The Dodgers have designated righty Sergio Romo for assignment, per a club announcement. His roster spot was needed for the team’s activation of lefty Grant Dayton.
Romo, 34, moved south to Los Angeles over the winter after a nine-year run with the Giants. But things have not gone quite as hoped with the team he grew up rooting for.
Over 25 innings, Romo has coughed up 17 earned runs. While he’s generating plenty of strikeouts — 11.2 K/9 on a robust 14.8% swinging-strike rate — the veteran has also surrendered a dozen walks and seven home runs.
With only a $3MM salary, it’s conceivable another organization could take on some or all of his contract. Romo has mostly been outstanding over his MLB career, and still seems to carry most of the skills that have driven a lifetime 2.77 ERA. Whether or not a trade can be worked out, Romo figures to represent an interesting bounceback candidate for one of the many teams currently jockeying to add relief arms at the trade deadline.
For the Dodgers, it’s possible to see this decision as further indication that the team is lining up to grab a premium relief arm at the deadline. Whether or not that occurs, though, the talent-rich organization obviously felt good about the rest of its pen mix — particularly with the emergence of Brandon Morrow.
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Saw that coming!
Yup easy call if you watched him last couple of years.
Well, if they release him… giants can further reunite their World Series core
Lol
If the Dodgers are footing the bill why not?
The Padres could get their World Series core together as well…………..wait, scratch that.
Scratch that. The perfect way to describe for Madison Bumgarner’s season this year.
Haha burn
Your 5 seconds of fame is over 1434 backto the sewer for you
I bet the Dodgers wish they had a World Series core that people could make dumb jokes about.
They do the manager was recently released from the hospital and the hero hunts in the upper peninsula!
We’re getting the band back together….who’s got Peavey’s #….?
8675309
I guess his 6.12 ERA just didn’t cut it. Giants can claim him and continue reassembling their ’10/’12/’14 World Series team.
Aubrey huff out of retirement, Travis ishikawa, big time Timmy Jim, peavey is available
This joke is getting old. Spell the players names right at least.
butthurt alert^^
I hope hatcher is next
Hatcher should have been gone along long time ago
Agreed
Absolutely agree
He only gave up runs in 11 out of 30 games, that’s not awful, but definitely not good on a playoff team. Guessing Sergio goes back to the Bay, either with SF or OAK, who have spots open for a guy like him.
I bet, Oakland seems like a fit
How do you figure the Giants have a spot? They have guys at Sac that are a better choice than Sergio.
You said Sac…ha!
Just curious, what are the chances of the yankees landing Stanton?
About as good as this comment relating to the story it is posted to.
Just kidding.
Lol. He deserved that response.
+1 haha
Bazinga!!!
+2
Haha that was deserved. It probably won’t happen (and for good reason) but something about Judge and Stanton back to back makes me salivate
Why would the yankees go after him? They have a pretty solid outfield core, and they could do in on the bidding war for Harper if they wanted to. I don’t like Harper, but imo he is better than Stanton
Wonder if he’d accept an assignment in minors for a shot to return to LA in September.
I doubt it, and I don’t think it will get to that point anyways. He’s cheap enough and has had success recently enough that I could easily see another team sending a middling prospect to LA for him. And if not, Romo would likely have a couple of minor-league offers with teams with less bullpen depth than the Dodgers.
First panda now romo.
I think there good players to see what they can do towards the end of the season to secure a spot on a mlb roster for next season.
Wow, didn’t see that coming . . . said no one.
well I guess if strickland goes there is space in the pen in SF, though how funny would it be to have the rivercats collect SF WS guys….
If Strickland goes, and even if Kontos, and someone else as well. I think the Giants would still opt for Derek Law, Matt Reynolds, Chris Stratton, Albert Suarez, or some other River Cat instead of Romo.
Brandon League is available …
So is George Sheryl
God, I hope Bobby Evans is on vacation and doesn’t have cell phone service for the next few days.
^^^^^
I think he reached for his cellphone 52 minutes ago.
I like Romo, but I think everyone knew he was serving BP sliders when he came into a the game. Hopefully he stays in the minors and maybe comes up in September to be in games where we have a 10 run lead. Best case scenario I think.
Twins will take a flier and designate belisle
For personal and selfish reasons I so hope he somehow makes his way down to Oklahoma City…
Have to imagine someone will grab him up and give him a shot tho
The Rays are looking for any type of relief help they can get, and they actually made the highest offer to Romo in the offseason but he prefered to stay in Cali. I wonder if they would have interest in giving him a shot.
Bellingers a better pitcher than this guy
Betca his little bro will strike out Cody
Heard the Giants are planning
I’m bringing him back too
Giants are always planning. Glad to hear you’re bringing him back Rycm131.
Pick him up atlanta we need help
We will see what this bodes though obviously the Dodgers did not need to DFA Romo at this point to make a trade.
Come to the Mets and redeem yourself