Sergio Romo Crosses Rivalry Lines

The Dodgers just added Sergio Romo, and it must be a gut punch for Giants fans. After pitching nine seasons and winning three World Series for the City by the Bay, Romo has not only signed with the arch-rival Dodgers, but he took significantly less money to so do, too, according to Jon Heyman. For just $3 million (plus possible incentives), the Dodgers picked up an established late-innings reliever, one from Southern California no less (Brawley, in the Imperial Valley). Kenley Jansen is clearly already set as the closer, and while Los Angeles has great bullpen depth behind their star, they have no other significantly above average pitchers back there. Lefties Grant Dayton and Adam Liberatore are good but unproven, and if you're looking for right handers behind Jansen, Pedro Baez is about the only good one you have. Romo, who put up a 2.64 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP over 40 appearances for the Giants last season, fixes that. He also struck out 33 and walked just seven in 30.1 innings. For his career, the former 28th round pick is 32-26 with a 2.58 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP over 515 appearances, which believe it or not are the third most in San Francisco Giants history and the fifth most in all of Giants history.