JoJo Romero or Kirby Yates

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JoJo Romero or Kirby Yates Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	43.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	5	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	0	20

Hits Allowed	15	40

Earned Runs	9	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	28	43

Walks	8	16

ERA	3.74	3.35

WHIP	1.06	1.30

JoJo Romero or Kirby Yates Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	55	62

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	53.9	60.6

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	11	11

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	10	15

Hits Allowed	43	54

Earned Runs	25	25

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	65	57

Walks	25	24

ERA	4.23	3.73

WHIP	1.27	1.28

JoJo Romero or Kirby Yates Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	JoJo Romero RP - STL
News
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	JoJo Romero worked around a hit and a walk without allowing an earned run in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Atlanta. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	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
	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	The Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP JoJo Romero on a one-year, $4.26 million contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 8th
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JoJo Romero or Kirby Yates Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			JoJo Romero RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN