OAKLAND, Calif. – Veteran illuminator Yusmeiro Petit has agreed to a $ 2.55 million one-year contract to stay with the Oakland Athletics pending a physical, his agent said.
The deal could pay right-handed Petit up to $ 3 million based on match-play incentives, agent Rafael Godoy said Sunday night.
“He’s excited to return. It was his first choice all along,” Godoy told the AP via text message. “The team had been in touch all winter.”
Also on Sunday, Oakland was nearing a $ 2.25 million one-year contract with veteran rightful reliever Sergio Romo, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. He also has to pass a physical.
The two additions for the reigning AL West champions would provide significant experience for manager Bob Melvin’s bullpen who lost poet Liam Hendriks to the Chicago White Sox in free agency. Petit and Romo each have 13 years of Major League experience, and both pitchers are well acquainted with the Bay Area as they also played for the San Francisco Giants.
36-year-old Petit returns for a fourth season in Oakland after going 2-1 with a 1.66 ERA over 26 appearances and 21⅔ innings in the shortened 60-game season in 2020. He is versatile given his multi-inning ability. to throw.
Romo, who turns 37 on March 4, was 1-2 with a 4.05 ERA and five saves and 23 strikeouts in 24 appearances and 20 innings for Minnesota last year.
The pitchers and catchers of A were to report to the club’s spring practice session in Mesa, Arizona on Tuesday. The first training is Wednesday. Oakland has made it to the playoffs each for the past three years – losing the AL wildcard game in 2018 and ’19, then lost to rival Houston Astros in a four-game AL Division Series last year – but faced critical for a quiet low season.
The Athletic was the first to report Romo’s signing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.