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JoJo Romero for Ryan Thompson (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| JoJo Romero RP - STL  | Ryan Thompson RP - ARI  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 212 | # 281 |
| VBR | # 441 | # 557 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 39 | 30 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 4 | 1 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 3.95 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.36 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 158 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 217 | # 276 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 349 | # 361 |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Ryan Thompson RP - ARI | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 25 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 26.2 | 19.2 |
| Wins | 0 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Holds | 15 | 5 |
| Hits Allowed | 21 | 16 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 25 | 12 |
| Walks | 10 | 7 |
| ERA | 2.70 | 2.75 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.17 |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Ryan Thompson RP - ARI | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 44 | 41 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 41.3 | 37.8 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 4 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 11 | 8 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 37 |
| Earned Runs | 17 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 39 | 30 |
| Walks | 17 | 12 |
| ERA | 3.66 | 3.95 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.36 |
| JoJo Romero RP - STL | Ryan Thompson RP - ARI | |
| 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 | Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th | |
| 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 | Ryan Thompson RP - ARI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | vs DET | Justin Verlander (0-1) | #160 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (5-4) | #169 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | @ PHI | Zach Pop | |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #156 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-4) | #141 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 | vs COL | Zach Agnos | |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #148 | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #234 | @ SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (2-1) | #58 | vs WSH | Zack Littell (5-4) | #169 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CIN | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | ||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto (0-0) | #193 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ NYM | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs SD | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs SD | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | vs LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ KC | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs ARI | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs ARI | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs ARI | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs MIA | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs MIA | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs MIA | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATL | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATL | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CHC | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CHC | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CHC | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ATL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ATL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ATL | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ARI | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ LAA | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ LAA | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ LAA | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | @ PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CHC | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CHC | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs CHC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ TOR | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ TOR | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ TOR | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ NYY | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ NYY | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs COL | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs COL | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs COL | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs PHI | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PHI | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PHI | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CHC | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CHC | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ CIN | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ PHI | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ PHI | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ PHI | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BAL | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAD | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAD | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ COL | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ COL | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ COL | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SF | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SF | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SF | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CWS | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CWS | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CWS | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SF | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SF | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SF | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs WSH | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TEX | Jakob Junis | ||||
| Mon, May 18th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIN | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SF | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs PHI | |||||
