Miguel Romero

Luis Miguel Romero (Mansfarroll) was originally signed by A's scout JC De La Cruz…spent four seasons with Guantanamo in the Cuba's Serie Nacional and was 9-7 with nine saves and a 4.80 ERA in 46 games, including 10 starts.

2018

Started the year at Single-A Stockton and was 1-2 with 13 saves and a 1.84 ERA in 22 relief appearances when he was promoted to Double-A Midland June 13…was 1-1 with a save and a 6.00 ERA in 22 outings for the RockHounds and combined with both clubs to go 2-3 with 14 saves and a 3.94 ERA in 44 relief appearances overall in his second professional season…struck out 66 batters in 59.1 innings, an average of 10.01 per nine innings…was leading the California League in saves at the time of his promotion and ended up tying for third despite spending half of the season at Midland…tied for third in the A's farm system in saves…converted 13-of-14 (92.9%) save opportunities with Stockton and was 14-for-19 (73.7%) overall…was named to the Cal League Midseason All-Star Game but did not play due to his promotion…allowed a .252 opponents batting average, which broke down to .223 (33-for-148) against right-handed hitters compared to .311 (23-for-74) against left-handers…yielded a .219 batting average with the bases empty, .298 with five of his seven home runs with runners on base…allowed 5-of-12 (41.7%) inherited runners to score…logged a 0.77 ERA and converted each of his five save opportunities in eight day games…had a 4.72 ERA in 36 contests at night…posted a 0.71 ERA in eight home games with Stockton…tossed at least one inning in 37 of his 44 appearances and at least two innings 15 times.

MINORS: Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings for the save in his first outing April 7 against Lake Elsinore… it was his first of five two-inning saves…struck out a season-high four batters on April 20 against Visalia (also July 5 at Tulsa and Aug. 4 against San Antonio…posted a 1.20 ERA and .125 opponents batting average in nine outings in April and converted each of his six save opportunities… then had a 1.80 ERA, .216 opponents average and five saves in nine games in May…had a seasonhigh 7.1-inning scoreless streak from May 14 to 30…walked his first batter of the season May 22 at Rancho Cucamonga, snapping a season-opening 14-game, 21.2-inning streak without a walk…had a 1.44 ERA in 18 games through the end of May…then allowed one run in each of his final four outings with Stockton (4.15 ERA)…issued a season-high two walks June 5 at San Jose, his first of three games with more than one walk…was transferred to Midland June 13…surrendered a season-high five hits in 2.0 innings June 20 against Frisco…yielded a season-high six runs on four hits and a walk in 0.1 innings for the blown save and loss on July 2 against Springfield… that game him a 10.80 ERA over his first six games with the RockHounds…did not allow a run in five of his next six outings (2.45 ERA), but then allowed seven runs in 1.2 innings in his final two appearances of July…had a 13.50 ERA and .364 opponents batting average in nine games in July…then went 1-0 with a save, a 1.88 ERA and .188 opponents average over his final eight appearances…tossed a season-high 3.0 innings and picked up the win Aug. 29 against San Antonio.