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The Pirates have claimed Romero off waivers from Nats. He has 72 hours to report.

97.89 MPH fastball last year in 55 IP



http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/ ... ?ID=153041





Felipe Rivero/Vasquez was 98.34 for comparison purposes

535F5E050C050D00071802350 wrote: The Pirates have claimed Romero off waivers from Nats. He has 72 hours to report.


The third coming of Cammeniero. Sweet.

Romero should report today. I assume Neverauskas is sent down. I at least hope so.



Romero has reverse splits, so I hope the Pirates use him wisely. Lefties have hit .317 against him as righties have hit .230.

I need some help understanding what Romero is doing if anyone knows anything about him?   



Fangraphs shows 2 pitches, a 4-seamer and a cutter, but the velocities make no sense.  He's throwing his 4-seamer 95-98 but throwing his cutter 87-90?   How can that be right?   



Is he really a FB, Slider guy and it's just showing his  slider as a cutter?   That kind of velocity difference between 2 types of fastballs is very strange. 



ennybody know what the story is with this two-fastball pitcher?    it makes sense he has reverse splits, he's nothing throwing any breaking stuff at all.

272E263739430 wrote: I need some help understanding what Romero is doing if anyone knows anything about him?   



Fangraphs shows 2 pitches, a 4-seamer and a cutter, but the velocities make no sense.  He's throwing his 4-seamer 95-98 but throwing his cutter 87-90?   How can that be right?   



Is he really a FB, Slider guy and it's just showing his  slider as a cutter?   That kind of velocity difference between 2 types of fastballs is very strange. 



ennybody know what the story is with this two-fastball pitcher?    it makes sense he has reverse splits, he's nothing throwing any breaking stuff at all. 








Pitch Repertoire Fastball (69.78%) -- Cutter (17.04%) -- Slider (12.11%) -- 2-Seam Fastball (0.71%) -- Changeup (0.36%)

The average drop off in velocity mph from fastball to a slider is 7.7 mph.



Romero had a bad start this year (2 IP) and then was designated due to not carrying eight bullpen pitchers anymore. The Nationals wanted another bench player instead. I think it is a good move to see what he can do. If he stinks, he will be gone.

4B40484441405B1E186F564E474040014C402F0 wrote: The average drop off in velocity mph from fastball to a slider is 7.7 mph.



Romero had a bad start this year (2 IP) and then was designated due to not carrying eight bullpen pitchers anymore.  The Nationals wanted another bench player instead.  I think it is a good move to see what he can do.  If he stinks, he will be gone. 


What's the average velocity drop between a 4-seamer and a cutter, is the question

373E362729530 wrote: The average drop off in velocity mph from fastball to a slider is 7.7 mph.



Romero had a bad start this year (2 IP) and then was designated due to not carrying eight bullpen pitchers anymore.  The Nationals wanted another bench player instead.  I think it is a good move to see what he can do.  If he stinks, he will be gone. 


What's the average velocity drop between a 4-seamer and a cutter, is the question


Fangraph's examples have guys throwing the cutter 5-7 mph slower, but not many examples. Maybe Romero's cutter is more like a slider? He might be getting more rotation than usual.

I forgot this was a thing until I saw his name on the Gameday page, with a picture of some guy with a Nationals hat. For a second I was like "who the heck is ennie romaro" and thought there was something wrong with the site.