Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	JoJo Romero RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 50	# 197
VBR	# 255	# 459

Projections

Strikeouts	53	21
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	4.03	3.65
WHIP	1.25	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	# 170

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 41	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	# 169

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 211

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	# 399

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	44

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	84.0	43.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	20

Hits Allowed	66	40

Earned Runs	31	16

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	87	43

Walks	25	16

ERA	3.32	3.35

WHIP	1.08	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	23

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	52.0	21.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	46	19

Earned Runs	23	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	53	21

Walks	17	8

ERA	4.03	3.65

WHIP	1.25	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	JoJo Romero RP - STL
News
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer 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
	Payton Tolle took the loss Wednesday against the Nationals after allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks over three-plus innings. He struck out five in Boston’s 10-2 defeat. Four of the seven hits went for extra bases, including home runs by Andres Chaparro and Nasim Nunez, their first of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Payton Tolle allowed one hit and two walks while striking out seven over seven scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Payton Tolle (3-5) took the loss Sunday against the Mariners after allowing three runs on six hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out two, matching a season low. Dominic Canzone accounted for one of the runs with a solo home run in the second inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			JoJo Romero RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Payton Tolle (2026)

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