Romano was good in save situations, sucked last year when entered the game tied or a non-save situation. Those situations cost us a lot of games. I am fine with Romano as our closer, but always thought we needed a hedge. I was hoping Green and Hicks would be that last year this year. Obviously we lost Hicks. Swanson is/was maybe a set up guy, couldn't get the job done as a closer in SEA.
Yimi looked like he could be our hedge, but his increased velocity plus age equals non-sustainability. His body fought back and now IL.
Basically, we need Romano to be elite or we are screwed with the average amount of runs we score.