Saturday’s minor moves:
- The Giants’ Triple-A affiliate in Sacramento has released left-hander Ricky Romero, who first joined the organization in 2015. Romero combined for just 30 2/3 innings with the Giants at two minor league levels, including 14 2/3 frames of 6.75 ERA pitching with Sacramento this season. The 32-year-old had been a highly effective starter with the Blue Jays from 2009-11, a 613-inning span in which he logged a 3.60 ERA, 7.24 K/9, 3.54 BB/9 and a 54.6 percent ground-ball rate. That output led the Jays to give Romero a five-year, $30.1MM contract in 2011, but his performance fell off drastically the next season and he has thrown just 7 1/3 major league frames since. Romero underwent elbow surgery in 2012, perhaps contributing to his on-field woes, and Toronto released him in 2015.
whoa, a ricky romero sighting.
Probably going to go sign with the angels now
I’m thinking maybe San Diego myself
Guy is done since 2013!
The only thing that feels weird about this is remembering that we released him in 2015. And by that I mean that it feels like it was waaaaaay longer than that when it happened. Had you asked me prior to reading this about when I thought he was released, I’d have said 2012 or 2013.
Your memory’s not really wrong. The Jays outrighted Romero in 2013, so he was basically out of sight, out of mind for a while before they finally released him.