Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Julian Merryweather (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 197	‐
VBR	# 459	‐

Projections

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

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	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
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	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
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	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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 Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	The Cardinals agreed to terms with LHP JoJo Romero on a one-year, $4.26 million contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 8th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#110	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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