I kind of feel that way also. I've always viewed bullpen guys as "failed starters" - even when I know that technically, that's not the truth anymore. But in May of 2018 Romero really put up some numbers - as a starter - that for me, are still hard to ignore. vs. Toronto: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 5K @ STL: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 9K @LAA: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6K @SEA: 7 IP, 5H, 2ER, 7K He had one disastrous outing (@KC) but aside from that, none of his "clunkers" looked especially terrible - or any worse than, say, a typical Martin Perez or Kyle Gibson outing. The Twins seemed, for some reason, to completely disregard a good portion of his track record as a starter because they WANTED him to be a good bullpen arm. Now here we are, looking at an empty rotation in 2020 and you have to wonder why they were so quick to give up on a guy who not only has great potential, but has proven at the big league level that he can perform as an SP.