Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Raisel Iglesias (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Raisel Iglesias RP - ATL	JoJo Romero RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 41	# 196
VBR	# 228	# 446

Projections

Strikeouts	26	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	2
ERA	3.59	3.61
WHIP	1.18	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 170

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 30	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 65	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 49	# 169

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 41	# 211

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 87	# 399

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Raisel Iglesias RP - ATL	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.0	43.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	3

Saves	21	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	20

Hits Allowed	32	40

Earned Runs	10	16

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	42	43

Walks	7	16

ERA	2.50	3.35

WHIP	1.08	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Raisel Iglesias RP - ATL	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.3	19.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	21	18

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	26	19

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.59	3.61

WHIP	1.18	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Raisel Iglesias RP - ATL	JoJo Romero RP - STL
News
	Raisel Iglesias allowed two hits and struck out two during a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Thursday's 6-5 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Raisel Iglesias was charged with one run on one hit while striking out two in 2/3 innings to earn the save in Wednesday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Raisel Iglesias retired all three batters he faced during the bottom of the ninth inning, striking out one to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	Raisel Iglesias worked around a walk, retiring three of the four batters he faced in a scoreless bottom of the ninth to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Raisel Iglesias allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out over one inning to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Raisel Iglesias RP - ATL			JoJo Romero RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#298	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Raisel Iglesias (2026)

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