{"id":90781,"date":"2024-12-01T10:56:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=90781"},"modified":"2024-12-01T10:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:56:23","slug":"blue-jays-jordan-romano-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/01\/blue-jays-jordan-romano-free-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Blue Jays Closer Seeking New Home In Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Non-tendered by the Toronto Blue Jays, two-time All-Star closer Jordan Romano is now a free agent for the first time. Romano earned nearly $8 million in arbitration last season and had been with the Blue Jays organization for a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Former Blue Jays Closer Seeking New Home in Free Agency<\/h2>\n

The beloved Canadian right-hander is coming off a rough season where elbow issues landed him on the injured list twice. Romano posted a 6.59 ERA over just 13 \u2154 innings before undergoing arthroscopic surgery for elbow impingement in July. A first-time free agent, Spotrac currently projects the 31-year-old to be worth <\/span>just over $10.6 million<\/span><\/a> this offseason.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drafted by Toronto in 2014, Romano began his career as a starter and spent a month with the Rangers following the 2018 Rule 5 Draft. He returned to the Blue Jays organization shortly after and shifted to the bullpen before making his MLB debut in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romano notched his first career save and big-league win during the Covid-shortened 2020 season, compiling a 1.23 ERA and 21 strikeouts over 14 \u2154 innings. He became Toronto\u2019s closer the following year, going 7\u20131 with a 2.14 ERA in 63 innings and 23 saves. In 2022, Romano set a Blue Jays franchise record with 26th consecutive saves dating back to the 2021 season. That same season, he participated in his first All-Star Game and finished third in the American League with 36 saves. Having already recorded 25 saves and a 2.96 ERA, Romano was named to his second-consecutive All-Star team in July 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

Romano’s Career Totals<\/h3>\n

Over his six-year big league career, <\/span>Jordan Romano<\/span><\/a> has a 20-17 record with a 2.90 ERA and 285 strikeouts. His 105 career saves are the third-most in Blue Jays history and rank 14th among active major league closers. Despite letting their homegrown closer test free agency, Toronto could still bring Romano back if <\/span>an adequate replacement<\/span><\/a> is unavailable. Having led the Blue Jays to consecutive postseason appearances, Romano should have no issue finding a new home, even outside of his native Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credits: Brian Bradshaw Sevald-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Non-tendered by the Toronto Blue Jays, two-time All-Star closer Jordan Romano is now a free agent for the first time. Romano earned nearly $8 million in arbitration last season and had been with the Blue Jays organization for a decade. Former Blue Jays Closer Seeking New Home in Free Agency The beloved Canadian right-hander is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":90854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,7],"tags":[3359,2262],"class_list":["post-90781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-bluejays","tag-jordan-romano","tag-mlb-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}