Dodgers extend qualifying offers to Greinke, Kendrick, Anderson

The Los Angeles Dodgers made qualifying offers to Zack Greinke, Howie Kendrick, and Brett Anderson, ensuring the team receives draft-pick compensation if it loses those players to free agency.

Each player has one week to mull over the one-year deal, but no player has ever accepted a qualifying offer. If all three players sign elsewhere this winter, the Dodgers will receive three compensatory picks between the first and second rounds of the 2016 draft. Any team that signs a qualified free agent, meanwhile, will forfeit its first unprotected pick in next year's amateur draft.

Greinke, 32, opted out of his six-year contract earlier this week following a sublime 2015 season, enabling the veteran right-hander to either negotiate a new deal with the Dodgers or sign with another team as a free agent. A three-time All-Star, Greinke fashioned a 1.66 ERA - the fourth-lowest single-season mark since the mound was lowered in 1969 - with a 0.84 WHIP over 222 2/3 innings.

Kendrick, who was acquired by the Dodgers in a trade with the Los Angeles Angels last winter, enjoyed a fine season, too, hitting .295/.336/.409 (107 OPS+) with nine home runs and 22 doubles in 117 games.

Anderson's inaugural campaign in Los Angeles went swimmingly, as well, as the oft-injured 27-year-old logged a career-high 180 1/3 innings with the Dodgers, posting a 3.69 ERA with a 1.33 WHIP in 31 starts.