The Dodgers have designated righty Sergio Romo for assignment, per a club announcement. His roster spot was neededĀ for the team’s activation of lefty Grant Dayton.
Romo, 34, moved south to Los Angeles over the winter after a nine-year run with the Giants. But things have not gone quite as hoped with the team he grew up rooting for.
Over 25 innings, Romo has coughed up 17 earned runs. While he’s generating plenty of strikeouts — 11.2 K/9 on a robust 14.8% swinging-strike rate — the veteran has also surrendered a dozen walks and seven home runs.
With only a $3MM salary, it’s conceivable another organization could take on some or all of his contract. Romo has mostly been outstanding over his MLB career, and still seems to carry most of the skills that have driven a lifetime 2.77 ERA. Whether or not a trade can be worked out, Romo figures to represent an interesting bounceback candidate for one of the many teams currently jockeying to add relief arms at the trade deadline.
For the Dodgers, it’s possible to see this decision as further indication that the team is lining up to grab a premium relief arm at the deadline. Whether or not that occurs, though, the talent-rich organization obviously felt good about the rest of its pen mix — particularly with the emergence of Brandon Morrow.
TheChanceyColborn
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
LA_Blue
Saw that coming!
GaryWarriorsRedSoxx
Yup easy call if you watched him last couple of years.
padresfan
Well, if they release him… giants can further reunite their World Series core
Lol
RenoChris
If the Dodgers are footing the bill why not?
ttinsley1434
The Padres could get their World Series core together as well…………..wait, scratch that.
Houston We Have A Solution
Scratch that. The perfect way to describe for Madison Bumgarner’s season this year.
padresfan
Haha burn
padresfan
Your 5 seconds of fame is over 1434 backto the sewer for you
Jean Matrac
I bet the Dodgers wish they had a World Series core that people could make dumb jokes about.
thegreatcerealfamine
They do the manager was recently released from the hospital and the hero hunts in the upper peninsula!
LA Sam
We’re getting the band back together….who’s got Peavey’s #….?
padresfan
8675309
Solaris611
I guess his 6.12 ERA just didn’t cut it. Giants can claim him and continue reassembling their ’10/’12/’14 World Series team.
jhinde103
Aubrey huff out of retirement, Travis ishikawa, big time Timmy Jim, peavey is available
RenoChris
This joke is getting old. Spell the players names right at least.
Dretorade
butthurt alert^^
dodgerfan711
I hope hatcher is next
LA91744
Hatcher should have been gone along long time ago
mack22 2
Agreed
socalblake
Absolutely agree
A'sfaninUK
He only gave up runs in 11 out of 30 games, that’s not awful, but definitely not good on a playoff team. Guessing Sergio goes back to the Bay, either with SF or OAK, who have spots open for a guy like him.
jhinde103
I bet, Oakland seems like a fit
Jean Matrac
How do you figure the Giants have a spot? They have guys at Sac that are a better choice than Sergio.
radioball123
You said Sac…ha!
Ookashfah
Just curious, what are the chances of the yankees landing Stanton?
Gogerty
About as good as this comment relating to the story it is posted to.
Just kidding.
amjr
Lol. He deserved that response.
aussiegiants53
+1 haha
sorayablue
Bazinga!!!
GaryWarriorsRedSoxx
+2
Ookashfah
Haha that was deserved. It probably wonāt happen (and for good reason) but something about Judge and Stanton back to back makes me salivate
padresfan
Why would the yankees go after him? They have a pretty solid outfield core, and they could do in on the bidding war for Harper if they wanted to. I don’t like Harper, but imo he is better than Stanton
Rickey O'Sunnyvale
Wonder if he’d accept an assignment in minors for a shot to return to LA in September.
Monkeyās Uncle
I doubt it, and I don’t think it will get to that point anyways. He’s cheap enough and has had success recently enough that I could easily see another team sending a middling prospect to LA for him. And if not, Romo would likely have a couple of minor-league offers with teams with less bullpen depth than the Dodgers.
sfgiants49ers
First panda now romo.
I think there good players to see what they can do towards the end of the season to secure a spot on a mlb roster for next season.
Ghost of Chase Utley
Wow, didn’t see that coming . . . said no one.
pustule bosey
well I guess if strickland goes there is space in the pen in SF, though how funny would it be to have the rivercats collect SF WS guys….
Jean Matrac
If Strickland goes, and even if Kontos, and someone else as well. I think the Giants would still opt for Derek Law, Matt Reynolds, Chris Stratton, Albert Suarez, or some other River Cat instead of Romo.
AngelFan69
Brandon League is available …
mack22 2
So is George Sheryl
JoeyPankake
God, I hope Bobby Evans is on vacation and doesn’t have cell phone service for the next few days.
lars17
^^^^^
gmenfan
I think he reached for his cellphone 52 minutes ago.
LADreamin
I like Romo, but I think everyone knew he was serving BP sliders when he came into a the game. Hopefully he stays in the minors and maybe comes up in September to be in games where we have a 10 run lead. Best case scenario I think.
TwinsHomer
Twins will take a flier and designate belisle
darkstar61
For personal and selfish reasons I so hope he somehow makes his way down to Oklahoma City…
Have to imagine someone will grab him up and give him a shot tho
jeffball10
The Rays are looking for any type of relief help they can get, and they actually made the highest offer to Romo in the offseason but he prefered to stay in Cali. I wonder if they would have interest in giving him a shot.
Codybellingersgrandma
Bellingers a better pitcher than this guy
padresfan
Betca his little bro will strike out Cody
rycm131
Heard the Giants are planning
I’m bringing him back too
3in5
Giants are always planning. Glad to hear you’re bringing him back Rycm131.
bravosfan4life
Pick him up atlanta we need help
BlueSkyLA
We will see what this bodes though obviously the Dodgers did not need to DFA Romo at this point to make a trade.
JayJayXV
Come to the Mets and redeem yourself