P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 5" 255 lbs | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd. 23, No. 715, Cincinnati Reds | Southington (CT) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 0 7.71 12 0 2 16.1 16 1.84
2020 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.1 0 0.00
2021 0 2 6.12 19 0 0 25 17 1.68
5 Seasons 15 21 5.23 88 41 2 275.1 211 1.48
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 12 1-0 7.71 16.1 16 1.84
2020 2 1-0 0.00 1.1 0 0.00
2021 19 0-2 6.12 25 17 1.68
5 Seasons 88 15-21 5.23 275.1 211 1.48
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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
2017 23 1498 270 12 4.4 3.1 87.4 109.9 7.6 27.0 .239 .366 .340 .303 .329 34.1 19.0 9.6 4.45 3.92
2018 24 2404 482 39 8.1 6.1 88.3 112.9 10.6 32.2 .269 .450 .334 .338 .374 34.2 16.3 8.2 5.31 4.93
2019 25 306 52 5 9.6 6.5 91.1 109.4 13.3 40.4 .273 .531 .418 .385 .462 37.5 20.8 10.4 7.71 6.96
2020 26 13 4 0 0.0 0.0 94.5 105.3 23.3 50.0 .441 .674 .000 .475 .475 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 11.63
2021 27 437 89 8 9.0 6.8 89.4 108.7 12.3 36.0 .293 .518 .362 .373 .408 41.6 14.4 9.3 6.12 6.24
Player 4658 897 64 7.1 5.2 88.3 112.9 10.1 31.5 .263 .437 .343 .334 .369 35.2 17.2 8.9
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Romano relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(61.1%) ,
Slider
(35.5%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(2.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(1.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2017 53.3 46.7 18.5 22.2 5.9 35.2 37.8 27.0 21.9 23.3 8.1 13.3 14.4 18.9
2018 46.9 53.1 23.2 23.4 6.4 37.1 37.1 25.3 22.6 18.3 5.8 14.5 18.9 19.5
2019 38.5 61.5 32.7 26.9 1.9 21.2 50.0 28.8 13.5 19.2 5.8 7.7 30.8 23.1
2020 25.0 75.0 0.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 50.0
2021 40.4 59.6 30.3 23.6 5.6 23.6 48.3 28.1 15.7 21.3 3.4 7.9 27.0 24.7
Player 47.6 52.4 23.0 23.4 6.0 34.2 39.1 26.4 21.2 20.1 6.2 13.0 19.1 20.2
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 5.6 36.7 21.1 24.1 5.2 4.4 3.1
2018 2.9 35.1 23.7 23.7 4.8 8.1 6.1
2019 1.9 28.8 26.9 21.2 3.8 9.6 6.5
2020 0.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0
2021 2.2 28.1 21.3 28.1 11.2 9.0 6.8
Player 3.6 34.4 22.9 24.1 5.6 7.1 5.2
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2021 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 6 93.4 15.1 -0.7 12.4ARM 5.9 16.6 0.4 12.4ARM 5.2
2021 Slider NYY R 155 87.3 32.5 -0.7 2.2GLV -1.5 3.3 -1.5 2.2GLV -3.3
2021 Curveball NYY R 9 81.2 42.9 -8.4 1.1GLV -5.8 -1.5 -8.6 1.1GLV -8.1
2021 Sinker NYY R 267 93.6 24.0 3.4 16.1ARM 1.9 7.3 1.5 16.1ARM 1.3
2020 Sinker CIN R 10 95.2 23.0 3.1 19.4ARM 4.7 7.3 1.8 19.4ARM 4.6
2020 Slider CIN R 3 87.5 33.0 0.2 1.1ARM -4.5 2.6 -1.2 1.1ARM -6.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2021 Sinker -0.8 -2 267 61.1 84 .289 .461 .380 11.8 14.3 22.6 .274 .463 .351 39.1
2021 Slider -3.3 -5 155 35.5 30 .321 .607 .443 15.0 16.7 10.4 .326 .638 .421 43.5
2021 Curveball 4.9 0 9 2.1 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .545 .883 .604 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 6 1.4 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sinker 7.2 1 10 76.9 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .562 .761 .573 100.0
2020 Slider 12.2 0 3 23.1 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .320 .587 .378 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Sinker 261 93.6 82 18.1 1:30 2:15 -45
