2024 Stats
W-L
7-3
ERA
3.36
WHIP
1.15
K
51
SV
1
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Romero landed on the 15-day injured list during the final week of the regular season due to left forearm inflammation. As long as he can avoid setbacks, it would appear he is in line for his normal offseason routine. The 28-year-old southpaw is coming off his finest campaign to date, establishing new career-highs in games played (65), innings pitched (59) and wins (7). He was eighth in the league with 30 holds while posting solid ratios as the top lefty out of the Cardinals bullpen. Romero figures to reprise that same role in 2025 and could even earn save opportunities if St. Louis trades closer Ryan Helsley. However, looking under the hood, there isn't much in Romero's profile that is terribly exciting. Read Past Outlooks
Steps in against batters Wednesday
Romero (forearm) threw a live batting practice session Wednesday, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Romero closed the 2024 season on the injured list due to right forearm inflammation, but he began a throwing program in late October and appears to be facing no limitations in spring training. The 28-year-old southpaw should remain a key setup option in front of closer Ryan Helsley in 2025 after logging a 3.36 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 51:16 K:BB while gathering 30 holds, seven wins and one save over 59 innings a season ago.
Romero closed the 2024 season on the injured list due to right forearm inflammation, but he began a throwing program in late October and appears to be facing no limitations in spring training. The 28-year-old southpaw should remain a key setup option in front of closer Ryan Helsley in 2025 after logging a 3.36 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 51:16 K:BB while gathering 30 holds, seven wins and one save over 59 innings a season ago.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
10
How many pitches does JoJo Romero generally throw?
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11-20
21-30
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41-50
51-60
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does JoJo Romero generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-43%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-31%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .150 | 47 | 13 | 19 | 2 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .265 | 63 | 23 | 75 | 10 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .181 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .264 | 26 | 11 | 39 | 7 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .105 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .260 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .118 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .282 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-27%
ERA at Home
2024
-23%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 3.14 | 1.15 | 57.1 | 8.3 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.28 | 1.17 | 54.2 | 9.4 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.97 | 1.20 | 33.1 | 6.2 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.86 | 1.09 | 25.2 | 9.8 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 1.96 | 0.87 | 18.1 | 12.3 | 2.0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 5.40 | 1.25 | 18.1 | 8.3 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2022Home | 7.94 | 1.76 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2022Away | 3.38 | 1.22 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 5.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does JoJo Romero compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.19K/9
7.8BB/9
2.4HR/9
1.2Fastball
94.3 mphERA
3.36WHIP
1.15BABIP
.276GB/FB
1.80Left On Base
79.2%Exit Velocity
82.7 mphBarrels/BBE
7.1%Spin Rate
2195 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.1%Swinging Strike
10.1%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2021
Romero was unable to win a spot in the Cardinals' bullpen to open the 2023 season, but managed to rapidly ascend the team's late-inning hierarchy upon his recall in early July. The 27-year-old even earned some looks as St. Louis' closer, logging three saves in 27 appearances before left knee tendinitis ended his season in September. While Romero primarily throws a mid-90's sinker to induce ground balls at a near-60 percent clip, he keeps hitters off-balance with an 86 mph changeup (45.3 percent whiff). Not to mention, the southpaw's 53.2 percent whiff rate on his slider was one of the highest in the league for that pitch type. This helped him produce above-average strikeout (28.6%) and walk (6.8%) rates, even if the sample was only 36.2 innings. Romero showed enough last year to continue to fill a high-leverage role for the Cardinals in 2024, but health has been an issue for him throughout his career.
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Inks contract for 2025
Romero agreed to a one-year contract with the Cardinals on Thursday to avoid arbitration.
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To start throwing next week
Romero (forearm) is slated to begin a throwing program next week, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
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To IL with forearm inflammation
The Cardinals placed Romero on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with left forearm flexor inflammation.
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Stuck with loss Thursday
Romero (7-3) allowed a run on one hit and one walk over two-thirds of an inning, taking the loss Thursday versus the Pirates.
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Grabs first save
Romero earned the save in Thursday's 6-1 win over Cincinnati, allowing two hits over 1.1 scoreless innings.
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