All you need to know whether or not Sergio Romo is returning to the San Francisco Giants as he gets closer to retirement.
Veteran right-handed pitcher Sergio Romo, who won three World Series championships with the San Francisco Giants, has agreed to sign a minor-league contract with the Giants in order to return to the team. After the conclusion of the team’s spring training, Romo will make his final appearance at Oracle Stadium during the team’s Bay Bridge series against the Oakland Athletics. After that, he will put up his spikes.
Romo, who is now 40 years old, made a brief appearance with the Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays last year, pitching a total of 18 innings while allowing 16 runs. He pitched for the A’s in the Bay Area in 2021 and had a 4.67 earned run average over 61 2/3 innings. Against right-handed batters, he limited them to a.240 batting average and a.290 on-base percentage. The slider specialist has appeared in portions of 15 MLB seasons and was named an All-Star in 2013. His lifetime earned run average is 3.21.
In 2010, 2012, and 2014, all three of San Francisco’s championship teams included Romo as a crucial contributor. In the three postseasons, he pitched a total of 21 and one-third innings, allowing five runs while striking out 20 batters and walking two. Most notably, Romo got Miguel Cabrera, who was in the height of his career at the time, to strike out to finish off the four-game sweep and clinch the 2012 World Series.
After being selected in the 28th round of the 2005 draught, Romo made his debut in the Major League Baseball in 2008 and did not leave until late 2009. Throughout the years 2010–2016, Romo ranked among the league leaders in relief appearances and relief innings pitched while maintaining an earned run average of 2.49 and a WHIP of 0.96. During the San Francisco Giants’ time as MLB champions, he served as a late-inning workhorse for the team.
Before joining the Giants, Romo was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Toronto Blue Jays, all of which are teams in the Major League Baseball. His slider is his primary offering and he throws right-handed. During his career, he has worked in the role of closer.
After completing his studies at Orange Coast College, Romo continued his education at Arizona Western College. In both 2002 and 2003, Romo received recognition from the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference for being selected to the second team of All-Region I. Romo finished his career with a 16-4 record and a 2.79 earned run average after pitching 159 innings (ERA).
Baseball was Romo’s primary sport throughout his junior and senior years of college, and he competed in the NCAA Division II for both the University of North Alabama (2004) and Mesa State College (2005). When playing at North Alabama in 2004, he had a record of 10–3 with a 3.69 earned run average in 97.1 innings pitched. This earned him a spot on the First Team All-Gulf South Conference. He was the Mesa State senior who won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year award in his final year of eligibility.
During the 2005 Major League Baseball (MLB) draught, Romo was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 28th round (852nd overall). It was with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Single-A short season Northwest League that he got his start in the professional baseball industry. In 68 2/3 innings, he started games and had a record of 7-1 with an earned run average of 2.75. His seven victories led the Northwest League, while his 65 strikeouts were ninth best in the league.
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