Tommy Romero #29

Thomas Romero...Graduated from Coral Springs Charter School in Coral Springs, Florida...Attended Polk State (Fla.) Junior College before transferring to Eastern Florida State College...Led NJCAA Division I with 136 strikeouts and ranked fifth with a 1.13 ERA in 2017…Earned first-team NJCAA Division I All-American honors and won the FCSAA Pitcher of the Year Award.

2022

Combined to go 9-6 with a 3.24 ERA in 29 Minor League games (15 starts) between Tampa and Washington’s systems...Made his Major League debut with Tampa Bay on April 12 vs. Oakland...Struck out Sean Murphy for his first Major League strikeout... Made one start for Washington Oct. 10 vs. Philadelphia.

2021

Earned a July 20 promotion from Double-A Montgomery to Triple-A Durham…recorded a career-high 145 SO and went 8-2 with a 2.61 ERA (110.1-IP, 32-ER) in 23 apps (21 starts) between the two levels... Ranked second among Rays minor leaguers in strikeouts, one shy of Tobias Myers (146)…ranked second in innings and tied for 3rd in wins... Was on Montgomery’s injured list from May 13-25 with a left oblique strain. ® Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 21 prospect in the Rays system following the season… the publication also tabbed him as having the Best Control in the organization.

2020

Went 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in three starts for the Criollos de Caguas in the Puerto Rican Winter League...Made one start in the Caribbean Series.

2019

Led the organization with a career-high 13 wins.

2018

Spent the season in the Midwest League, beginning Clinton in the Mariners system and finishing with Bowling Green in the Rays system…Tied for the league lead with 11 wins and a .238 opponents’ average...Also ranked second in ERA (2.95) and fourth in strikeouts (131).

2017

Tied for second in the Arizona League with five wins and tied for ninth with 51 strikeouts.