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Nationals Acquire Enny Romero From Rays

By Steve Adams | February 7, 2017 at 4:31pm CDT

The Rays and Nationals have announced a trade sending left-handed reliever Enny Romero to Washington for minor league right-hander Jeffrey Rosa  The move will open a spot on the 40-man roster for first baseman Logan Morrison, whose one-year deal to return to Tampa Bay is now official. The Nationals, on the other hand, did not need to make a 40-man roster move to accommodate Romero. Even after this trade, their 40-man count is still just at 39 players.

[Related: Updated Washington Nationals Depth Chart and Tampa Bay Rays Depth Chart]

Enny Romero

The 26-year-old Romero has had a pair of rough seasons in Tampa Bay, pitching to a 5.59 ERA in 75 2/3 innings at the Major League level from 2015-16. While he’s shown a penchant for missing bats (9.6 K/9), Romero has also averaged 4.9 walks per nine innings pitched and logged a slightly below-average ground-ball rate. However, his strikeout prowess and a power fastball that has averaged 96.1 mph over the past two seasons likely made him appealing to the Nationals.

Romero is out of minor league options, so he’ll have to break camp with the Nationals to open the season or first be exposed to waivers. He’ll head to Spring Training and give the Nats a third left-handed option behind veteran southpaw Oliver Perez and impressive young lefty Sammy Solis. If Romero ultimately proves able to harness his impressive velocity and strikeout potential, he’ll be a nice long-term option in the Nationals’ bullpen, as he’s controllable via arbitration through the 2021 season.

The 21-year-old Rosa has pitched 96 1/3 innings as a pro and pitched to a 3.83 ERA with a 103-to-49 K/BB ratio since signing as an amateur. He’s yet to crack any top prospect ranking within the Nationals organization, and that’s not terribly surprising given his age and the fact that he’s yet to advance beyond Rookie-level ball. But the out-of-options Romero was likely viewed as a potential 40-man casualty in Spring Training, as the Rays have Xavier Cedeno firmly ahead of him on the depth chart in addition to a slew of right-handed options that figure to merit spots.

It’s possible that Tampa Bay could seek further left-handed depth between now and Opening Day, though they could simply look at Cedeno, Alex Colome, Brad Boxberger, Erasmo Ramirez, Danny Farquhar and Shawn Tolleson as a likely front six in their relief corps. That would leave a number of other 40-man arms and non-roster invitees to battle it out for the final bullpen spot. All of those options can be seen on the Rays’ depth chart at Roster Resource.

Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times first reported that Romero was going to the Nats (on Twitter). Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post tweeted that the Nationals were sending a Gulf Coast League pitcher to the Rays in the deal.

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  1. alexgordonbeckham

    8 years ago

    Who needs Dave Robertson when you can have Ennyone else?

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    • RiseAgainst3598

      8 years ago

      Nice

      Reply
      • TheChanceyColborn

        8 years ago

        Hue hue that’s pretty good

        Reply
    • mrmariner

      8 years ago

      Lol

      Reply
    • KCelts

      8 years ago

      *slow clap*

      Reply
    • mattblaze13

      8 years ago

      Finally someone writes something funny

      Reply
  2. unsaturatedmatz

    8 years ago

    I think Romero has breakout potential. When he’s on he looks as shutdown as enny.

    2
    Reply
  3. sufferforsnakes

    8 years ago

    He’s gonna break out enny day now.

    1
    Reply
  4. gmflores27

    8 years ago

    Ennyone can see this is a great move for both teams

    Reply
    • RaysBaseball4

      8 years ago

      Well I believe that leaves the Rays with one left handed reliever, so… It will be interested to see what thy do from here.

      Reply
  5. arp7241

    8 years ago

    Who did the Nats give up ennyway?

    Reply
  6. vtadave

    8 years ago

    These joke are dumb. Can’t ennyone take this seriously?

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    Reply
    • thebighurt619

      8 years ago

      I guess there isnt enny hope for you man.

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      Reply
  7. jdgoat

    8 years ago

    The Nats bullpen is so shallow that they’ll pick up Enny Romero

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    Reply
  8. dazedatnoon

    8 years ago

    Wanna take a guess who will be watching the playoffs at home this year? Ennyone???

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  9. cws2021

    8 years ago

    Rizzo to Lerner: “We have holes in the pen and position depth issues.”
    Lerner: “Well, address them. But don’t trade our prospects.”
    R: “Ok, so I can spend on free agents??”
    L: “I didn’t say that! I said fix it!”
    R: “…..”

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    • rkumar

      8 years ago

      This is likely actually what happened

      Reply
  10. soxx44

    8 years ago

    Enny chance he is included in a prospect laden deal for Robertson?

    Reply
    • kc38

      8 years ago

      Not a chance. He has no value as you see

      Reply
  11. chesteraarthur

    8 years ago

    “nationals should have traded good prospects and eaten all of robertson’s salary rabble rabble rabble”

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