MONDAY: Romero has been granted free agency, tweets Rich Dubroff of CSNBaltimore.com. Romero will be free to sign with any team if he decides against retirement.
FRIDAY: The Orioles have designated left-handed reliever J.C. Romero for assignment, Britt Ghiroli of MLB.com reports (on Twitter). Baltimore acquired Romero from the Indians 11 days ago and purchased his contract from the minor leagues the following day. The 14-year veteran said he's now considering retirement, Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun reports (on Twitter).
Romero appeared in two games for the Orioles before getting removed from their roster. The 36-year-old has spent considerable time at Triple-A, where he posted a 2.74 ERA with 7.8 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 in 23 innings for the International League affiliates of the Indians and Orioles this year.
Steve Adams contributed to this post.
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J C Romero is done. I think that his playing days have passed him by.
should retire a phillie – he’ll always be a WFC to us.
Wow. MLB Rumors is usually much better than this. Although he did come to the O’s 11 days ago, he actually stunk the joint out over the course of 5 appearances, not 2 games as reported here. He gave up runs in all but the first appearance and looked immensely hittable every time out. This post also completely overlooked the 10 appearances he made for St. Louis back in April & May of this year.
I can assure you that the appearances were quite unremarkable.
He was so bad in STL.
These JC Romero updates for the last few years have made MLBTradeRumors a baseball Groundhogs Day.
Your newest member of the Sugar Land Skeeters
He should just retire. He’s gone down like a world war 2 fighter plane.
I know this is off topic but what are the Dodgers going to be in the next 15 years if they just keep signing big names?
The 2011 Red Sox. Over paid losers