Free Agent Joey Votto Recreates Sad Keanu Reeves Meme As He Waits for MLB Team to Call

Former Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto still is looking for a new employer.

Votto, who spent 17 years with the Reds, entered the offseason as an unrestricted free agent after Cincinnati declined his $20 million option for 2024. But as spring training continues and Opening Day nears, Votto remains on the open market.

On Tuesday evening, Votto posted a picture of himself sitting on a park bench with a sandwich, coffee and a baseball bat, looking rather lonely.

“Missing ball,” he wrote as the caption.

missing ball pic.twitter.com/r8ZG9gfU2i

— Joey Votto (@JoeyVotto) March 6, 2024

The picture is an obvious reference to the sad Keanu Reeves meme that swept the internet in the early 2010s. A paparazzi photograph portrayed Reeves eating a sandwich on a park bench, looking just about as lonely as Votto.

Keanu Reeves addresses the ‘Sad Keanu’ meme: “I was thinking. I had some stuff going on. I was hungry.”

(https://t.co/WXNU1Dy0VH) pic.twitter.com/mca6JjmPOV

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) December 17, 2021

Votto nailed the look from head to toe. 

As expected, Votto’s post began making the rounds on social media. And MLB fans all had the same reaction: Sign the man.

We just need one GM to have a heart https://t.co/7wAISvkfd2

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) March 6, 2024

Somebody please sign this dude https://t.co/ZVYmb7rvEZ

— Ben Ranieri (@BenRanieri10) March 6, 2024

For the love of god. Someone please sign this man https://t.co/nQXyLeWp6T

— Joey Copponi (@JoeyCopponi) March 6, 2024

Ever thought about playing for your hometown team? https://t.co/qo4pw9at2w

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@IBLMapleLeafs) March 6, 2024