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The Brewers’ Brandon Woodruff, the Yankees’ Trent Grisham and Cubs’ Shota Imanaga were the others to accept the QO. Torres would have had to accept quite a bit less in a multiyear deal, especially with the QO hanging over his head, so this was a pretty easy call for him. It’s unclear if this will take the Tigers out of the market for another significant bat. They’re currently set to return every position player from their 2025 club.

The deadline is Nov. 18. With the qualifying offer sure to take at least a modest toll on his market, Torres might wind up accepting the deal and returning to the Tigers. He’d almost certainly receive considerably less than $22 million per season on a multiyear deal.

Passan adds that Kyle Schwarber, Bo Bichette, Framber Valdez, Dylan Cease, Ranger Suarez, Edwin Díaz, Zac Gallen, Shota Imanaga, Michael King, Trent Grisham, Gleyber Torres and Brandon Woodruff are the other dozen impending free agent to receive the tag prior to Thursday evening’s deadline. They have until Tuesday, November 18 to decide whether to accept the one-year deal or decline and become free agents. Only 14 of 144 players to receive a qualifying offer since 2012 have actually accepted it. It’s worth noting that players who were on multiple teams — Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suárez — along with players who have previously received a qualifying offer — Pete Alonso, Cody Bellinger and Alex Bregman — were ineligible to receive one this offseason.

The 28-year-old infielder is expected to be fully recovered and ready to go for the start of spring training. What remains to be seen is what uniform he’ll be donning for the 2026 season. Torres had an All-Star campaign in his lone season with the Tigers, slashing .256/.358/.387 with 16 homers, 74 RBI and four swipes in 628 plate appearances. He should have no issues landing a lucrative multi-year deal on the open market this winter.

Torres added that it’s been troubling him for about a month. The surgery shouldn’t have much of an impact on his preparation for 2026. He’ll be seeking a multiyear deal in free agency after taking a one-year contract last winter in order to rebuild his value.

After stunning the Mariners in Game 1 in Seattle on Saturday night, Tigers’ skipper A.J. Hinch didn’t feel the need to make any changes to his lineup behind Tarik Skubal in Game 2. Keith has been utilized as the designated hitter in each of the first two games instead of playing in the infield as they’re trying to be cautious with him while returning from the rib injury. Once again, here’s how they’ll lineup against Mariners’ right-hander Luis Castillo on Sunday: Gleyber Torres (2B), Kerry Carpenter (RF), Riley Greene (LF), Spencer Torkelson (1B), Colt Keith (DH), Dillon Dingler (C), Zach McKinstry (3B), Javier Baez (SS) and Parker Meadows (CF).

Detroit will give their regulars some extended rest heading into the playoffs after wrapping up a postseason berth earlier this weekend. The Tigers would need to defeat the Red Sox and have Cleveland lose to the Rangers in order to win the AL Central division title. Assuming Greene gets the full day off, he finishes an impressive regular season with a .258/.313/.493 slash line with a career-high 36 home runs and 111 RBI across 157 contests.

Torres got the Tigers on the board and evened the score at a run apiece with his 402-foot (110.9 mph EV) solo shot off of Joey Cantillo in the third inning. That would be his only hit in five at-bats on the evening. He also started the 10th inning as the extra runner at second base and scored on Spencer Torkelson’s two-run blast. For the season, the All-Star second baseman is slashing .254/.361/.394 with 16 homers and 73 RBI in his first season with the Tigers.

Torres capped off a five-run uprising in the fourth inning with a 370-foot (96.2 mph EV) three-run shot off of Martín Pérez that increased the Tigers’ lead to 6-0. He also singled in the seventh inning. With his two-hit attack, the 28-year-old infielder is now hitting .261/.363/.399 with 15 homers, 66 RBI and four stolen bases on the season.

Torres broke a scoreless affair with his solo shot off J.T. Ginn in the sixth inning. In his first year with the Tigers, the 28-year-old has gone deep 14 times while driving in 61 runs in his 117 games. He’s slowed down since the start of July, but it’d certainly be fair to say that that Torres’ inaugural campaign with Detroit has been a successful one.