2021 Slider 148 87.3 23 6.0 11:45 11:30 15
2020 Sinker 10 95.2 87 21.1 1:45 2:30 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 382 1,498 -1 18 -14 -6 -3
2018 635 2,395 -5 13 -13 -8 -13
2019 66 268 0 -2 -2 -1 -5
2020 4 13 1 0 0 0 1
2021 116 437 -2 2 -5 -2 -7
Player 1,203 4,611 -8 32 -33 -8 -26
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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 %
2017 1,498 50.9 62.6 83.3 24.2 64.0 41.2 54.9 43.8 22.0 8.1 76.2
2018 2,404 50.6 66.4 89.5 27.6 62.0 44.2 58.4 47.3 18.8 8.6 72.8
2019 306 50.7 61.8 91.7 22.7 56.7 42.2 52.6 40.5 18.5 8.2 54.5
2020 13 76.9 60.0 100.0 0.0 -- 38.5 100.0 46.2 0.0 7.7 100.0
2021 437 50.6 64.3 90.1 19.9 76.7 42.6 53.8 42.3 13.0 7.8 79.4
Player 4,658 50.8 64.7 87.7 25.4 63.4 42.9 56.7 45.2 19.2 8.3 73.5
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
2017 62 59 73 78 44 57 79 43 42 30 29 32 17 83 20 51
2018 16 12 14 20 23 6 20 50 61 12 48 8 46 69 12 18
2019 86 28 21
2021 50 21 20
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.30 9 4.8 4 11 4 2 22.2
2018 22.47 23 21.6 1 10 13 12 52.2
2019 23.62 4 3.5 1 3 3 1 25.0
2021 21.45 5 4.5 1 1 4 1 20.0
Player 22.69 41 34.4 7 25 24 16 39.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 9 3 4 8 6 4 5 3 4 2 4 12 4 3 4 5 3 2 7 5 5 4 9 5 2 3 5 10 6 4 3
2018 23 27 17 19 22 18 24 23 20 15 17 27 27 21 20 24 22 20 23 25 24 26 25 25 15 16 23 20 28 19 17
2019 4 5 4 3 3 3 5 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 3 2 3 2 5 5 4 5 5 4 2 4 6 4 2
2021 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
Player 41 40 28 34 36 30 39 33 28 23 27 47 40 32 31 39 33 29 37 36 38 39 44 40 26 27 35 39 44 31 26
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2021 +/-   2020 +/-   2019 +/-   2018 +/-   2017
Results
BA .292 +.292 .000 -.328 .328 +.061 .267 -.008 .275
xBA .293 -.148 .441 +.168 .273 +.004 .269 +.030 .239
OBP .364 +.364 .000 -.403 .403 +.072 .331 -.018 .349
xOBP .365 -.076 .441 +.073 .368 +.035 .333 +.011 .322
SLG .491 +.491 .000 -.627 .627 +.174 .453 +.003 .450
xSLG .518 -.156 .674 +.143 .531 +.081 .450 +.084 .366
ISO .198 +.198 .000 -.299 .299 +.113 .186 +.011 .175
xISO .225 -.008 .233 -.024 .257 +.076 .181 +.053 .128
BABIP .310 +.310 .000 -.375 .375 +.086 .289 -.033 .322
wOBA .362 +.362 .000 -.418 .418 +.084 .334 -.006 .340
xwOBA .373 -.102 .475 +.090 .385 +.047 .338 +.035 .303
wOBACON .394 +.394 .000 -.504 .504 +.134 .370 -.011 .381
xwOBACON .408 -.067 .475 +.013 .462 +.088 .374 +.045 .329
BACON .348 +.348 .000 -.423 .423 +.099 .324 -.021 .345
xBACON .349 -.092 .441 +.069 .372 +.045 .327 +.022 .305
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 41.6 -33.4 75.0 +37.5 37.5 +3.3 34.2 +0.1 34.1
Avg Exit Velocity 89.4 -5.1 94.5 +3.4 91.1 +2.8 88.3 +0.9 87.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.0 -14.0 50.0 +9.6 40.4 +8.2 32.2 +5.2 27.0
Barrel % 9.0 +9.0 0.0 -9.6 9.6 +1.5 8.1 +3.7 4.4
Avg Launch Angle 12.3 -11.0 23.3 +10.0 13.3 +2.7 10.6 +3.0 7.6
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.6 -1.6 95.2 -0.7 95.9 +1.8 94.1 -1.2 95.3
Breaking Velocity 87.0 -0.5 87.5 +0.8 86.7 0.0 86.7 -0.2 86.9
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- 87.7 -1.2 88.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 8 +8 0 -5 5 -34 39 +27 12
Popup % 5.6 -19.4 25.0 +23.1 1.9 -4.5 6.4 +0.5 5.9
Flyball % 30.3 +30.3 0.0 -32.7 32.7 +9.5 23.2 +4.7 18.5
Line Drive % 23.6 -26.4 50.0 +23.1 26.9 +3.5 23.4 +1.2 22.2
Groundball % 40.4 +15.4 25.0 -13.5 38.5 -8.4 46.9 -6.4 53.3
