Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	JT Brubaker RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 439	# 595

Projections

Strikeouts	19	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	2
ERA	3.62	4.52
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	# 268

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	49.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	20	3

Hits Allowed	40	36

Earned Runs	16	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	43	35

Walks	16	20

ERA	3.35	2.74

WHIP	1.30	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	21.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	4

Hits Allowed	18	21

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	19	17

Walks	8	9

ERA	3.62	4.52

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	JT Brubaker RP - SF
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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
	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			JT Brubaker RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for JoJo Romero (2026)

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