Jordan Romano has opened his time with the Angels with four saves in six appearances, allowing no runs, striking out seven and walking two over five innings. By Monday, April 13, 2026, he had not given up a hit and carried a 0.00 ERA for Anaheim.
The turnaround is a sharp contrast to what Romano left behind in Philadelphia. Through his first six appearances as a Phillie, he had a 12.60 ERA, gave up six hits and seven earned runs, and did not collect his fourth save until May 14th during that stint. He finished with eight total saves on the season as a Phillie.
For the Angels, the early return is exactly what they needed from a reliever trying to settle into a new role in Anaheim. The club had not made the playoffs since Obama's second term, a reminder of how much every clean inning still matters for a team trying to change its recent history.
Philadelphia is dealing with the other side of the story. The Phillies were 7-8 and set to begin a three-game series against the Cubs on Monday night, carrying the lingering questions that come when a bullpen move looks far better after the fact than it did in the moment.
Romano’s two stops this season now sit in direct contrast: relief work that has looked calm and efficient with the Angels, and a stretch in Philadelphia that never quite found steady ground. If the early numbers hold, Anaheim may have found the version of Romano it hoped to get all along.
