The Rangers have returned Rule 5 selection Jordan Romano to the Blue Jays after the right-hander cleared waivers, tweets Shi Davidi of Sportsnet. Having been placed on waivers Thursday, the 25-year-old Romano was offered to his previous club today and will rejoin the Blue Jays after failing to make the Rangers’ Opening Day roster.
Despite a respectable 3.86 spring training ERA, Romano has posted an unimpressive 6:5 K:BB ratio in 9 1/3 spring innings with the Rangers. Romano had been selected in December’s Rule 5 Draft after a solid 2018 season at the Double-A level, in which he posted a 4.13 ERA while striking out 125 batters in 137 1/3 innings. Upon returning to the Blue Jays, Romano will not be required to be placed on the 40-man roster.
Do you guys have a Rule 5 Tracker? If not, it would be a cool thing to add for next season.
They had one last year. I’m sure they’ll have one posted very soon
I didn’t mean for the season exclusively. I meant for Spring Training too. That way you can follow all the picks to see which have the best shot of making it throughout the spring. Perhaps with a minimal amount of spring stats included.
Excellent… now if we could just get Bergen back…
That’s an interesting situation. The Giants actually have a lot of pitching depth plus two very good lefties in Smith and Watson, but Bergen has performed well so far. You gotta think somebody of value is going to have to get moved if they want to keep Bergen.
this looks worse after Hammel having retired. Again, its his choice, but he picked the worst time to do it.
What % of Rule 5’s get returned?
63%