[BudGirl]

This should get pinned.

[VirtualBob]

This should get pinned.

+1

[HudsonHawk]

This should get pinned.

Done

[jwhudson]

Thank you Nate!

[Nate Colbert]

Revised...

• Oct. 29--free agency begins:
• Marwin (Boras client)
• Morton
• Maldonado (Boras client)
• Keuchel (Boras client)
• Sipp
• Gattis
• McCann
• Nov. 2--deadline for making a qualifying offer (QO) of $17.9MM to a team's own free agents:
• Marwin
• Morton
• Keuchel
• Nov. 6--GM meetings begin.
• Nov. 12--deadline for a player to accept/reject QO. For each QO not accepted, Astros will receive a draft pick prior to the beginning of the 3rd round of the 2019 draft.
• Nov. 20--date rosters must be locked down for purposes of the Rule 5 draft.
• Nov. 30--non-tender deadline for arb-eligible players.
• Dec. 10--winter meetings begin.
• Dec. 13--Rule 5 draft.
• Feb. 14--pitchers & catchers report.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

• Jan. 11--Arbitration exchange day — the date on which teams and players must exchange filing numbers for arbitration. Hearings, if necessary, typically begin in early February.

[Nate Colbert]

Revised to incorporate the date for exchanging arbitration figures as noted by Sphinx...

• Oct. 29--free agency begins:
• Marwin (Boras client)
• Morton
• Maldonado (Boras client)
• Keuchel (Boras client)
• Sipp
• Gattis
• McCann
• Nov. 2--deadline for making a qualifying offer (QO) of $17.9MM to a team's own free agents:
• Marwin
• Morton
• Keuchel
• Nov. 6--GM meetings begin.
• Nov. 12--deadline for a player to accept/reject QO. For each QO not accepted, Astros will receive a draft pick prior to the beginning of the 3rd round of the 2019 draft.
• Nov. 20--date rosters must be locked down for purposes of the Rule 5 draft.
• Nov. 30--non-tender deadline for arb-eligible players.
• Dec. 10--winter meetings begin.
• Dec. 13--Rule 5 draft.
• Jan. 11--Arbitration exchange day — the date on which teams and players must exchange filing numbers for arbitration. Hearings, if necessary, will begin Jan. 28.
• Feb. 13--pitchers & catchers report.

[Jacksonian]

Astros will receive a draft pick prior to the beginning of the 3rd round of the 2019 draft.

Nate, where can I find more info on this?  Thanks.

[Nate Colbert]

Nate, where can I find more info on this?  Thanks.

I looked at  a number of different articles on that issue but this one from Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com written two weeks ago is the one I relied most heavily on:

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-qualifying-offer-rules-explained/c-259650658

[Jacksonian]

I looked at  a number of different articles on that issue but this one from Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com written two weeks ago is the one I relied most heavily on:

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-qualifying-offer-rules-explained/c-259650658

Thanks.  I'd missed that.

[Nate Colbert]

• Nov. 12--deadline for a player to accept/reject QO. For each QO not accepted, Astros will receive a draft pick prior to the beginning of the 3rd round of the 2019 draft.
• Nov. 20--date rosters must be locked down for purposes of the Rule 5 draft.
• Nov. 30--non-tender deadline for arb-eligible players.
• Dec. 10--winter meetings begin.
• Dec. 13--Rule 5 draft.
• Jan. 11--Arbitration exchange day — the date on which teams and players must exchange filing numbers for arbitration. Hearings, if necessary, will begin Jan. 28.
• Feb. 13--pitchers & catchers report.

6 of the 7 players given qualifying offers turned them down (including Grandal and of course Keuchel). Only Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Dodgers accepted.