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Elvis Alvarado for JoJo Romero (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| JoJo Romero RP - STL  | Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 208 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 441 | # 699 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 39 | 32 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 4.27 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.47 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 158 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 217 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 349 | ‐ |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 10 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 26.2 | 9.2 |
| Wins | 0 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 15 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 21 | 11 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 9 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 25 | 9 |
| Walks | 10 | 7 |
| ERA | 2.70 | 8.38 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.86 |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 44 | 36 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 41.3 | 32.0 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 11 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 29 |
| Earned Runs | 17 | 15 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 39 | 32 |
| Walks | 17 | 16 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 4.27 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.47 |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH | |
| News | ||
| 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 Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th | |
| 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 | ||
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ ATL | Jose Suarez | #227 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #258 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | @ BAL | Keegan Akin (0-0) | #180 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | @ SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #172 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #234 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs LAA | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | vs BOS | ||||
| 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 (4-2) | #21 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | |||||