Pull % 23.6 -1.4 25.0 +3.8 21.2 -15.9 37.1 +1.9 35.2
Straight Away % 48.3 +23.3 25.0 -25.0 50.0 +12.9 37.1 -0.7 37.8
Opposite Field % 28.1 -21.9 50.0 +21.2 28.8 +3.5 25.3 -1.7 27.0
Weak Contact % 2.2 +2.2 0.0 -1.9 1.9 -1.0 2.9 -2.7 5.6
Pull Airball % 7.9 +7.9 0.0 -7.7 7.7 -6.8 14.5 +1.2 13.3
Topped Contact % 28.1 +3.1 25.0 -3.8 28.8 -6.3 35.1 -1.6 36.7
Under Contact % 21.3 -3.7 25.0 -1.9 26.9 +3.2 23.7 +2.6 21.1
Flare/Burner Contact % 28.1 +3.1 25.0 +3.8 21.2 -2.5 23.7 -0.4 24.1
Solid Contact % 11.2 -13.8 25.0 +21.2 3.8 -1.0 4.8 -0.4 5.2
HR/FB % 18.5 -- -- -- 23.5 +3.0 20.5 +2.5 18.0
Popups 5 +4 1 0 1 -30 31 +15 16
Flyballs 27 +27 0 -17 17 -95 112 +62 50
Line Drives 21 +19 2 -12 14 -99 113 +53 60
Groundballs 36 +35 1 -19 20 -206 226 +82 144
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 50.6 -26.3 76.9 +26.2 50.7 +0.1 50.6 -0.3 50.9
Out of Zone % 49.4 +26.3 23.1 -26.2 49.3 -0.1 49.4 +0.3 49.1
Edge % 42.6 +4.1 38.5 -3.7 42.2 -2.0 44.2 +3.0 41.2
Zone Swing % 64.3 +4.3 60.0 -1.8 61.8 -4.6 66.4 +3.8 62.6
Out of Zone Swing % 19.9 +19.9 0.0 -22.7 22.7 -4.9 27.6 +3.4 24.2
In Zone Contact % 90.1 -9.9 100.0 +8.3 91.7 +2.2 89.5 +6.2 83.3
Out of Zone Contact % 76.7 -- -- -- 56.7 -5.3 62.0 -2.0 64.0
Whiff % 13.0 +13.0 0.0 -18.5 18.5 -0.3 18.8 -3.2 22.0
First Strike % 53.8 -46.2 100.0 +47.4 52.6 -5.8 58.4 +3.5 54.9
First Pitch Swing % 23.9 -1.1 25.0 +3.9 21.1 -6.9 28.0 +4.3 23.7
Swing % 42.3 -3.9 46.2 +5.7 40.5 -6.8 47.3 +3.5 43.8
Meatball Swing % 79.4 -20.6 100.0 +45.5 54.5 -18.3 72.8 -3.4 76.2
Meatball % 7.8 +0.1 7.7 -0.5 8.2 -0.4 8.6 +0.5 8.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 9.9 +9.9 0.0 -8.3 8.3 -2.5 10.8 -5.9 16.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 23.3 -- -- -- 43.3 +5.0 38.3 +2.3 36.0
In Zone 221 +211 10 -126 136 -1,077 1,213 +450 763
Out of Zone 216 +213 3 -129 132 -1,050 1,182 +447 735
Edge 186 +181 5 -108 113 -945 1,058 +441 617
In Zone Swings 142 +136 6 -78 84 -722 806 +328 478
Out of Zone Swings 43 +43 0 -30 30 -296 326 +148 178
In Zone Swing & Misses 14 +14 0 -7 7 -80 87 +7 80
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 10 +10 0 -13 13 -112 125 +61 64
Basic
Pitches 437 +424 13 -293 306 -2,098 2,404 +906 1,498
PA 118 +114 4 -73 77 -567 644 +260 384
AB 106 +102 4 -63 67 -513 580 +249 331
Hits 31 +31 0 -22 22 -133 155 +64 91
Singles 21 +21 0 -10 10 -87 97 +44 53
Doubles 4 +4 0 -8 8 -23 31 +4 27
Triples 1 +1 0 0 0 -4 4 +2 2
Home Runs 5 +5 0 -4 4 -19 23 +14 9
Walks 11 +11 0 -8 8 -45 53 +16 37
Strikeouts 17 +17 0 -16 16 -89 105 +32 73
K% 14.4 +14.4 0.0 -20.8 20.8 +4.5 16.3 -2.7 19.0
BB% 9.3 +9.3 0.0 -10.4 10.4 +2.2 8.2 -1.4 9.6
HBP 1 +1 0 -1 1 -3 4 0 4
Batted Balls 89 +85 4 -48 52 -430 482 +212 270
Number of Fastballs 273 +263 10 -162 172 -1,399 1,571 +640 931
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 0 0 -124 124 -22 146
Number of Breaking 164 +161 3 -93 96 -603 699 +281 418
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 382 .340 203 8 3.9 179 12 6.7
2018 Shifts 637 .335 335 8 2.4 302 69 22.8
2019 Shifts 76 .418 41 3 7.3 35 22 62.9
2020 Shifts 4 .000 2 2 100.0 2 2 100.0
2021 Shifts 116 .362 67 6 9.0 49 25 51.0
! 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 %
2017 460 15.3 44.3% 1.1% 253 24.7 0.0% 11.9%
2018 752 15.6 41.8% 1.2% 334 23.9 0.0% 10.2%
2019 73 19.4 28.8% 0.0% 53 23.0 0.0% 5.7%
2020 4 20.1 0.0% 0.0% 3 30.6 0.0% 66.7%
2021 132 20.8 1.5% 3.8% 84 23.6 0.0% 8.3%

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Pitch Distribution