As pitchers and catchers arrive for the first week of Spring Training workouts, the Athletics have made a few more roster additions to round out their pitching depth.

The Athletics announced the signings of right-handed pitchers Aaron Civale and Scott Barlow to one-year deals, providing the A’s with two veteran arms who each pitched at least 68 innings during the 2025 season.

To make room for Civale and Barlow, the A’s designated pitchers Grant Holman and Mitch Spence for assignment.

Civale, 30, has pitched for five teams over his seven-year career, most recently suiting up for the Chicago Cubs in 2025. The right-hander holds a career 4.14 ERA during the regular season and an impressive 3.52 ERA in the postseason (three games).

According to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, Civale’s deal has a base salary of $6 million and could be worth up to $7.5 million with incentives.

Civale will join an Athletics pitching staff that includes Luis Severino, Jeffrey Springs, Jacob Lopez, and Luis Morales.

Barlow, 33, struck out 75 batters over 68.1 innings during the 2025 campaign while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, where he posted a 9.9 K/9 rate, which would have placed him within the top-ten Athletics pitchers last season.

Civale A’s deal could reach $7.5M. $6M guaranteed plus $1.5M incentives https://t.co/XBXyzsNBg3

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 10, 2026

Athletics press release on signing Aaron Civale & Scott Barlow

The Athletics have signed right-handed pitchers Scott Barlow and Aaron Civale to one-year deals, the club announced today. To clear spots on the 40-man roster, the A’s designated right-handed pitchers Grant Holman and Mitch Spence for assignment. 

Barlow was 6-3 with a 4.21 ERA in 75 games with Cincinnati last season before electing free agency following the season. He struck out 75 batters and walked 45 in 68.1 innings. Across eight Major League seasons with Kansas City (2018-23), San Diego (2023), Cleveland (2024), and Cincinnati (2025), the 33-year-old is 29-24 with a 3.60 ERA in 440 outings, 439 in relief.

Civale was 4-9 with a 4.85 ERA in 23 games, 18 starts, with three teams last season. He began the season with Milwaukee, where he went 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in 5 starts before being traded to Chicago-AL for Andrew Vaughn on June 13. The 30-year-old went 2-7 with a 5.37 ERA in 13 starts with the White Sox before being claimed off waivers by Chicago-NL on Aug. 31.

He pitched in five games with the Cubs, going 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA in the first relief appearances of his career. Overall, Civale is 43-44 with a 4.14 ERA in 140 career games across parts of seven Major League seasons with Cleveland (2019-23), Tampa Bay (2023-24), Milwaukee (2024-25), Chicago-AL (2025), and Chicago-NL (2025). He has struck out 665 batters and walked 203 for a career 3.28 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Holman began the season at Triple-A Las Vegas but appeared in 22 games for the A’s last season, going 4-2 with a 5.09 ERA before being placed on the injured list with a rotator cuff injury. Overall he was 5-3 with a 4.66 ERA in 40 appearances across two seasons with the A’s.

Spence spent the majority of last season with the A’s, where he was 3-6 with a save, a 5.10 ERA and a .816 opponents OPS in 32 games, including eight starts.

He also had a two-month stay at Las Vegas, where he went 0-1 with a 6.21 ERA in eight games, including seven starts. A 2023 Rule-5 Draft selection, Spence made his Major League debut with the A’s in 2024 and went 11-16 with a 4.77 ERA in 67 games, 32 starts, in two seasons.

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