The Royals announced earlier today that left-hander Enny Romero, who was recently designated for assignment, has cleared waivers and elected free agency rather than accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A. He’ll be free to sign with any club.
Kansas City claimed Romero, 27, off waivers from the Pirates earlier this month, but the hard-throwing southpaw lasted just four innings in the Royals’ bullpen. Romero was hammered for nine runs on 11 hits (three homers) and a pair of walks with three strikeouts in his short time as a Royal — a continuation of what has been a nightmarish followup to a solid 2017 campaign.
Last year, Romero worked to a 3.56 ERA with 10.5 K/9, 3.7 BB/9, 1.13 HR/9 and a 39 percent ground-ball rate through 55 2/3 innings with the Nationals. He ranked among the hardest-throwing pitchers in the game, averaging 98 mph on his fastball over the course of the 2017 campaign. In 2018, though, Romero’s velocity has dropped substantially — averaging 95.2 mph. He’s also surrendered four homers in 10 innings between the Nats, Pirates and Royals after allowing just seven homers in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Enny takers?
Man the Rpyals will let Enny one pitch for them.
The A’s.
The angels need another lefty in the pen.
The Endians
He’s available for Ennyone now.
If only he was Enny good…
The members of this site never fail. I went into this thinking there wouldn’t be Enny puns. Boy was I wrong.
Hello? (hello) ( hello) / Is there Ennybody in there? / Just nod if you can hear me / Is there Ennyone at home?
Nice. Love the Floyd!
Mets… grab this talent and stash in AAA