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Reds Outright Sal Romano

By Steve Adams | February 11, 2020 at 7:10pm CDT

February 11: Romano cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Louisville, per the Reds.

February 5: The Reds announced Wednesday that they’ve designated right-hander Sal Romano for assignment. His removal from the 40-man roster opens a spot for righty Pedro Strop, whose previously reported one-year deal in Cincinnati is now official.

Romano, 26, has shown some promise with the Reds in the upper minors and turned in a solid, albeit unspectacular debut effort back in 2017 when he tossed 87 innings of 4.45 ERA ball (4.24 FIP). Romano averaged 7.6 K/9, 3.8 BB/9 and 0.93 HR/9 to go along with a strong 50.4 percent ground-ball rate in that rookie showing and looked like a potential back-end starter for what was then a still-rebuilding Reds club.

In the two years since that time, however, Romano’s results in the big leagues have cratered. He started 25 games in 2018 and made another 14 relief appearances but saw his ERA balloon to 5.31 as his strikeout rate (6.5 K/9), home-run rate (1.42 HR/9) and grounder rate (45.4 percent) went in the wrong direction. Romano did have some success in his 14 1/3 innings as a reliever that season, so the Reds tried him out as a full-time bullpen piece in 2019, but that experiment didn’t yield better results; Romano pitched to a 4.28 ERA in Triple-A and allowed 14 runs on 22 hits and eight walks in 16 1/3 big league innings (7.71 ERA).

The Reds will now have a week to trade Romano, release him or place him on outright waivers. He’s out of minor league options, so any team that acquires him will either need to carry him on the Opening Day roster or else designate him for assignment once again during Spring Training.

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  1. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    curious to see if he can get back on track if moves back to the rotation full time

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    • burtgummer

      5 years ago

      The problem is he’s never gotten on track

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    • Joeyjoejoe

      5 years ago

      And he’s never going to get back into a rotation to get the chance

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    • BrandonGregory74

      5 years ago

      He’s a multi inning reliever. He can go through a line-up once, twice is when he ran into trouble. He could be a good 7th inning guy I think.

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  2. baseballhobo

    5 years ago

    The pitcher with a catcher’s name.

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  3. DocBB

    5 years ago

    Good

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  4. Linkster

    5 years ago

    Wow, I did not see Sal Ramano being DFA. I know he was out of options and a lot of RP are in camp. But, I thought he would at least be able to compete in camp.

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    • mrkinsm

      5 years ago

      He can still compete in camp, assuming he clears waivers.

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    • DocBB

      5 years ago

      He’s awful. This was another brainer. Career 5.17 ERA and 4.31 in the minors. There is NO upside here…

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      • cr4

        5 years ago

        stats don’t necessarily tell the full story with him. he definitely still has some potential

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        • BrandonGregory74

          5 years ago

          Yes he does. He’s a likable guy too. Hopefully he pitches well enough to win a roster spot.

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  5. scvanguard1

    5 years ago

    Never had a winning record (other than 1-0 at Cincinnati last year). Not even in the minors.

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    • martyfan

      5 years ago

      Yeah, that matters

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      • scvanguard1

        5 years ago

        Winning is all that matters.

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        • Stallion97

          5 years ago

          Using wins as a method to evaluate a pitcher’s effectiveness is silly because so many variables beyond the pitcher’s control contribute to receiving a win or a loss.

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  6. progers2622

    5 years ago

    To bad. He was from the same town as Rob Dibble. Good luck Sal.

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  7. Grand Salami

    5 years ago

    First Siri and now Romano. These are guys other clubs will want for depth and to take a chance on. This moves reflect how deep this team has become with MLB talent (albeit not superstars).

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    • coach him

      5 years ago

      Slow your role. They are still the Reds and on paper the 2nd best team in their division. Trimming the fat on the steak but still have more to go until they get to the meat.

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  8. Dbird777

    5 years ago

    A shame. ’cause he’s got good velo and movement. But he’s a thrower who leaves too many pitches up.. Good flier for non-contending teams tho.

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  9. K R Stemen

    5 years ago

    Over the past couple seasons I was always fearful for the spectators sitting in the 39-40 rows. Any of them was in high risk of being “beaned” by a pitch as soon as Romano released it. Romano is a very likeable kid and I sure hope that he can sign on soon with another team. So many times just a change of scenery makes a big difference.

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  10. KermitJagger

    5 years ago

    Always makes me think of Sal Fasano and his epic facial hair.

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  11. martyfan

    5 years ago

    Could absolutely see him going someplace like the Marlins or Orioles and figuring things out. Hard worker, good guy, I wish him the best.

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  12. Armaments216

    5 years ago

    Why do the Reds still have a Rule 5 outfielder on their roster? No way Mark Payton makes that team with all their other OFs.

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    • Big Red Machine

      5 years ago

      Unless… They are planning a trade…

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      • Armaments216

        5 years ago

        Or maybe they have health concerns about both Nick Senzel and Jesse Winker to start the season.

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        • JamesBrian14

          5 years ago

          You are always going to have health concerns about Nick Senzel – especially since he has already shown he can’t stay healthy.

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  13. TradeBait

    5 years ago

    To this point Sal never learned to be a pitcher versus a thrower. Remains to be seen if he will. He has some good action if he does.

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  14. carlitoway1985

    5 years ago

    sal in spanish is salt

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