{"id":2279331,"date":"2026-02-12T19:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2279331"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:23:26","slug":"royals-acquire-pitcher-mitch-spence-from-the-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-acquire-pitcher-mitch-spence-from-the-as\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals acquire pitcher Mitch Spence from the A\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Royals announced they have acquired 27-year-old right-hander Mitch Spence from the Athletics in exchange for right-handed pitcher A.J. Causey. Spence pitched in 32 games last year for the A\u2019s, eight starts, with a 5.10 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 84.2 innings. He was designated for assignment earlier this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spence was originally a 10th-round pick by the Yankees in 2019 out of the University of South Carolina-Aiken. The Athletics grabbed him in the 2023 Rule 5 draft, and he stuck. In 2024, he posted a solid 4.58 ERA in 35 games, making 24 starts. He struck out 126 batters in 151.1 innings with 2.6 walks per nine innings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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J.J. Picollo has talked about acquiring more pitching depth with options, and Spence has two option years remaining. He is flexible as both a starter and a reliever. He relies heavily on a cutter while mixing in a slider, curve, and sinker, and he was in the 83rd percentile last year in chase rate. His career groundball rate is 46 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Causey was a fifth-round pick in 2024 out of the University of Tennessee. The sidarmer had an excellent season in the minors, posting a 1.72 ERA in 48 relief appearances across High-A and Double-A, with 75 strikeouts and just 18 walks in 73.1 innings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Royals also announced they have officially placed pitcher Alec Marsh on the 60-day Injured List to make room for Spence. Marsh is expected to miss most of the season following shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Royals announced they have acquired 27-year-old right-hander Mitch Spence from the Athletics in exchange for right-handed pitcher A.J. Causey. Spence pitched in 32 games last year for the A\u2019s, eight starts, with a 5.10 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 84.2 innings. He was designated for assignment earlier this week. Spence was originally a 10th-round […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2279332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[386045,342873,242572,342874],"class_list":["post-2279331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-royals-trade-rumors-hot-stove","tag-royals-trades","tag-signings","tag-transactions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Royals-acquire-pitcher-Mitch-Spence-from-the-As.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279333,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279331\/revisions\/2279333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}