Hand went unclaimed because too many teams are uncertain what 2021 will look like, or even if it is going to happen at all.
The first clue about how teams/players/agents feel about this will be how many Qualifying Offers get accepted. That only 6 offers were made - the lowest amount since the inception of the program - does lean towards this being the case. And I would think a minimum of 2 players - defintely Gausman and Stroman - simply take the offer.
So there may only be 4 players rejecting a QO this off-season...
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Lemahieu accepted his either. 32 yr old looking at maybe a little higher AAV than the QO at $18.9 mil. There is certainly some that will scream collusion, but the GM's job is to read the market. Every indicator points towards a reckoning on player salaries, so every GM is trying to be as flexible as possible
Hal sucks
ZiPS projects 2021 WAR of 3.0 for Charlie Morton, 1.6 for Martin Perez, 1.5 for Rick Porcello and 1.5 for Jon Lester.
https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ch...ar-projections