Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 407	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.71	7.83
WHIP	1.35	0.87

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 169	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	20	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	3.35	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.6	0.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	21	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	23	1

Walks	9	0

ERA	3.71	7.83

WHIP	1.35	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	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
	The Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP JoJo Romero on a one-year, $4.26 million contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, May 5th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, May 18th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for JoJo Romero (2026)

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