Jordan Romano
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 210LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 10, #294, Toronto Blue Jays | Father Michael McGivney (Canada) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 4 2.11 63 0 36 64 73 1.02
2023 5 7 2.90 59 0 36 59 72 1.22
2024 1 2 6.59 15 0 8 13.2 13 1.46
6 Seasons 20 17 2.90 231 0 105 229.2 285 1.14
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 63 5-4 2.11 64 73 1.02
2023 59 5-7 2.90 59 72 1.22
2024 15 1-2 6.59 13.2 13 1.46
6 Seasons 231 20-17 2.90 229.2 285 1.14
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 26 311 41 4 9.8 5.3 89.0 111.9 11.8 31.7 .284 .490 .380 .389 .491 41.5 28.0 12.0 7.63 7.14
2020 27 237 31 3 9.7 5.3 92.3 107.4 -0.5 25.8 .174 .328 .230 .254 .355 51.6 36.8 8.8 1.23 2.68
2021 28 1031 142 13 9.2 5.1 89.1 120.0 12.3 25.4 .173 .296 .257 .250 .320 33.8 33.6 9.9 2.14 2.60
2022 29 989 159 11 6.9 4.3 90.3 114.8 12.5 28.9 .223 .348 .238 .284 .361 45.9 28.3 8.1 2.11 3.31
2023 30 915 150 11 7.3 4.4 89.0 112.8 16.6 34.0 .214 .352 .281 .280 .357 36.7 29.0 9.7 2.90 3.25
2024 31 215 44 6 13.6 9.7 91.6 107.3 17.7 43.2 .317 .607 .382 .410 .507 50.0 21.0 6.5 6.58 7.32
Player 3698 567 48 8.5 5.0 89.8 120.0 13.2 30.5 .215 .361 .274 .289 .370 40.7 29.9 9.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.4 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Romano relies on 2 pitches.
Slider
(52.1%) ,
Four Seamer
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 51.2 17.1 22.0 9.8 39.0 29.3 31.7 7.3 29.3 17.1 36.6 0.0 9.8 5.3
2020 58.1 16.1 19.4 6.5 32.3 41.9 25.8 0.0 51.6 12.9 19.4 6.5 9.7 5.3
2021 47.2 26.1 15.5 11.3 32.4 42.3 25.4 5.6 35.9 30.3 14.8 4.2 9.2 5.1
2022 44.7 28.9 20.1 6.3 37.1 35.8 27.0 3.1 26.4 27.0 28.3 6.9 6.9 4.3
2023 38.0 26.7 24.7 10.7 40.7 34.7 24.7 4.7 28.0 30.7 20.7 8.7 7.3 4.4
2024 29.5 27.3 36.4 6.8 40.9 36.4 22.7 2.3 22.7 25.0 27.3 9.1 13.6 9.7
Player 43.6 25.9 21.5 9.0 37.0 37.0 25.9 4.2 30.5 27.2 22.9 6.3 8.5 5.0
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Slider TOR R 112 86.4 39.7 5.1 15 2.3 -1.8 -44
2024 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 103 96.4 11.8 1.2 9 6.3 0.2 4
2023 Slider TOR R 493 86.8 38.8 4.2 12 4.5 0.5 12
2023 Sinker TOR R 2 95.9 14.4 -6.1 -30 12.5 -2.5 -17
2023 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 411 96.7 11.8 1.4 11 4.1 -2.8 -41
2022 Slider TOR R 512 87.3 36.9 3.5 11 4.2 -0.1 -3
2022 Sinker TOR R 3 96.5 10.5 -7.3 -41 12.2 -2.7 -18
2022 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 474 96.9 11.2 1.1 9 5.3 -1.4 -21
2021 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 642 97.6 10.7 1.4 11 5.3 -1.4 -20
2021 Slider TOR R 379 88.4 35.7 3.2 10 3.4 -0.6 -14
2021 Sinker TOR R 10 97.8 11.0 -6.0 -35 11.9 -2.9 -20
2020 Slider TOR R 142 89.1 34.1 2.0 6 3.5 -0.2 -6
2020 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 95 96.5 12.1 0.9 7 5.8 -0.3 -5
2019 Sinker TOR R 1 97.2 15.5 -2.4 -13 14.0 -0.1 0
2019 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 194 94.6 14.1 0.2 1 6.5 0.3 5
2019 Slider TOR R 113 84.7 39.3 4.2 12 4.0 -0.1 -1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Slider -3.3 -4 112 52.1 32 .290 .581 .366 38.6 34.4 33.3 .269 .582 .355 42.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 1 103 47.9 29 .280 .520 .390 6.5 6.9 12.5 .377 .639 .469 56.5
