{"id":155779,"date":"2026-02-23T16:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=155779"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:28:27","slug":"red-sox-trade-pitch-lands-cardinals-2-07-era-reliever-as-new-report-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=155779","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Trade Pitch Lands Cardinals&#8217; 2.07 ERA Reliever As New Report Emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox Trade Pitch Lands Cardinals' 2.07 ERA Reliever As New Report Emerges\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Cardinals pitcher JoJo Romero<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals have already linked up on big-time trades this offseason, as St. Louis heads towards a rebuild season, and the Red Sox have been the beneficiaries of picking away two of the Cardinals\u2019 best players in Willson Contreras and Sonny Gray.<\/p>\n<p>With a month remaining until MLB\u2019s Opening Day, could there be another trade that takes place between Boston and St. Louis? A recent report by Sean McAdam of MassLive.com indicates that Boston is looking for left-handed pitching options. There are three ways the Red Sox could do that at this juncture: MLB free agency, the trade market, or by making waiver claims.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how the Red Sox want to do it, but the Cardinals, who have essentially offloaded all their trade assets this offseason, have a southpaw reliever in JoJo Romero that might be worth trading for.<\/p>\n<h2>Should the Red Sox Trade for JoJo Romero?<\/h2>\n<p>With the new president of baseball operations, Chaim Bloom (Red Sox\u2019 old friend), running things in St. Louis, JoJo Romero is thought to be a top trade candidate across MLB.<\/p>\n<p>MLBTradeRumors.com\u2019s Nick Deeds floated that the Red Sox could trade for JoJo Romero to solve the lack of southpaw issue in their bullpen:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5756993\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=782,521 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=780,520 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=425,283 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=254,169 254w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=270,180 270w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=225,150 225w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JoJo-Romero.jpg?resize=242,161 242w\" alt=\"Red Sox Trade Pitch Lands Cardinals' 2.07 ERA Reliever As New Report Emerges\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5756993\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5756993\">GettySt. Louis Cardinals pitcher JoJo Romero<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOne other possibility worth giving a particular mention to is Cardinals lefty JoJo Romero. Romero has been a known trade candidate all throughout the offseason, and while at this point he appears to be the favorite to serve as St. Louis\u2019s closer in 2026, the rebuilding Cardinals have traded every other pending free agent from their 2025 roster this winter except for the southpaw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox have such a wealth of pitching depth, but just a lack of lefties in the bullpen. The current options on the team\u2019s depth chart include Aroldis Chapman, Jovani Moran, and Tyler Samaniego.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>JoJo Romero\u2019s Effectiveness as a Starter<\/h2>\n<p>In the report by McAdam, the Red Sox have made it clear they don\u2019t want to move Connely Early and Payton Tolle into bullpen roles, so that paves the way for either a free agent addition or a trade for a southpaw. The names listed above (Jovani Moran, Tyler Samaniego) likely won\u2019t put the Red Sox in a great position if they are in high-leverage spots.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Romero posted a 2.07 ERA over 61 innings and even recorded eight saves after Ryan Helsey was traded away at the break. Romero sets up to be the Cardinals\u2019 closer if he remains on the team, but that level of production, paired with the fact he\u2019s set to be a free agent after the 2026 season ends, makes him a strong trade candidate, and one that the Red Sox should target.<\/p>\n<p>Boston could think about trading away a member of their current roster, like a starter, to make a Romero deal work, but the Cardinals may want prospects in return to help aid in the farm system and organizational rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty St. Louis Cardinals pitcher JoJo Romero The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals have already linked up on big-time trades this offseason, as St. Louis&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox Trade Pitch Lands Cardinals&#039; 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