After the Mets issued a qualifying offer to Luis Severino at the beginning of the offseason, it appears the right-hander will likely decline in pursuit of a multi-year deal instead.

Free-agent starting pitcher Luis Severino is unlikely to accept the New York Mets’ one-year, $21 million qualifying offer, all but guaranteeing that he will hit the open market this winter, as first reported by Will Sammon of The Athletic.

Right-hander Luis Severino is “likely” to decline the qualifying offer extended to him by the Mets earlier this month.