Forgotten NY Mets waiver claim might have the weirdest MLB stats of 2026 so far

Where were you when the New York Mets selected Drew Romo off of waivers? Probably as unexcited when they lost him on the waiver wire about three weeks later. The Mets added him to their 40-man roster in late December and about a week into January, he was gone.

Romo, a former first round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies, is now with the Chicago White Sox and has maybe the strangest stat in Major League Baseball.

You’ll never believe how weird Drew Romo’s stats are this year

Just 3 for 20 this year, Romo has a predictably bad .150 batting average. It does get better from there. He has 8 walks and a hit by pitch to give him a fascinating .414 OBP. And get this. All three of his hits have been home runs.

So with a putrid .150 batting average, Romo is carrying an alluring 1.014 OPS.

Reaching base a ton, slugging when he does get a hit, Romo is on an unsustainable heater. The 3 long balls are the only of his career 85 plate appearances. Two came in the same game.

Romo was one of several offseason additions the Mets made where there didn’t seem much of an intention to keep them around for good. He was DFA’d and later replaced on the 40-man roster by Ben Rortvedt in mid-February. The team also had veteran backstop Austin Barnes with them in spring training. He was released before the start of the season.

Romo definitely isn’t one of those “how’d we let this guy go?” type of players. He was an intriguing addition based on the draft spot and how well he had hit in Triple-A. Romo is a .287/.341/.474 hitter one step below the majors. It did come in Albuquerque, a ballpark that plays similarly to Coors Field, preparing future Rockies for what it’ll be like in the thin Denver air.

Maybe not technically a former Mets player and more of a paper one, we can enjoy this oddity in the stats for as brief as they’ll last.

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