Since hiring Tyler Zombro away from Tread Athletics to serve in the front office as a special assistant advising on everything from pitch grips to player acquisitions, the Cubs have added several Tread alums to the organization. The latest of those is 27-year-old righty Tommy Romero, whose signing with the Cubs was announced by Tread via Instagram.
Initially drafted by the Mariners in the 15th round back in 2017, Romero bounced around between several organizations over parts of the last eight seasons. He spent most of that time in the Rays organization, where he was teammates with Zombro at multiple levels of the system.