Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Trevor Stephan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 200	‐
VBR	# 430	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.65	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 230	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
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	Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
News
	JoJo Romero does not have a timetable to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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
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			Trevor Stephan RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Trevor Stephan (2026)

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