Blue Jays GDT: 2021 v8 | Next: Sun, Aug 8 | vs Bos | 1pm ET/10am PT |Richards vs Ryu]

[The Nemesis]

 

[ShooterMikgaven]

Romero is not that guy pal, hes not that guy

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Well then....

 

[trellaine201]

Clearly something has been wrong with Romano.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Romano looking very hittable the last month or so. Or am I imagining things?

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

12 singles lmao

 

[djdev]

just get this batter out plz

 

[TMLeafer]

Maybe go back to the knee bend

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Never in doubt

 

[djdev]

jeeeeebuz there it is.

 

[The Nemesis]

Romano in June

.200 average .289 OBP, .258 wOBA, 28.9% K rate, 1.18 WHIP

Romano in July
.308 average, .379 OBP, .433 wOBA, 20.7% k rate, 1.65 WHIP

Yeah. It's a problem.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Facing a wild and inconsistent McKenzie tomorrow. Get another series win

 

[djdev]

romano lost his superpower when he stopped with the deep knee bend.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Romano in June

.200 average .289 OBP, .258 wOBA, 28.9% K rate, 1.18 WHIP

Romano in July
.308 average, .379 OBP, .433 wOBA, 20.7% k rate, 1.65 WHIP

Yeah. It's a problem.

Worse then I thought it would be. Those are the types of stats that get normal pitchers sent down.

 

[Discoverer]

Worse then I thought it would be. Those are the types of stats that get normal pitchers sent down.

While there's definitely reason for concern, this is also a good example of why it's important to be patient with relievers with good track records: those July stats consist of 6.2 innings. They were awful, but still...

 

[Cloned]

Romano in June

.200 average .289 OBP, .258 wOBA, 28.9% K rate, 1.18 WHIP

Romano in July
.308 average, .379 OBP, .433 wOBA, 20.7% k rate, 1.65 WHIP

Yeah. It's a problem.

I hope it’s not the sticky stuff crackdown that affected him…

 

[The Nemesis]

romano lost his superpower when he stopped with the deep knee bend.

the bigger potential issue is that he lost his powers when the sticky stuff crackdown happened. I wish I could find a tweet or something about it, but I remember someone pointing out somewhere that when MLB started harping on foreign substances both of Romano's primary weapons lost RPMs and his slider lost a ton of its bite.

 

[djdev]

the bigger potential issue is that he lost his powers when the sticky stuff crackdown happened. I wish I could find a tweet or something about it, but I remember someone pointing out somewhere that when MLB started harping on foreign substances both of Romano's primary weapons lost RPMs and his slider lost a ton of its bite.

i think i heard it from mitchell on overdrive that both him and hand have some inflated numbers since the crackdown.

 

[Puckstuff]

Is it possible he’s just fatigued? He hasn’t pitched this deep into a season in the big leagues as a reliever in his career. His first couple seasons in the big leagues were shortened seasons.

 

[TGB]

D'oh. Seems like every reliever on this team gets snake bit sooner or later.

 

[djdev]

Is it possible he’s just fatigued? He hasn’t pitched this deep into a season in the big leagues as a reliever in his career. His first couple seasons in the big leagues were shortened seasons.

could be coincidence for sure.

 

[CherryToke]

I hope it’s not the sticky stuff crackdown that affected him…

Clearly it is. He looks like a shell of himself. No mound presence. No intimidation factor.

 

[MS]

Romano is throwing 100 so it's not a medical problem but the movement on his breaking pitches has dried up. The concerns that it's a sticky stuff issue seem legitimate.

 

[sxvnert]

Time to give someone else (Cimber) a shot in the 9th.

 

[Puckstuff]

Clearly it is. He looks like a shell of himself. No mound presence. No intimidation factor.

He looks like he's walking around gingerly like an old man in the bullpen. Not sure what's up. He looks a bit beat up rn. He's throwing hard though so maybe some combo of mental, a bit of fatigue and sure maybe sticky stuff. I'm not that concerned though I think he will turn it around