Phillies' Jordan Romano had plenty to say about his former Blue Jays teammates
Photo credit: https://www.sportsnet.ca
The Toronto Blue Jays welcomed back their former closer Jordan Romano as they took on the Philadelphia Phillies at the Rogers Centre.
Romano, who signed a one-year, $8.5-million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in the off-season, is in town for a three-game set with his new club and told reporters that he's still adjusting to being on the other side of the field.
Romano underwent season-ending surgery on his right elbow last July and the Blue Jays cut him ahead of the November deadline for clubs to offer contracts for the 2025 campaign.
He landed in Philadelphia soon after while the Blue Jays inked former Phillies right-hander Jeff Hoffman to a three-year, $33-million deal in what was essentially a closer swap between the clubs.
Romano struggled out of the gate with Philadelphia, allowing 15 runs on 15 hits over his first 9.1 innings (13.50 ERA).
He's since settled down nicely and says he was putting too much pressure on himself to start the season.
Romano, who posted a 2.90 ERA and collected 105 saves during his tenure with the Blue Jays, spent time conversing with several former teammates in the outfield during batting practice on Tuesday.
Erik Swanson, one of his closest friends, says it's been «weird» seeing Romano don a different jersey.
Romano, Swanson and Blue Jays' starter Chris Bassitt are part of a larger group of gamers who regularly tee off against each other in PGA Tour 2K25.
There are some dollars involved and while Romano claims that Swanson has avoided playing him of late, the Blue Jays reliever says his excuse has been that he was injured Swanson missed the first two months of the season with median nerve entrapment in his right hand - and couldn't play.
Jordan Romano is never too far away from former Jays teammates. Romano, Bassitt, and Swanson among MLB'ers in an online group who play PGA Tour '25 on PlayStation. Romano told me now that's he's pretty good, no one wants to lay any cash down. Swanson laughed off Romano's comment.
"Romie got frustrated with me because I had never lost and I maybe had taken a little bit of his money," said Swanson with a grin. "I told him that he needs to be patient. He needs to learn how to be patient because the day will come where he'll have the opportunity to take on the king again."
Jokes and gaming aside, Swanson is happy that Romano is healthy and closing games out on a formidable Phillies club that owns the fifth-best record in baseball.
Was letting Jordan Romano walk in free agency a mistake by the Blue Jays?
Tell us what you think in the poll below.
Source: Sportsnet
| POLL | ||
JUIN 4 | 229 ANSWERS Phillies' Jordan Romano had plenty to say about his former Blue Jays teammates Was letting Jordan Romano walk in free agency a mistake by the Blue Jays? | ||
| Yes | 99 | 43.2 % |
| No | 109 | 47.6 % |
| Too early to tell | 21 | 9.2 % |
| List of polls | ||
TRENDING NOW
