sentences:  He declined his half of the option and became a free agent after the 2019 season.On December 5, 2019, Moustakas signed a 4-year, $64 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds, the largest free agent deal in Reds history.The son of Connie and Mike Moustakas, a former college football player for UCLA, Mike was born in Los Angeles on September 11, 1988, and grew up in the Los Angeles area.