The Cincinnati Reds have declined Joey Votto's $20 million club option for the 2024 season, making him a free agent for the first time in his 17-year career. The team gave Votto a $7 million buyout. Votto, a franchise icon, has spent his entire career with the Reds. The team cited an inability to commit to the playing time Votto deserves as the reason for declining the option.
Fans paid tribute to Joey Votto as his 17-year run with the Cincinnati Reds officially ended https://t.co/VlrFcK5BDt https://t.co/ImZpSFoKNj
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After not having option picked up, Joey Votto reflected on the end of his time with the Reds. https://t.co/j2jQFEpRVO
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After 17 seasons and over 2,000 games with the Reds, Cincinnati announced it is not picking up Joey Votto's 2024 club option. The team said that they "cannot commit to the playing time Joey deserves" next year, ending his legendary tenure with the organization. https://t.co/Xe0txq6L1h
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An era is ending for the Reds. Joey Votto is now a first-time free agent after his 2024 club option was declined. First version of the story: https://t.co/fVBREiSDMD
The Reds announce that they have declined Joey Votto's $20 million club option for 2024. He's now a free agent for the first time https://t.co/oGQONduE3s
Reds decline Votto's $20M option for 2024 https://t.co/4wsdYyHx9v
Reds decline Joey Votto's $20M club option for '24 https://t.co/UvUJOKJ2Df
The Reds announced that they have declined Joey Votto's 2024 club option, making him a free agent. https://t.co/RKJcpp4xKr
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After 17 seasons, Joey Votto's career in Cincinnati has come to an end. 😢 https://t.co/bcdFrYMGMK
Today the Reds declined Joey Votto’s Club Option for 2024 and thanked him for the 17 years he spent with the team. https://t.co/hpYzJ41Iof
The Reds have declined to pick up 1B Joey Votto's $20 million club option and gave him the $7 million buyout. For the first time after a 17-year career -- all with Cincinnati -- Votto is a free agent. Story to come.