Who Should I Trade?

Clayton Beeter for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 153	# 197
VBR	# 316	# 436

Projections

Strikeouts	26	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	2
ERA	4.08	3.62
WHIP	1.42	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 168	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 168	# 169

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	# 211

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 173	# 399

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.2	43.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	3

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	5	20

Hits Allowed	19	40

Earned Runs	12	16

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	33	43

Walks	19	16

ERA	3.77	3.35

WHIP	1.33	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.8	20.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	19	18

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	26	19

Walks	12	8

ERA	4.08	3.62

WHIP	1.42	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH	JoJo Romero RP - STL
News
	Clayton Beeter allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out two to earn the save in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Clayton Beeter struck out one batter over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Monday's 12-11 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Clayton Beeter struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Clayton Beeter allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out two to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Rays. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 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
	Clayton Beeter struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Padres. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 1st	The Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP JoJo Romero on a one-year, $4.26 million contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clayton Beeter RP - WSH			JoJo Romero RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Clayton Beeter for JoJo Romero (2026)

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