One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Romero's 4-seam fastball moves 56.1 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
143 thrown, averaging 95.1 mph.
He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Romero throws 41% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 54.6% with the bases empty.
78 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 130 with the bases empty.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Romero throws a strike on the first pitch 49.2% of the time.
59 plate appearances started in 2018.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Romero lives in the strike zone: 49.5% of his pitches are in it, 90th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 77th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Romero's 4-seam fastball carries 16.9 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
143 thrown, averaging 95.1 mph.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Romero averages 91.9 mph across his arsenal, 87th percentile in the league.
208 pitches in 2018. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 93rd in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Romero works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 68.8% of everything he throws.
208 classified pitches in 2018.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Romero releases the ball 5.5 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
208 tracked pitches in 2018.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
51.2% of the contact Romero gives up is hit hard, 5th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 694th in MLB.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Romero lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.19 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
208 located pitches in 2018.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Romero projects a .426 average, 6th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 685th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Romero's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.7 mph, against 88.2 off his slider.
143 and 50 of them thrown.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Romero releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 64 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
208 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Romero puts 68.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 48.6% when he is ahead.
66 located pitches behind, 37 ahead.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 91.9 mph off the bat against Romero, 7th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 676th in MLB.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Romero's 4-seam fastball averages 95.1 mph, and has touched 97.8.
143 thrown, 68.8% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .434 expected average against them, against .393 on his breaking balls.
143 of his fastballs thrown.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
23.1% of Romero's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
48 of 208 located pitches.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Romero lands 53.1% of his fastballs in the zone and only 41.5% of his breaking balls.
143 of his fastballs, 65 of his breaking balls.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Romero throws the 4-seam fastball 73.8% of the time against right-handers and 61.6% against left-handers.
122 pitches to right-handers, 86 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.6 mph separates Romero's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.1 against 85.6.
143 and 50 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Romero's slider spins at 2,284 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
50 thrown in 2018.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Romero's 4-seam fastball moves 56.1 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
143 thrown, averaging 95.1 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Romero's 4-seam fastball carries 16.9 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
143 thrown, averaging 95.1 mph.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Romero throws 41% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 54.6% with the bases empty.
78 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 130 with the bases empty.
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He falls behind hitters far too often
Romero throws a strike on the first pitch 49.2% of the time.
59 plate appearances started in 2018.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Romero puts 68.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 48.6% when he is ahead.
66 located pitches behind, 37 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Romero lives in the strike zone: 49.5% of his pitches are in it, 90th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 77th in MLB.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Romero averages 91.9 mph across his arsenal, 87th percentile in the league.
208 pitches in 2018. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 93rd in MLB.
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His pitches move in ways that fit together
Romero works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 68.8% of everything he throws.
208 classified pitches in 2018.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Romero's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 92.7 mph, against 88.2 off his slider.
143 and 50 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Romero's 4-seam fastball averages 95.1 mph, and has touched 97.8.
143 thrown, 68.8% of his pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Romero throws the 4-seam fastball 73.8% of the time against right-handers and 61.6% against left-handers.
122 pitches to right-handers, 86 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.6 mph separates Romero's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 95.1 against 85.6.
143 and 50 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Romero's slider spins at 2,284 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
50 thrown in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Romero releases the ball 5.5 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
208 tracked pitches in 2018.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Romero releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 64 degrees above horizontal and 0.9 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.
208 tracked release points, averaging 6.1 feet off the ground.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
51.2% of the contact Romero gives up is hit hard, 5th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 694th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Romero projects a .426 average, 6th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 6th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 685th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 91.9 mph off the bat against Romero, 7th percentile.
208 pitches in 2018. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 676th in MLB.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Romero lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.19 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
208 located pitches in 2018.
He leaves too much of it over the heart of the plate
23.1% of Romero's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, the part of the plate hitters do their damage on.
48 of 208 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .434 expected average against them, against .393 on his breaking balls.
143 of his fastballs thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Romero lands 53.1% of his fastballs in the zone and only 41.5% of his breaking balls.
143 of his fastballs, 65 of his breaking balls.
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Career team 2017–2018