Jose Alvarado or JoJo Romero
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| JoJo Romero RP - STL  | Jose Alvarado RP - PHI  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 25 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 26.2 | 19.1 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Holds | 15 | 7 |
| Hits Allowed | 21 | 27 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 12 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 25 | 26 |
| Walks | 10 | 8 |
| ERA | 2.70 | 5.59 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.81 |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Jose Alvarado RP - PHI | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 62 | 58 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 60.6 | 56.9 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 11 | 4 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Holds | 15 | 12 |
| Hits Allowed | 54 | 48 |
| Earned Runs | 25 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 57 | 65 |
| Walks | 24 | 23 |
| ERA | 3.73 | 3.65 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.24 |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Jose Alvarado RP - PHI | |
| News | ||
| Romero finished 2025 with a 2.07 ERA and 55:29 K:BB across 61 innings, and he already has closing experience with the Cardinals — he and Riley O'Brien shared ninth-inning duties down the stretch after Ryan Helsley was traded. Matt Svanson and Ryne Stanek are also expected to factor into save situations in St. Louis. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th | Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th | |
| The Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP JoJo Romero on a one-year, $4.26 million contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 8th | Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Jose Alvarado RP - PHI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | vs TEX | Jacob Latz (1-1) | #102 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #257 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #115 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs CHC | Riley Martin | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #234 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #172 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs PIT | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | vs PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CHC | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CHC | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TOR | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TOR | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TOR | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ NYY | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ NYY | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs COL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs COL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs COL | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PHI | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PHI | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CHC | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CHC | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ PHI | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ PHI | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ PHI | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SEA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BAL | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BAL | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAD | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAD | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ COL | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SF | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SF | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CWS | @ ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SF | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SF | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ PIT | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ PIT | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIL | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIL | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIL | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | |||||
