Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 459	# 820

Projections

Strikeouts	21	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.65	4.50
WHIP	1.35	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	20	0

Hits Allowed	40	5

Earned Runs	16	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	43	2

Walks	16	1

ERA	3.35	9.82

WHIP	1.30	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.4	11.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.65	4.50

WHIP	1.35	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	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	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for JoJo Romero (2026)

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