Most seem to agree that the St. Louis Cardinals have had a very active and successful offseason, but how likely is it that they still might trade JoJo Romero? There are many questions including if, to who and when.<\/p>\n
As of today, the St. Louis Cardinals are only days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training in Jupiter, Florida. There are still rumblings that the trade winds haven\u2019t stopped blowing yet as JoJo Romero is reportedly still being discussed with other teams. While I can\u2019t confirm that anything is close, a trade of JoJo is still possible. The most recent reporting I can find about Romero\u2019s status came from MLB Trade Rumors<\/a> just a few days ago on February 6. They asked their audience if they believe the St. Louis Cardinals will complete another trade before opening day and nearly 66% said yes.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The teams that reportedly have expressed the most interest in JoJo Romero<\/a> are the New York Yankees, the Seattle Mariners and the Baltimore Orioles also according to MLB Trade Rumors. I\u2019ve also seen mock trades suggested from the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, but cannot confirm if that interest is serious. I thought there was a chance we\u2019d see JoJo moved along with Brendan Donovan when his trade to the Seattle Mariners happened, but the fact that it didn\u2019t makes me think that Chaim Bloom may have a different timeline in mind for JoJo.<\/p>\n I\u2019m wondering now if the St. Louis Cardinals are going to try and position JoJo Romero as a closer and then move him at the trade deadline when that market might be hot. That\u2019s a gamble, but it might be the frame of mind that Chaim Bloom and his team have now that the ramp up to the season gets closer. I am reminded of an interview that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had with JoJo late last season about what he learned from former Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley. Could it be that the Cardinals will set up closer by committee with JoJo and Riley O\u2019Brien<\/a> sharing that role?<\/p>\n Do you think that the St. Louis Cardinals will trade JoJo Romero? If the answer is yes, do you think it should happen before Opening Day or at the trade deadline? If no, why are you in favor of holding onto him? I think we\u2019ll find out sooner rather than later of what the St. Louis Cardinals are thinking about the future of JoJo Romero whether he\u2019s a prime trade opportunity now or a bigger trade chip as a closer near the deadline this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most seem to agree that the St. Louis Cardinals have had a very active and successful offseason, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[47,5,4492,160,8534,59,4,5800,109,65,673,67,4311,4310,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-563433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-baltimore-orioles","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-brendan-donovan","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-jojo-romero","13":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-mlb-trade-rumors","16":"tag-ryan-helsley","17":"tag-seattle-mariners","18":"tag-st-louis","19":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","20":"tag-stlouis","21":"tag-stlouiscardinals","22":"tag-toronto-blue-jays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116044043167032897","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}