Jordan Romano
29-Year-Old
Day-To-Day
Injury Illness
2022 Stats
W-L
1-2
ERA
3.07
WHIP
1.23
K
17
SV
12
Rest-of-Season Projections
2022 Fantasy Outlook
After his 2020 breakout in high-leverage, Romano was the favorite to break camp as Toronto's closer after Kirby Yates underwent Tommy John surgery in late-March. However, it was Julian Merryweather who earned the first two saves for the Blue Jays. Injuries to Merryweather and Rafael Dolis eventually forced Toronto to use Romano in the ninth and he'd carry the closer role for the rest of the season after picking up his first save in late May. He went 23-for-24 in save chances overall while posting a 2.14 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 33.6 K%. His fastball velocity (98-mph) spiked again and his 23.7 K-BB% ranked 21st among qualified relievers. Romano proved he can handle the closing duties quite well, but his 2022 role depends on Toronto's offseason plans. The Canadian has one more season before he's eligible for salary arbitration and it's possible he returns to a more flexible high-leverage role. Read Past Outlooks
Expected to avoid IL
Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said Romano (illness) is recovering from a gastrointestinal infection but isn't expected to require a stint on the 15-day injured list, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports.
ANALYSIS
Romano hasn't appeared out of the bullpen since Saturday on account of the illness, which he's been treating with antibiotics. Though the Blue Jays are labeling Romano as day-to-day and believe he'll avoid the IL, the 28-year-old doesn't sound like he'll be available for Wednesday's series finale with the Mariners. Adam Cimber has secured saves on back-to-back days while Romano was on the mend, but the Blue Jays could go in a different direction if a save situation arises Wednesday.
Romano hasn't appeared out of the bullpen since Saturday on account of the illness, which he's been treating with antibiotics. Though the Blue Jays are labeling Romano as day-to-day and believe he'll avoid the IL, the 28-year-old doesn't sound like he'll be available for Wednesday's series finale with the Mariners. Adam Cimber has secured saves on back-to-back days while Romano was on the mend, but the Blue Jays could go in a different direction if a save situation arises Wednesday.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Jordan Romano generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Jordan Romano generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-35%
BAA vs LHP
2022
-17%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020vs Left | .142 | 67 | 10 | 20 | 3 | |||
| Since 2020vs Right | .218 | 56 | 25 | 42 | 8 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .208 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .250 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .140 | 43 | 7 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .211 | 42 | 18 | 28 | 5 | |||
| 2020vs Left | .083 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2020vs Right | .214 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-37%
ERA on Road
2022
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020Home | 2.61 | 0.97 | 48.1 | 11.9 | 2.6 | ||||
| Since 2020Away | 1.64 | 1.14 | 44.0 | 12.1 | 4.3 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0.00 | 0.67 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 7.94 | 2.12 | 5.2 | 12.7 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2021Home | 3.12 | 1.04 | 34.2 | 12.5 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2021Away | 0.95 | 1.06 | 28.1 | 11.8 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2020Home | 3.86 | 1.07 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2020Away | 0.00 | 0.80 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 3.6 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jordan Romano 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
3.40K/9
10.4BB/9
3.1HR/9
1.2Fastball
96.5 mphERA
3.07WHIP
1.23BABIP
.311GB/FB
1.07Left On Base
78.9%Exit Velocity
84.8 mphBarrels/BBE
4.1%Spin Rate
2246 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
32.4%Swinging Strike
17.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2021
2020
With Ken Giles out the door, Romano looked like he might be in line to close after he finished third on the team behind Giles and Rafael Dolis last year with two saves. However, with the offseason addition of Kirby Yates, Romano moves down the ladder. In a small sample of 14.2 innings, the 27-year-old looked like a high-leverage reliever, posting a 1.23 ERA, 36.8 K% and 58.1 GB%. His 8.8 BB% was perfectly fine as well. That all represented a big step forward from his performance in a similar sample of 15.1 innings as a rookie in 2019. Putting a ton of trust into a reliever who's been good for less than 15 frames and who was never much of a prospect is tough to do, but relievers do pop up out of nowhere all the time, and Romano's significant velocity gains give reason to believe there's something there. His fastball jumped from 94.6 to 96.3 mph last season, while his slider spiked from 84.8 to 89.9 mph.
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Deemed day-to-day
Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said Tuesday that Romano remains day-to-day with a non-COVID-19-related illness, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.
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Dealing with illness
Romano was unavailable to pitch in Monday's game against the Mariners due to a non-COVID-related illness, Mike Wilner of the Toronto Star reports.
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Unavailable Monday
Romano will not be available to pitch in Monday's game against Seattle and is currently being evaluated by the team's medical staff, Hazel Mae of Sportsnet reports.
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Blows second save Tuesday
Romano (1-2) blew the save and took the loss Tuesday as the Blue Jays were downed 6-5 by the Yankees, giving up three runs on one hit and two walks in one-third of an inning with the out coming via strikeout.
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Snatches 12th save
Romano pitched a scoreless ninth inning on his way to a save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Yankees. He allowed two hits and walked one while also registering a strikeout.
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