JoJo Romero

JoJo Romero

28-Year-Old PitcherRP
St. Louis Cardinals
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
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$Signed a one-year, $2.26 million contract with the Cardinals in January of 2025.
Steps in against batters Wednesday
PSt. Louis Cardinals
February 20, 2025
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.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
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-41%
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-31%
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-60%
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BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .155 119 37 8 17 2 0 1
Since 2023vs Right .262 270 56 18 64 13 2 8
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Left .181 78 25 5 13 2 0 1
2024vs Right .264 164 26 11 39 9 0 7
2023vs Left .105 41 12 3 4 0 0 0
2023vs Right .260 106 30 7 25 4 2 1
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-42%
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-23%
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-64%
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ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 2.61 1.08 51.2 8 3 2 8.4 2.6 0.7
Since 2023Away 4.50 1.16 44.0 3 2 2 9.2 2.3 1.0
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 2.97 1.20 33.1 5 2 1 6.2 3.0 0.8
2024Away 3.86 1.09 25.2 2 1 0 9.8 1.8 1.8
2023Home 1.96 0.87 18.1 3 1 1 12.3 2.0 0.5
2023Away 5.40 1.25 18.1 1 1 2 8.3 2.9 0.0
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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.
Romero was exclusively a starter in the minors but was a reliever in his debut season last year, appearing 12 times and throwing 10.2 innings. He stumbled to a 7.59 ERA in those innings, but the underlying numbers don't paint nearly such a negative picture of his future. His 3.66 FIP and 3.53 xFIP indicated that he performed just fine, as he combined a slightly below-average 21.3 K% with a strong 4.3 BB% and 50.0% groundball rate. Whether the Phillies keep him in the bullpen or continue to develop him as a starter going forward remains to be seen. If he returns to the rotation, he'll likely need some more seasoning in the minors, as he produced a 6.88 ERA in 13 starts for Triple-A Lehigh Valley in 2019. The fact that he throws left-handed may cause the Phillies to elect to keep him in relief, where he'll have an easier path to a big-league role but is unlikely to find himself in a fantasy-relevant job.
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Inks contract for 2025
PSt. Louis Cardinals
January 9, 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
PSt. Louis Cardinals
October 22, 2024
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
PSt. Louis Cardinals
Forearm
September 25, 2024
The Cardinals placed Romero on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with left forearm flexor inflammation.
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Stuck with loss Thursday
PSt. Louis Cardinals
September 19, 2024
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
PSt. Louis Cardinals
September 12, 2024
Romero earned the save in Thursday's 6-1 win over Cincinnati, allowing two hits over 1.1 scoreless innings.
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