2023 Slider 1.5 8 496 54.2 150 .216 .338 .275 38.6 29.3 28.9 .216 .352 .271 36.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 5 417 45.6 93 .222 .370 .307 32.3 30.1 26.9 .212 .354 .295 37.0
2023 Sinker 4.0 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Slider 1.4 7 512 51.8 136 .205 .307 .273 33.7 29.4 25.3 .233 .370 .295 43.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 8 474 47.9 117 .163 .202 .223 26.8 28.2 17.9 .210 .320 .281 49.3
2022 Sinker -14.3 0 3 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .351 .351 .316 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 12 642 62.3 137 .140 .289 .238 28.9 35.0 25.0 .163 .301 .253 33.8
2021 Slider 1.4 5 379 36.8 115 .231 .337 .297 36.5 31.3 29.5 .186 .292 .251 33.8
2021 Sinker -0.2 0 10 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2020 Slider 2.9 4 142 59.9 34 .219 .438 .301 38.6 23.5 26.7 .227 .448 .308 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 3.6 3 95 40.1 23 .050 .050 .130 52.4 56.5 43.3 .089 .136 .175 57.1
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -6 197 63.3 46 .361 .722 .510 26.8 21.7 21.7 .336 .663 .475 42.3
2019 Slider 2.5 3 113 36.3 29 .154 .154 .197 34.6 37.9 25.0 .212 .249 .254 40.0
2019 Sinker -2.8 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 4-Seam Fastball 103 96.4 97 18.6 12:45 12:45 0
2024 Slider 111 86.4 26 5.8 8:15 7:00 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 405 96.7 90 17.7 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Slider 484 86.8 36 6.8 8:30 7:30 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 469 96.9 91 18.5 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Slider 501 87.3 27 5.9 8:45 8:00 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 640 97.6 92 18.6 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Sinker 10 97.8 96 21.3 1:00 1:15 -15
2021 Slider 373 88.5 24 5.5 9:00 8:00 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 92 96.5 91 18.0 12:45 12:45 0
2020 Slider 139 89.1 21 5.1 9:45 8:30 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 75 311 -2 3 -2 -3 -3
2020 57 237 6 2 1 -1 7
2021 253 1,031 12 19 -10 -3 17
2022 263 1,018 0 21 -5 -3 13
2023 249 930 10 14 -5 -5 14
2024 61 215 2 -4 0 -1 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 311 46.6 71.0 78.6 27.7 52.2 42.8 52.0 47.9 29.5 7.7 75.0
2020 237 46.0 64.2 71.4 32.8 31.0 41.8 68.4 47.3 43.8 8.9 76.2
2021 1,031 49.4 70.9 77.6 29.1 45.4 40.9 66.8 49.8 31.8 8.9 77.2
2022 989 52.0 70.8 76.4 32.4 52.6 44.2 70.1 52.4 30.3 7.6 82.7
2023 915 48.0 68.8 76.8 33.2 39.2 42.2 59.7 50.3 35.9 7.9 86.1
2024 215 53.0 64.0 87.7 29.7 43.3 44.2 62.3 47.9 24.3 7.9 82.4
Player 3,698 49.5 69.6 77.4 31.2 45.0 42.5 64.5 50.2 32.5 8.1 80.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2019 73 53 100
2020 91 67 99
2021 96 98 95 82 94 67 25 41 85 95 28 84 62 97 86 98
2022 71 67 71 71 61 72 57 8 4 83 46 82 80 91 66 99
2023 87 83 80 74 74 74 61 49 66 86 31 96 90 90 74 100
2024 88 48 100
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 26.0 4 3.0 1 0 3 1 25.0
2020 23.6 2 1.7 0 0 1 1 50.0
2021 23.9 7 6.3 1 5 5 2 28.6
2022 23.4 4 4.2 0 3 2 2 50.0
2023 25.5 6 6.4 0 4 6 3 50.0
2024 23.2 4 3.4 1 2 3 1 25.0
