Every day that Jordan Romano is on the Phillies roster is a bad one

I will say it again. Every single day Jordan Romano is still on the Phillies’ roster is a bad one. He’s completely useless, can’t even handle mop-up duty, and honestly at this point, I’ll take any arm from the farm system just to try something new.

Give me a Double-A kid with no clue where the ball is going, and I’ll feel better than watching Romano jog in from the bullpen. The guy has a 7.56 ERA this season. It’s beyond horrible and really, it’s a career-tanking, DFA-level of bad that the Phillies don’t seem to realize.

Maybe with Jose Alvarado being eligible to return today, I will finally get my wish from Dave Dombrowski and the Phillies because this is NOT working and has never worked outside of a few appearances in May, when baseball is meaningless.

Jordan Romano ERA by Month:

• March/April — 12.48
• May — 2.53 (the one month where he tricked us into thinking he could pitch)
• June — 7.27
• July — 5.19
• August — 17.42

Jordan Romano can’t even handle mop-up duty.

Monday night was the latest reminder. Phillies are up 7–1. Ranger Suárez shoves for 6 2/3 innings and hands it off to Romano with two outs, nothing but a little clean-up job left.

Jordan Romano serves up a meatball to Cole Young, and suddenly the lead is cut in half. We’re talking mop-up duty. That’s literally all he had to do. If you can’t even survive mop-up duty, what’s the point of having you on this roster?

Absolutely crushed by Cole 🚀 pic.twitter.com/zyckf1CGMc

— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) August 19, 2025

The Phillies gave Romano $8.5 million for one year, hoping he’d be the guy to replace Jeff Hoffman or Carlos Estévez. Instead, he’s been a black hole. Thomson can’t trust him, fans can’t stand him and every time he takes the mound, the offense has to bail him out.

Cut bait. DFA him. Move on.

Call up literally anyone. Andrew Painter on pitch count, a Lehigh Valley journeyman, or some guy whose claim to fame is throwing 98 in Reading. Anyone would be an upgrade.

Jordan Romano isn’t just bad. He’s an anchor dragging this bullpen down. Keeping him around is wasting everyone’s time, and the Phillies don’t have time to waste in a season where the NL East is theirs to lock up.

Every day Jordan Romano is on this roster is a mistake. End the experiment before it costs something more than mop-up duty.

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