{"id":16695,"date":"2020-08-13T14:02:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16695"},"modified":"2020-08-13T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:03:49","slug":"holy-cow-romero-has-been-called-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16695","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cow Romero has been called up!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Romero gets the call. Photo via milb.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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I first saw this tidbit on\u00a0Keith Law<\/strong>‘s chat today<\/a>\u00a0and was kind of shocked.\u00a0 Then i confirmed it via the nats transaction<\/a> page;\u00a0Seth Romero<\/strong> has been called up.\u00a0 Thanks to a spate of injuries and ineffectiveness-driven-dl trips (ahem\u00a0Sean Doolittle<\/strong>), the Nats bullpen suddenly has zero left handers, and Romero has reportedly been impressing the Nats brass<\/a> in Fredericksburg.<\/p>\n

So he’s up.\u00a0 Big board updated as well as the Draft tracker for all our still-signed draftees (everyone is now either Washington, Fredericksburg or XST for 2020).<\/p>\n

So, part of me is not entirely surprised at this move … despite his limited minor’s experience, he’s rule-5 eligible this coming off-season (as is all the rest of the college-aged 2017 draftees, most notably\u00a0Wil Crowe<\/strong>), so it seemed\u00a0 highly likely that the team would be adding him at some point anyway.\u00a0 He’s far enough past the deadline to ensure an extra year of control.\u00a0 And they have a need.\u00a0 I suppose they could have tapped a few of the other options they have in Fredericksburg (Matt Cronin<\/strong> and\u00a0Nick Wells<\/strong> are both lefty and both relievers) … but having Romero up seems to give a higher-ceiling guy in the pen.<\/p>\n

I gotta say; quite a turn of fortune for Romero after all he’s gone through.\u00a0 Can’t wait to see him throw against real MLB hitters.<\/p>\n

this by the way makes for the following roster chagnes:<\/p>\n