Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Wandy Peralta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 196	# 310
VBR	# 446	# 608

Projections

Strikeouts	19	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.61	3.95
WHIP	1.33	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	# 358

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 399	# 246

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	44

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	43.0	50.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	20	3

Hits Allowed	40	47

Earned Runs	16	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	43	32

Walks	16	21

ERA	3.35	3.02

WHIP	1.30	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	22.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	18	21

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	18

Walks	7	10

ERA	3.61	3.95

WHIP	1.33	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JoJo Romero RP - STL	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
News
	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Wandy Peralta is being actively discussed in trades. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	The Padres activated Wandy Peralta from the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Padres placed LHP Wandy Peralta on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Wandy Peralta will serve as the opener for the Padres on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow 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	Wandy Peralta will start for the Padres on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JoJo Romero RP - STL			Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

JoJo Romero for Wandy Peralta (2026)

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