The offer to Pivetta does not guarantee he will return to Boston and the door could still be open to an O’Neill reunion as well.

The Boston Red Sox have declined Tyler O’Neill’s qualifying offer, per Chris Cotillo. If they accepted, O’Neill would have stayed another year for $21.05 million dollars. O’Neill will also have no draft pick penalties attached,

When the subject came to the qualifying offer, I tried to get a sense of whether the Sox might be considering a QO for free agent outfielder Tyler O’Neill. Breslow mostly spoke in generalities and said decisions like that hadn’t yet been finalized.

September, Pivetta – who is eligible for free agency for the first time in his career – said he and the Sox hadn’t had any conversations about extending his tenure in Boston.

The Red Sox are likely to keep talking about a reunion with O’Neill and could also pursue Teoscar Hernández, a Boston target last winter who is a free agent again after winning a World Series title with the Dodgers. Hernández did receive the qualifying offer from Los Angeles, so any team that signs him must forfeit a draft pick to do so.

The Cincinnati Reds have extended a qualifying offer to free agent starting pitcher Nick Martinez as Major League Baseball's offseason gets underway.