Fansided · Nov 2, 2015
Cincinnati Reds Decline Options on Skip Schumaker, Burke Badenhop
Next year’s roster outlook for the Cincinnati Reds became a bit more clear on Monday when the team announced that it was declining to pick up the 2016 contact options of second baseman and outfielder Skip Schumaker and right-handed reliever Burke Badenhop.
…outrighted to Louisville RHP Sam LeCure…declined the 2016 contract options on RHP Burke Badenhop and IF/OF Skip Schumaker…
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) November 2, 2015
Had Schumaker’s option been picked up, he would’ve been owed $2.5 million. Instead, the Reds opted to pay him $500,000 to buy him out of the deal.