Tommy Romero, a right-hand pitcher who formerly played for the Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals, has been signed by the SF Giants to a minor league deal.
According to the official transaction page on MLB.com, Tommy Romero, a right-handed pitcher, has signed a minor-league deal with the San Francisco Giants. Romero has spent his whole career in the minor leagues, with the exception of two brief big-league trips in 2022 with the Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals. Romero, who is still only 26 years old, will try to make the Giants big-league staff next season.
Romero played for the Nationals Triple-A clubTommy Romero, a right-hand pitcher who formerly played for the Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals, has been signed by the SF Giants to a minor league deal.Tommy Romero, a right-hand pitcher who formerly played for the Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals, has been signed by the SF Giants to a minor league deal. in Rochester, New York, for the whole 2023 season. Romero had a terrible time as a swingman in a league that was usually more pit pitcher friendly. In 87.2 innings thrown, he recorded a 5.44 ERA with 82 strikeouts and 61 walks in 36 games (10 starts). It was without a doubt Romero’s poorest statistical season to date and his first time experiencing such severe control issues in the lower levels.
Romero, who was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 2017 draft out of Eastern Florida Junior College, debuted on the professional scene before turning 20 years old and made an immediate impression. Romero made good use of his ability to mix and match pitches to keep batters off balance, even if he lacked any exceptional stuff. Romero immediately established himself as a sleeper prospect in the Mariners organization thanks to his rather slender body, which allowed opportunity for possible future velocity gains.
In his first full-season outing, Romero held his own and attracted the attention of the Rays, who traded reliever Alex Colome and outfielder Denard Span for him. Romero made his way up the minor-league ladder in Tampa Bay, where he finished each of his first five professional seasons with an ERA under 3.00.
Romero advanced to Triple-A in 2021 and finished the season with a 3.18 ERA in 12 starts before making a return to the level in 2022. He continued to be productive and even got his first MLB call-up. With they Ras, he had three appearances (one start) and threw 4.2 innings, giving up four earned runs on three hits, five walks, and five strikeouts. But in August, he was assigned to a job and took time off.
Romero finished the season strong at Triple-A, but in his one appearance with the Nationals, he gave up eight runs (six earned). Romero uses a combination of his four-seam fastball, slider, and split-finger changeup. Opposing hitters have been successful against all of Romero’s pitches in the majors, but none more so than his fastball, which sits in the low-90s and is incredibly hittable. While his slider, which is usually thought to be his most effective pitch, showed some promise with a 30% whiff-rate, he still left it over the plate too often.
Tommy Romero will probably face competition in spring training from other young big-league guns for the San Francisco Giants. Even though Tristan Beck and Sean Hjelle, two incumbents on the 40-man roster, will almost certainly start the season ahead of him on the depth chart, he might pitch his way into a big-league bullpen in 2024 if he can find his best form again in 2021–2022.
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