The Oakland Athletics selected right-hander Mitch Spence in the annual Rule 5 Draft. Spence is 25 years old and spent the 2023 season at Triple A for the Yankees.
We have selected RHP Mitch Spence from the Triple-A roster of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (NYY) in the Major League phase of the 2023 Rule 5 Draft.
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) December 6, 2023
Spence was a 10th round pick by New York in the 2019 MLB Draft. He made 29 starts for Scranton last season and posted a 4.