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The Tigers offseason calendar; Roster cuts are imminent.
Dates are now official for free agency, awards, hall of fame, and transactions.
BYBTB
November 6: Free Agency begins! As of 9 a.m. ET on Sunday.
November 7: (OR MAYBE NOV 10?) Injured players must be activated.
November 8-10:GM Meetings in Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 10: Player and club option decisions are due, unless an individual contract specifies a different date.
November 10: Qualifying offer deadline for teams to tender their eligible free agents the qualifying offer of one year for $19.65 million for the 2023 season, if they want to receive free agent compensation should the player decline and sign with another team. The deadline is 5 p.m. ET.
November 10: Free agency officially begins.
November 15: Rule 5 roster additions: This is the deadline for teams to add eligible minor leaguers to the 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft.
November 18: Non-tender deadline. This is the deadline for teams to offer their pre-arbitration and arbitration-eligible players a contract for 2023.
November 20: Deadline for free agents to accept or reject the qualifying offer.
AWARDS
November 7: Finalists for 2022 season?s most prominent awards will be announced during a live MLB Network broadcast at 6 p.m. ET. Three finalists are announced for each award in each league for Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young, and Most Valuable Player.
The winners will be announced during a live MLB Network broadcast at 6 p.m. eastern time, on the following dates.
November 10: Silver Sluggers are announced. The awards go to the best hitters at each position.
November 14: Rookies of the Year announced.
November 15: Managers of the Year announced.
November 16: Cy Young winners announced.
November 17: Most Valuable Players announced during.
HALL OF FAME
November 21: The 2023 Hall of Fame ballot will be released. Just the ballot will be announced, to be clear. The voting results and 2022 Hall of Fame class will be revealed at a later date. Here are the players eligible for this year?s ballot.
December 4: The Hall of Fame?s Contemporary Baseball Era voting results will be announced on a live MLB Network broadcast at 8 p.m. ET. The Hall of Fame announced several changes to their Era Committee voting structure earlier this year and the Contemporary Baseball Era covers players who are no longer on the BBWAA ballot and whose ?greatest contributions to the game were realized from the 1980 to present era.? The 16-person committee includes Hall of Famers, executives, and veteran media members, and 12 votes are needed for induction.
January 24: The 2023 Hall of Fame class will be announced during a live MLB Network broadcast at 6 p.m. ET. The ballot is revealed in November, votes are compiled, and the results are announced later during the offseason.
WINTER MEETINGS
December 5-8: Winter Meetings in San Diego. The Winter Meetings are often the busiest time of the offseason for trades and free agent signings. The meetings themselves are less the focus of attention than the ?Hot Stove? action surrounding the meetings.
December 7: Rule 5 Draft. By rule, players selected in the Rule 5 Draft must remain on their new team?s MLB roster all season in 2023, otherwise they must go through waivers and be offered back to their original team.
Last year?s Rule 5 Draft was canceled due to the owners? lockout, In the two years previous, the Tigers selected Victor Reyes and Akil Baddoo, who remain on the big league roster in Detroit.
INTERNATIONAL SIGNING PERIOD
January 15: The 2023 international signing period begins. Without an agreement to hold an international amateur draft, international amateur players may sign with any team, subject to individual team signing bonus limits. The signing period used to run from July 2nd to June 25th each year, but MLB and the MLBPA agreed to push the start of the 2020-21 and 2021-22 signing periods back to January because of the pandemic, and now the new January start is permanent. Here is MLB.com?s list of 2023?s top 30 international prospects.
ARBITRATION
We?ve mentioned that the date for teams to tender contracts to arbitration eligible players is November 18, 2022. Those not tendered become free agents, and those tendered an offer head down this path.
January 13: Salary Figures are exchanged between teams and arbitration-eligible players The two sides can agree to a contract of any size after filing salary figures, and the vast majority of arbitration-eligible players agree to a contract before the filing deadline. Matt Swartz and MLB Trade Rumors released their salary arbitration projections in October.
January 30 to February 17: Arbitration hearings. for players and teams who do not agree on a salary for the 2023 season. Each side states their case ? hearings can be contentious because the team essentially outlines the player?s shortcomings and explains why he deserves a lower salary than he believes ? and the three-person panel picks either the salary the player filed or the salary the team filed, not a compromise number. For the first time, if the parties agree on a salary without going to a hearing, the contract becomes guaranteed for the season.
PLAY BALL!
About February 14: Pitchers and catchers report to Spring training camps in Florida and Arizona. Each team sets their own reporting dates. Cactus League and Grapefruit League games begin on February 24, 2023
March 8-21: World Baseball Classic. The WBC returns next spring following a pandemic-related hiatus. The tournament expands to 20 teams this time around and games will be played in Taiwan, Japan, Miami, and Phoenix. No games in Southern California this year. Pool play begins March 8 in Taichung and the Championship Game will be held on March 21 in Miami.
March 30: Opening Day! All 30 clubs begin play on Opening Day. A more balanced schedule will be featured with fewer games within divisions and every team will play at least one series against every other team in both leagues in 2023.
