Romanick finally said yes to the California Angels,who drafted him in the first round (fourth overall) of the 1981 January Secondary Draft. He spent three seasons in their minor league system,compiling a 30-25 record and 3.89 earned run average in 71 starts.
Playing career
He won a roster spot with the Angels out of Spring training1984,going 12-12 with a 3.76 ERA his rookie season. He improved to 14-9 in 1985. Perhaps the biggest game Romanick ever pitched was on October 2,1985 against the Kansas City Royals.[2] Having once had a 6.5 game lead in their division,the Angels found themselves just one game up on the Kansas City Royals in the American League West when they headed to Royals Stadium for a four-game set on September 30. The Royals won the game on a three hit performance by Bud Black,and went on to win the division by a game.
After finishing second to Kansas City in Romanick's first two seasons in the big leagues,the Angels finally captured their division in 1986,however,Romanick had not pitched for the major league club since July 21,and was left off the post-season roster.
Romanick worked as a minor league pitching coordinator and coach with the Seattle Mariners organization from 1992 through 1998. He worked as minor league roving pitching instructor for the Athletics from 1999 through 2007. On October 17,2007,the A's promoted Romanick to the parent club as their bullpen coach,replacing Brad Fischer.[3]
On November 1,2010,Romanick was named the pitching coach for the Athletics when Curt Young left to become the new pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox.[4] Romanick was not retained after the 2011 season as manager Bob Melvin opted to have coaches of his own.[5] The New York Mets hired Romanick as their minor league pitching coordinator in December 2011.[6]
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