The Oakland A’s signed a pair of free agents Sunday night, in relievers Yusmeiro Petit and Sergio Romo. You can read all about these two moves, both of them bargains for quality veteran pitchers, by clicking here for Petit and here for Romo.
But there’s still one more piece to this transactional puzzle. The A’s didn’t have to trade anyone away in order to ink these free agents, but they do need to add them both to the 40-man roster. That roster was full entering Sunday, which means two names must be removed to make space for the new pickups.