The Braves announced on Monday that they have declined an $8 million option on knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, making him a free agent.

The Reds have talked about looking for an innings-eating starter and despite the fact Dickey will turn 43 next week, he threw 190 innings for the Braves last season over 31 starts. He threw at least 200 innings in each season from 2010 to 2015.

For the Reds to consider him, Dickey would likely have to command less than the $7.5 million he made in 2017 (plus a $500,000 buyout on the team option for 2018).

Before the end of the season, Dickey told reporters that he was undecided whether he wanted to pitch again in 2018 or retire. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s David O’Brien reported the Braves believe Dickey is leaning toward retirement. However, he said at this point, there are only three teams he’d consider pitching for – the Braves, Reds or Cardinals.

Dickey lives in Nashville and is a father of four. He told reporters in the last week of the season that his family would be a major factor in his decision to pitch in 2018.

From the AJC’s O’Brien in September:

“It would have to be the perfect spot. There are a few teams that are close to home, like Cincinnati, St. Louis, Atlanta, all three of those. And if the Braves weren’t interested and I still wanted to play, felt physically able to do it and my family was behind me, then I would entertain it. But it would have to be an ideal situation. And those kinds of things come up when you’re older, you get the opportunity to get to take a day off here or there during a series and go home because they understand what it’s like to be an older player. And if teams are willing to make concessions like that, then it’s something that I would entertain even if it wasn’t one of those three. But right now, you know, it’s hard to fathom being any further away than those three places.”