 some baseball news and big baseball news of that D. D. Gregorius is now officially a free agent now his contract had run out and he had made something like 13 or 14 million dollars last year and it was a subpar year for him so the Yankees had the opportunity to offer him a 17.8 million dollar qualifying offer which I think he would have taken so all of a sudden they'd have 18 million dollars essentially sunk into the shortstop position and he'd have a chance to re-establish his value at the free agent market the Yankees did not extend him the qualifying offer now they could end up resigning him at a lower price but by not extending him to 17.8 that means that if he signs somewhere else they do not get a draft pick so they didn't extend the qualifying offer to Brett Gardner either that makes sense because they could still sign him but not for the 17.8 so they lose any chance at a draft pick for D. D. But don't the Yankees always look at things as at the end of the day if he takes it I don't want to pay somebody 17.8 million dollars if I don't believe he's worth 17.8 million dollars that's why they probably don't believe that he's worth that and all the free agents Gregorius Gardner Betensis and Cornacione Romain and Maven none of them were offered the qualifying offer which makes sense and this also has a this next announcement has quite quite an effect on the Boston Red Sox a lot of people thought that JD Martinez was going to opt out of his contract he decided not to so the Red Sox are on the hook for 23.75 million he has two more years left on his deal because it's a dumb deal that they signed him to for them he can opt out again next year which means that you're taking his trade value away if in fact the Red Sox and Heimblum can trade him then they could keep Mookie Betts if they can't trade JD Martinez and get rid of that contract they've got to trade one of the best players in baseball and they're going to be they're going to be bad next year if they do that that is a big blow to trade Mookie Betts and what a message to send to your fan base so they are in hot water because JD Martinez did not opt out and they thought that he would and JD Martinez I think is smart because I don't think the money's out there for a guy who can't play a position it's not so that it narrows down to just the teams in the American League because he can only be a DHA he can play occasionally right field he's not a good outfielder he's just not so he's smart I'll take the 23.8 if I put up 60 home runs maybe I'll opt out next year but the the contract was weighted in his favor for sure really weighted in his favor