Jojo Romero becomes relevant in St. Louis as a closer

The left -handed pitcher is taking importance with St. Louis Cardinals after the deadline for changes such as the team plug

St. Louis – JOJO ROMERO crosses the Best year his career in the Major Leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals. He pitcherof Mexican rootsmanaged to reverse a complicated start of the season and has established itself as one of the more reliable arms For him MANAGER MÁRIMOLuntil becoming the New closing of the equipment.

The 2025 did not start in the best way for Jojo by having a complicated start of the season with Los Cardinals, which was combined with a bad run of the team. Between the month of March and April, Romero had action of 10.1 tickets coming from the relay and received eight races, seven of them clean for an effectiveness of 6.10, extremely high for what had historically accustomed in his career between 3 and 4 races received on average.

As of May, its performance took a radical turn. From the relief of May 4 to its most recent appearance on August 8, it has allowed only four races, of which two were clean. In this period accumulates 3-0 mark, effectiveness of 0.68 and two saved games.

Marble confidence in Romero grew progressively. Initially it was used against rights, taking advantage of its left -footedness for specific duels. However, at the end of June he became a coach Ryan Helsley.

Jojo adds 16 Holds and two salvages. And during the deadline for changes, the cardinals changed their Helsley star closer to the New York Mets. This left a hole for the closing position and at least the first week of the cardinals at this stage without Helsley, Romero has managed to close twice to add his first two salvages of the season. In addition to the fact that he won in a relay he made at Dodger Stadium against Los Angeles Dodgers, in addition to finishing the game of Friday 8 against the Chicago Cubs, demonstrating that it is already the number one arm of the bullpen of the “red birds”.