Jordan Romano earned the save Wednesday in a 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks, and the former Blue Jays closer looks like himself again.
He worked a scoreless ninth, issuing just one walk. Clean, efficient, done.
That outing extended a stretch few saw coming after the Angels moved on from him earlier this season.
Romano has converted six of his last seven save chances. Over that span, he's allowed just one run across seven innings.
Since landing in Colorado, he's posted a 3.09 ERA in 11.2 innings, with a 1.54 WHIP and a 14:7 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Those are the kind of numbers that once made him one of the top closers in baseball, back when he was slamming the door for Toronto.
The Angels cut ties with him, and the Rockies took a chance. So far, that gamble is paying off in a way Los Angeles probably didn't see coming.
Why Blue Jays fans still feel a pull toward his revival
Colorado sits at 50-74, deep in a lost season, and a bullpen arm rounding into form doesn't change much in the standings there.
But for a pitcher who once anchored the ninth inning north of the border, this stretch means something different.
Romano's fall from Toronto's closer to a bounce-back arm in Denver hasn't been a straight line. Released, picked up, written off, and now this.
Jays fans watched him blow saves and lose the gig before he ever left. Watching him look sharp in low-leverage innings for a rebuilding club stings a little.
It's a reminder that stuff doesn't just disappear. Sometimes it just needs a new zip code and a lower-pressure ninth inning to show back up.
Whether Colorado sees enough to keep him around past this season is unclear. For now, Romano is doing exactly what didn't happen in Anaheim.
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