The Cincinnati Reds hold a 1-year, $5.5M option on infielder Freddy Galvis for the 2020 season. Galvis came over on waivers in mid-August and mostly played second base for Cincinnati down the stretch. Jon Heyman of MLB Network is reporting that the Reds will indeed pick up the option.
Freddy Galvis $5.5M option will be picked up by Reds. Great defender had career high 23 HR.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) October 31, 2019
The move isn’t entirely unexpected. It’s not much money, and they would have had to buy out the option for $1M to decline it.