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).

However, despite those struggles, he’s still been an elite closer who is tied for the second fewest amount of blown saves (3), tied for third most saves overall (26), and has MLB’s best save conversion rate with 26/29 chances for a 90% save rate (https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/mlb/blown-saves-stats-most-blown-saves-teams-players-bm03/).

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!

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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)