Key Stats: For two seasons in 2009 and 2010, Ricky Romero demonstrated that he was capable of being a dominating force in fantasy baseball. In June of 2009, he was the 38th best player according to Yahoo and in April of 2010 he was also the 38th best player in that month. Romero's problem has been that he has not been able to establish consistent success. He did make very subtle gains across the board though from 2009 to 2010. His strikeout rate went up by about .3 K/9 and his walk rate was reduced by about .5. He also lowered his line drive rate against and fly ball rate against, while raising his groundball rate. All of these improvements were minor, but given that there were improvements in so many areas it added up. Romero moved up the player 262 spots into the top 170 overall. Thus the seeds were planted for a potential breakout from a 26-year-old in 2011. And that's exactly what happened. Skeptics Say: There is a noticeable difference between Romero's xFIP and ERA....
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