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This is Jordan Romano’s fifth season with the Blue Jays and third as our closer. He is fifth on our all-time saves list, with 104 (18 more would put him third. He’s 130 away from Tom Henke’s franchise lead).
His numbers this year:
| Age | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | ERA+ | FIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | SO/W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.87 | 39 | 33 | 26 | 37.2 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 3.07 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 11.5 | 4.36 |
He has 3 blown saves to go with the 26 saves, a save percentage of 90.
Baseball Reference has him at a 1.2 WAR. FanGraphs at 1.1.
Batters are hitting .217/.277/.357 (up from last year’s .190/.268/.263). He’s having more trouble with left-handed batters (.225/.276/.409) than right-handers (.208/.279/.306).
By month:
April: 2.92 ERA.
May: 3.12 ERA.
June: 2.84 ERA.
In save situations, batters are hitting .221/.267/.310. Non-save .200/.314/.533 (2 home runs in 35 PA).
He’s been super with RISP, .178/.315/.289 and has been good in high leverage spots, .191/.269/.381 (but then he pretty much always pitches in high-leverage spots).
As you’ve likely noticed, he’s been great in extra innings (.000/.200/.000), which is nice since there is a runner on second to start the inning.
Jordan’s strikeout rate is up (31.0% from 28.1), and the walk rate is down (7.1% from 8.1).
His hard contact rate is almost the same as last year (33.7%, from 33.3), and soft contact is up (18.9% from 13.8).
Poll
For the first half I’d grade Jordan Romano an
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49%
A
(285 votes) -
34%
B+
(198 votes) -
10%
B
(62 votes) -
3%
B-
(18 votes) -
1%
C+
(6 votes) -
0%
C
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0%
C-
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0%
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0%
D
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0%
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F
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