Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Troy Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 196	‐
VBR	# 446	# 971

Projections

Strikeouts	19	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.61	4.45
WHIP	1.33	1.48

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	Troy Taylor RP - SEA
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	Troy Taylor RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	8

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	8

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.61	4.45

WHIP	1.33	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Troy Taylor RP - SEA
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Mariners optioned RHP Troy Taylor to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	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
	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
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Troy Taylor RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Troy Taylor (2026)

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