Joseph

Romero

PAge : 30Throws : L

#33

JoJo Romero

#33PMilwaukee Brewers

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2020-08-21

Born in : Camarillo, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026		55	3	3	3.36	56.1	54	1.22
2026	Milwaukee Brewers	11	2	0	3.38	13.1	11	0.98
2026	St. Louis Cardinals	44	1	3	3.35	43.0	43	1.30
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	65	4	6	2.07	61.0	55	1.25
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	65	7	3	3.36	59.0	51	1.15
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	27	4	2	3.68	36.2	42	1.06
2022		17	0	0	4.96	16.1	17	1.41
2022	St. Louis Cardinals	15	0	0	3.77	14.1	16	1.26
2022	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0	0	13.50	2.0	1	2.50
2021	Philadelphia Phillies	11	0	0	7.00	9.0	8	1.78
2020	Philadelphia Phillies	12	0	0	7.59	10.2	10	1.41
Career totals		252	18	14	3.51	249.0	237	1.23

ContractMilwaukee Brewers payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 4.3 M$
AAV: 4.26 M$

2026
4.26 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

3.36

FIP

3.97

xFIP

3.67

ERA-

WHIP

1.22

22.7 %

BB%

7.6 %

Strikeouts

Innings

56.3

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.2

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.2

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-6)

20231.2 WAR · 2.1 per full season
2024-0.1 WAR · -0.1 per full season
20250.9 WAR · 1.0 per full season
20260.2 WAR · 0.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

-6 · 29 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

VEL: Velocity; 73
STF: Stuff; 74
CTL: Control; 78
CNT: Contact allowed; 72
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 83
EX: Experience; 71

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

0.2

#157 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

56 / 100

#115 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

28 / 100

Surplus $-2.3M · salary $4.3M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention58

Stuff55

Command71

Contact allowed29

Velocity43

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.97 · RA9-WAR: 1.0

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

94.4 mi/h

42th percentile

22.7 %

48th percentile

BB%

7.6 %

70th percentile

xERA

4.45

25th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.323

25th percentile

Barrels allowed

7.4 %

40th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	MIL	0.2	56	75	94.4	22.7	7.6	4.45	.323
2025	STL	0.9	52	71	94.2	21.6	11.4	3.48	.291
2024	STL	-0.1	36	73	95.1	21.0	6.6	5.00	.346
2023	STL	1.2	92	86	95.1	28.6	6.8	2.84	.262
2022	STL	-0.2	28	64	95.5	25.4	14.9	4.46	.329

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 26	vs STL	1.2	0	0	0	3	3.36
Sep 24	@ PHI	1.1	1	0	0	1	3.46
Sep 20	@ BAL	1.2	1	0	0	1	3.54
Sep 17	@ PIT	1.0	0	0	0	1	3.66
Sep 16	@ PIT	0.2	2	1	0	1	3.73
Sep 13	vs CIN	1.2	0	0	0	1	3.60
Sep 9	vs CHC	2.0	1	0	0	1	3.72
Sep 6	@ CIN	0.2	3	3	2	1	3.88
Sep 5	@ CIN	1.0	1	1	0	0	3.35
Sep 2	@ CHC	1.0	0	0	0	1	3.22