Yusmeiro Petit, Sergio Romo Reportedly Agree to 1-Year Contracts with A's

The Oakland Athletics have agreed to one-year contracts with free-agent relievers Yusmeiro Petit and Sergio Romo, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

Petit's contract will be worth $2.55 million, plus incentives, agent Rafael Godoy told Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle. The 36-year-old Petit has spent the past three years with the Athletics.

"He's excited to return. It was his first choice all along,'' Godoy told the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com). "The team had been in contact all winter.''

Romo, who spent the past one-plus seasons with the Minnesota Twins, will make $2.25 million, per ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Petit made 26 appearances for the Athletics in 2020 and pitched well, finishing 2-1 with a 1.66 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 17 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. In his three seasons with the A's, he's posted a 2.73 ERA and 0.93 WHIP.

In his career, Petit has pitched for the Florida Marlins (2006), Arizona Diamondbacks (2007-2009), San Francisco Giants (2012-2015), Washington Nationals (2016), Los Angeles Angels (2017) and the Athletics. He's posted a career 3.93 ERA and 1.15 WHIP.

Petit began his career largely serving as a starting pitcher but later made the switch to full-time reliever, even ending up out of Major League Baseball in 2011 and pitching in the Mexican Baseball League. He's been nothing short of fantastic for the Athletics, however, making his return to Oakland a savvy move for the team.

Romo, 37, spent the 2020 season with the Minnesota Twins, finishing 1-2 with a 4.05 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 23 strikeouts in 20 innings. He spent the majority of his career with the San Francisco Giants (2008-2016), where he won three titles and was an All-Star in 2013, before stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), Tampa Bay Rays (2017-2018), Miami Marlins (2019) and the Twins (2019-2020).

For his career, he's posted a 2.95 ERA and 1.02 WHIP.

Oakland's bullpen was one of its strengths in 2020 for the 36-24 Athletics, though losing Liam Hendriks and Joakim Soria in free agency was a major blow. The return of Petit and to a lesser extent the addition of Romo should help mitigate those losses.