The Athletics have signed right-handed pitcher Scott Barlow. The pitcher was 6-3 with a 4.21 Earned Run Average (ERA) in 75 games with Cincinnati last season before electing free agency following the season. Photo courtesy MLB

LAS VEGAS, NV (MPG) – The Athletics have signed right-handed pitchers Scott Barlow and Aaron Civale to one-year deals, the club announced recently. 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 Earned Run Average (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 Earned Run Average (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. 

The Athletics have signed right-handed pitcher Aaron Civale. Civale was 4-9 with a 4.85 Earned Run Average (ERA) in 23 games, 18 starts, with three teams last season. Photo courtesy MLB

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 in 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.