Drew Rom’s Major League debut is finally here.
The 23-year-old left-hander will make his MLB debut Monday night with the St. Louis Cardinals as they play in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. The game will start at 7:05 p.m.
Rom was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the St. Louis Cardinals in a three-player deal at the MLB trade deadline on August 1, and less than three weeks later he’s made his way to The Show.
Since the trade in two starts with Triple-A affiliate Memphis, Rom pitched 11 innings and struck out 18 while allowing just one earned run. He surrendered two hits and issued four walks, going 2-0 in those starts.
Rom, along with Cesar Prieto were traded to St. Louis in exchange for Jack Flaherty at the trade deadline. With Triple-A Norfolk in the Orioles organization this season, Rom pitched 86 innings with a 5.34 ERA. He struck out 100 and allowed 100 hits in his body of work.
The southpaw was called up to the Orioles in May, but never logged any game time and was optioned back to Norfolk three days later. Rom was rated as the No. 18 prospect in the Orioles organization, according to mlb.com. Now he gets a chance in St. Louis, the Cardinals currently sitting at 55-70 and 13 games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central.
Rom graduated from Highlands in 2018 and was drafted by the Orioles in the fourth round of the 2018 MLB Draft. Rom was a part of three straight 9th Region championship teams at Highlands from 2016-18. He was a 2018 Mr. Baseball honoree and 9th Region tournament MVP that season as Highlands was the state runner-up.
From there he was drafted by the Orioles in the 2018 MLB Draft in the fourth round and 115th overall.