The Cincinnati Reds announced Saturday they declined Joey Votto's $20 million club option for the 2024 MLB season.
Cincinnati RedsThe <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Reds?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Reds</a> today declined the 2024 club option on the contract of 1B Joey Votto. <a href="https://t.co/ACika5Oum7">pic.twitter.com/ACika5Oum7</a>
The six-time All-Star addressed his future on the Dan Patrick Show in October. He said he was looking to play at least one more year and hoped to return to Cincinnati. He acknowledged the latter was out of his hands because of the team option.
Votto continued to perform at a reasonably high level in 2023 given his age (40).