re: MLB 21 year labor peace could end

8:20pm: Only teams that are over the luxury tax threshold will be required to give up a pick to sign a qualified free agent, Jon Heyman of Fan Rag tweets. That would represent a rather monumental change to the qualifying offer system. It would also come with some interesting practical impacts, as teams might conceivably seek to drop under the luxury tax line to avoid the necessity of draft compensation, though of course that won’t be of nearly as much importance if first-round picks are in fact taken off the table.