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Sal Romano

Age: 28
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 255 lb

Born: October 12, 1993 in Syosset, NY, United States
MLB debut: April 16, 2017

dbWAR: .5
IP: 25.0
ERA: 6.12
FIP: 5.85
K/9: 6.1
FIP−: 137

Sal Romano was a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2021 he struck out 17 batters over 25.0 innings across 19 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 6.12 was 43.5% higher than the league average of 4.27 — 16th of 20 on his team, and 492nd of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.85 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 13.0% of swings (5.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.4%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2021.

FIP5.85

K/96.1

WHIP1.68

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	CIN/NYY/MIL	19	0	25.0	0	2	0	31	17	17	11	6.12	5.85	1.68	6.1	4.0	143	137	-0.3
2020	CIN	2	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	0.00	0.0	0.0	0	72	0.0
2019	CIN	12	0	16.1	1	0	2	22	14	16	8	7.71	6.09	1.84	8.8	4.4	171	135	-0.2
2018	CIN	39	25	145.2	8	11	0	155	86	105	53	5.31	4.95	1.43	6.5	3.3	128	119	0.2
2017	CIN	16	16	87.0	5	8	0	91	43	73	37	4.45	4.24	1.47	7.6	3.8	102	97	1.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	CIN	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-112	-0.0
2019	CIN	1	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.6	-118	-0.0
2018	CIN	21	40	2	2	0	24	.056	.056	.083	.028	.167	0.0%	60.0%	.060	-8.4	-76	-0.3
2017	CIN	15	30	1	0	1	15	.042	.080	.083	.042	.111	3.3%	50.0%	.079	-6.1	-67	-0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	51	45	10	2	5	9	.222	.314	.356	.284	17.6%
vs RHB	67	61	21	3	6	8	.344	.403	.590	.423	11.9%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2021.

Pitch sequencing

What Sal Romano throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	61.1%	267	93.6	2,090	41.6%	11.8%	76	.289	.825
Slider	35.5%	155	87.3	2,229	36.1%	15.0%	28	.321	.974

Sal Romano's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Aaron SlegersLAA

ERA: 6.97
FIP: 5.62
SO: 25
WAR: -0.3

Alex YoungAZ

ERA: 6.58
FIP: 6.25
SO: 43
WAR: -0.8

Yennsy DíazNYM

ERA: 5.40
FIP: 5.65
SO: 21
WAR: -0.3

Alex ClaudioLAA

ERA: 5.51
FIP: 5.10
SO: 30
WAR: -0.1

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.