Player 24.3 27 25.0 2 14 20 10 37.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 1
2020 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1
2021 7 7 2 10 6 7 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 5 7 7 7 6 8 7 5 5 10 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
2022 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
2023 6 4 7 8 8 6 8 5 8 4 7 11 6 4 7 5 5 4 7 9 5 6 11 5 4 4 8 10 5 7 4
2024 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 6 2 3 3 2 3 3 3
Player 27 25 21 32 24 25 28 24 20 18 22 32 27 22 26 24 25 21 27 29 23 24 38 26 23 22 25 28 25 24 19
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.6 96.5 1.9 ↑ 97.6 1.1 ↑ 96.9 -0.7 ↓ 96.7 -0.2 ↓ 96.4 -0.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.7 89.1 4.4 ↑ 88.4 -0.7 ↓ 87.3 -1.1 ↓ 86.9 -0.4 ↓ 86.4 -0.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.0 92.3 3.3 ↑ 89.1 -3.2 ↓ 90.3 1.2 ↑ 89.0 -1.3 ↓ 91.6 2.6 ↑
Launch Angle 11.8 -0.5 -12.3 ↓ 12.3 12.8 ↑ 12.5 0.2 ↑ 16.6 4.1 ↑ 17.7 1.1 ↑
Barrel % 9.8 9.7 -0.1 ↓ 9.2 -0.5 ↓ 6.9 -2.3 ↓ 7.3 0.4 ↑ 13.6 6.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 41.5 51.6 10.1 ↑ 33.8 -17.8 ↓ 45.9 12.1 ↑ 36.7 -9.2 ↓ 50.0 13.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.7 25.8 -5.9 ↓ 25.4 -0.4 ↓ 28.9 3.5 ↑ 34.0 5.1 ↑ 43.2 9.2 ↑
xBA .284 .174 -0.110 ↓ .173 -0.001 ↓ .223 0.050 ↑ .214 -0.009 ↓ .317 0.103 ↑
BA .274 .154 -0.120 ↓ .181 0.027 ↑ .190 0.009 ↑ .218 0.028 ↑ .286 0.068 ↑
xwOBA .389 .254 -0.135 ↓ .250 -0.004 ↓ .284 0.034 ↑ .280 -0.004 ↓ .410 0.130 ↑
wOBA .380 .230 -0.150 ↓ .257 0.027 ↑ .238 -0.019 ↓ .281 0.043 ↑ .382 0.101 ↑
xSLG .490 .328 -0.162 ↓ .296 -0.032 ↓ .348 0.052 ↑ .352 0.004 ↑ .607 0.255 ↑
SLG .484 .288 -0.196 ↓ .310 0.022 ↑ .263 -0.047 ↓ .350 0.087 ↑ .554 0.204 ↑
K% 28.0 36.8 8.8 ↑ 33.6 -3.2 ↓ 28.3 -5.3 ↓ 29.0 0.7 ↑ 21.0 -8.0 ↓
BB% 12.0 8.8 -3.2 ↓ 9.9 1.1 ↑ 8.1 -1.8 ↓ 9.7 1.6 ↑ 6.5 -3.2 ↓
Swing % 47.9 47.3 -0.6 ↓ 49.8 2.5 ↑ 52.4 2.6 ↑ 50.3 -2.1 ↓ 47.9 -2.4 ↓
Whiff% 29.5 43.8 14.3 ↑ 31.8 -12.0 ↓ 30.3 -1.5 ↓ 35.9 5.6 ↑ 24.3 -11.6 ↓
In Zone % 46.6 46.0 -0.6 ↓ 49.4 3.4 ↑ 52.0 2.6 ↑ 48.0 -4.0 ↓ 53.0 5.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.4 54.0 0.6 ↑ 50.6 -3.4 ↓ 48.0 -2.6 ↓ 52.0 4.0 ↑ 47.0 -5.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 27.7 32.8 5.1 ↑ 29.1 -3.7 ↓ 32.4 3.3 ↑ 33.2 0.8 ↑ 29.7 -3.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.0 35.1 7.1 ↑ 42.3 7.2 ↑ 39.8 -2.5 ↓ 32.9 -6.9 ↓ 37.7 4.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 52.0 68.4 16.4 ↑ 66.8 -1.6 ↓ 70.1 3.3 ↑ 59.7 -10.4 ↓ 62.3 2.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 75 .380 43 3 7.0 32 19 59.4
2020 Shifts 57 .230 32 7 21.9 25 16 64.0
2021 Shifts 242 .250 144 11 7.6 98 58 59.2
2022 Shifts 254 .238 137 57 41.6 117 90 76.9
2023 Shades 243 .281 135 9 6.7 108 21 19.4
2024 Shades 61 .382 30 10 33.3 31 17 54.8
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 77 17.5 14.3% 3.9% 63 20.1 0.0% 0.0%
2020 68 21.3 0.0% 1.5% 43 23.3 0.0% 7.0%
2021 264 21.1 0.0% 4.9% 172 24.9 0.0% 10.5%
2022 236 20.5 1.3% 5.5% 180 23.0 0.0% 8.3%
2023 203 15.8 31.5% 1.5% 175 18.1 4.6% 0.6%
2024 62 17.1 6.5% 0.0% 31 18.9 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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