Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 436	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.62	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	43.0	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	20	0

Hits Allowed	40	1

Earned Runs	16	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	43	3

Walks	16	1

ERA	3.35	3.86

WHIP	1.30	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.62	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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 Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	The Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP JoJo Romero on a one-year, $4.26 million contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 8th	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for JoJo Romero (2026)

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