It appears the Phillies have chained Jordan Romano to the bullpen wall so he can’t take the mound

I saw this video posted on the timeline today and it really does appear to show Jordan Romano chained to the wall in the Phillies bullpen. Obviously, that would be good news to any fan who is sick and tired of watching Romano pitch for the Phillies.

It appears the Phillies have chained Jordan Romano to the bullpen wall

It appears they have chained Romano to the wall so he can’t find himself on the mound tonight. pic.twitter.com/0y98CZ5Xqj

— TheGodMonzter™ (@GodMonZter) August 20, 2025

Jordan Romano even managed to survive an almost-guaranteed DFA earlier this week.

Phillies officially reinstate Jose Alvarado and somehow, Jordan Romano survives

How? I have no idea. He must know where Middleton and the tobacco lobbyists hide the bodies but for whatever reason, he’s still on the roster as the Phillies continue to win baseball games down the stretch. 

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

Personally, I would have chained Jordan Romano to the Ben Franklin Bridge. That’s my choice destination to end it all every time I see him taking the mound so it makes sense that it would be his final resting spot. 

I’ll chill with the violent jokes. I’m a peaceful man, but 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.

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… just like they did to Jordan Romano in the bullpen. HA.

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