I think he's been walked off 7 times in 41 appearances this season. 5 of those 7 times were non-save situations. He also blew one win.
Blue Jays have won 34/41 (83%) games Jordan's appeared in. His save rate, as @[email protected] mentioned, is 26/29 (90%). If my math's right, that means the Jays have won 8/12 (67%) of times Jordan's appeared in non-save situations.
The Jays have been walked off 4 times this year, and Romano is behind 3 or the 4:
-Game 21 - Sat, Apr 22 - Tor @ NYY (Romano)
-Game 29 - Mon, May 1 - Tor @ BOS (Romano)
-Game 37 - Wed, May 10 - Tor @ PHI (Mayza)
-Game 98 - Fri, Jul 21 - Tor @ SEA (Romano)
I think he's a great closer, but he has difficulties with non-save situations. Last night's L was on our offence though, IMO. There is no margin for pitching error when we have only 2 runs. If we'd managed to put up more runs, Yusei might not have got the early hook either
Two walk-offs I think: last night in Seattle and one against the Yankees.
You might be onto something in that he’s had more struggles with tie-games; I can’t find data on how he pitches in those situations. Personally speaking, I can think of at least three times he’s lost the lead in non-save situations (last night, game 1 with Oakland in Toronto, and a game in May against Baltimore).
It’s always frustrating when he fails, but he succeeds a lot too. More than many other good relievers. Especially when the team puts him in a position to lock down the game.
Having said that, I would rather never see Romano pitch against Seattle again after this and the wild card game last year. Talk about heartbreak!
Having said that, I would rather never see Romano pitch against Seattle again after this and the wild card game last year. Talk about heartbreak!
Agreed. It'd be funny in a painful sort of way if we saw Seattle in the post-season this year, but I don't see thankfully. The NL West is deeper than it's been in a while (although the As might be inflating other teams' numbers a bit)