The Pirates have claimed left-hander Enny Romero off waivers from the Nationals, as per a Pittsburgh media release. Romero will claim an open spot on the Bucs’ 40-man roster, and the release stated that he’ll join the Major League roster once a corresponding move is made.
Washington designated Romero for assignment last week in the wake of a tough start to the season that saw the lefty allow three runs over two innings pitched. Romero was something of the victim of a roster crunch, as the Nats chose to subtract from their eight-man bullpen to add extra bench depth in the form of utilityman Matt Reynolds. In 2017, Romero posted a 3.56 ERA, 10.5 K/9, and a 2.83 K/BB rate over 55 2/3 IP for the Nationals.
Romero will join closer Felipe Vazquez as the only other left-handed reliever on the Pirates’ 25-man roster, with Steven Brault (in the rotation) and Josh Smoker (at Triple-A) representing the only other southpaws on Pittsburgh’s 40-man. Romero isn’t an ideal candidate, however, to provide balance to the Pirates bullpen since he has been a reverse-splits pitcher over his 138 career innings. Left-handed batters have a healthy .317/.398/.467 slash line against him while right-handed batters have hit just .232/.317/.371.
that’ll beef up the pen for sure…
Definitely saw this happening.
Sure, If you exclude Steven Brault, I guess you could say Romero will be the only other lefthander besides Felipe Vazquez on the 25 man roster. I don’t understand why you would exclude Brault, but I’m sure you have your reasons, odd as they may be.
Okay, you have edited the story now after reading my reply so my point looks false. I can’t always be your fact-checker, so you’ll need to do it on your own from now on.
Pompous much?
Surprised they picked up Enny as opposed to Nestor Cortes. Who is on the bubble for the Pirates roster?
40 man is fine, for the 25 I’d guess Neverauskas, who has been getting lit up
Neverauskas should not see the majors again. Absolutely horrible. As good as the start of the season has been the Pirates took to many gambles with bullpen arms.
Indeed seen enough of him, willing to give Santana more time.
Neverauskas absolutely needs to get more work in Indianapolis. The back end has settled in nicely with Feliz Kontos and Vázquez.
I agree Santana has been very touchy but he’s clearly got the stuff. Glasnow, who I had no confidence in entering the season, could really be a wild card.
Let’s give Neverauskas another chance.He was decent last year in limited ML work but got lit up terribly this year.If he does really well in AAA he may be a candidate to return much later in the year.
Santana has been a little better but he needs to pitch much better also to keep his place.
I hope Romero does well but I find it very interesting to see the distinct reverse splits.