Who Should I Trade?

Drew Smith for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 460	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.65	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	FA

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	Drew Smith RP - FA
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	Drew Smith RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Drew Smith RP - FA
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	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	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	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 Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
	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
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Drew Smith RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#390
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Smith for JoJo Romero (2026)

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