Ryan Walker

Ryan Walker

29-Year-Old PitcherRP
San Francisco Giants
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After a promising debut in 2023, Walker made the Giants' Opening Day bullpen last season. The 28-year-old quickly worked his way up the high-leverage ladder, primarily pitching as a setup man until closer Camilo Doval was demoted to the minors. By that point, Walker became manager Bob Melvin's most trusted reliever and was elevated to the closer role in mid-August. By the end of the season, he was the only reliever to record double-digit wins (10), saves (10) and holds (21). Capping off an impressive breakout campaign, Walker was near the top of the leaderboard in several categories among relievers, including ERA (1.94, 12th), WHIP (0.85, 10th) and innings pitched (80, 7th). His 26.9 K-BB percentage ranked 10th and he finished one strikeout shy of 100. Unless San Francisco signs or trades for a more established closer this offseason, Walker enters 2025 as the clear favorite for saves in the Bay Area. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Giants in March of 2024.
Blows save Sunday
PSan Francisco Giants
June 30, 2025
Walker picked up a blown save in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the White Sox, allowing two earned runs on two hits and a walk over one-third of an inning.
Analysis
Walker entered the game with two outs and two runners on in the seventh inning. He walked the first batter he faced before allowing a double, then advanced the runners on a balk before surrendering a single. Over his last 10 appearances, Walker has allowed six earned runs, posting a 5.06 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and a 10:2 K:BB across 10.2 innings during that span.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
13
How many pitches does Ryan Walker generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
What part of the game does Ryan Walker generally pitch?
 
 
 
1st
 
 
 
2nd
 
 
 
3rd
 
 
 
4th
 
 
 
5th
 
 
 
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8th
 
 
 
9th
 
Extra
 
 
 
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9th
 
Extra
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-9%
BAA vs LHP
2025
 
 
-2%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-10%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-23%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .209 305 87 20 57 13 1 9
Since 2023vs Right .229 406 120 31 83 14 0 6
2025vs Left .236 62 16 4 13 6 0 1
2025vs Right .232 78 14 5 16 1 0 1
2024vs Left .189 147 42 9 25 5 1 3
2024vs Right .170 161 57 9 25 2 0 2
2023vs Left .221 96 29 7 19 2 0 5
2023vs Right .286 167 49 17 42 11 0 3
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-25%
ERA at Home
2025
 
 
-64%
ERA at Home
2024
 
 
-41%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-41%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 2.49 1.16 90.1 10 4 7 10.1 2.7 0.9
Since 2023Away 3.32 1.02 84.0 6 6 14 11.4 2.6 0.6
2025Home 2.55 0.91 17.2 1 1 4 7.6 1.0 0.5
2025Away 7.04 1.43 15.1 0 2 6 8.8 4.1 0.6
2024Home 2.45 1.04 36.2 6 2 3 11.0 2.5 1.0
2024Away 1.45 0.69 43.1 4 2 7 11.2 1.7 0.2
2023Home 2.50 1.42 36.0 3 1 0 10.3 3.8 1.0
2023Away 4.26 1.34 25.1 2 2 1 13.1 3.2 1.4
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Stat Review
How does Ryan Walker compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
3.33
 
K/9
8.2
 
BB/9
2.5
 
HR/9
0.5
 
Fastball
95.8 mph
 
ERA
4.64
 
WHIP
1.15
 
BABIP
.300
 
GB/FB
1.73
 
Left On Base
54.0%
 
Exit Velocity
81.7 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
4.8%
 
Spin Rate
2497 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
23.3%
 
Swinging Strike
7.8%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
After toiling in the minors since 2018, Walker made his major league debut in late May. He earned the promotion with a .89 ERA and .85 WHIP with Triple-A Sacramento. Walker appeared 49 times with the Giants, serving as an opener on 13 occasions. He fanned batters at a 29.7 percent clip, but his 9.1 percent walk rate was a bit above average. However, the main reason for a high 1.39 WHIP was a bloated .351 BABIP. As unlucky as he was in that realm, an 81.8 percent left on base mark kept the traffic from reaching home. Walker's performance should merit a spot in the Giants opening day bullpen. With several young starting pitchers, he could reprise his opener role. Walker likely won't be a late-inning option, but his strikeout rate is such that he can be relevant in NL-only formats.
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Fans two in scoreless outing
PSan Francisco Giants
June 21, 2025
Walker struck out two across 1.2 scoreless innings in Friday's 7-5 loss to the Red Sox.
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Blown save Friday
PSan Francisco Giants
June 7, 2025
Walker picked up a blown save in Friday's 5-4 extra-inning win over Atlanta, allowing two earned runs on three hits -- including one home run -- while striking out one over 1.1 innings.
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Picks up loss Monday
PSan Francisco Giants
June 3, 2025
Walker (1-3) was tagged with the loss in Monday's 1-0 extra-inning defeat to the Padres, allowing one unearned run over one inning.
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Demoted from closer role
PSan Francisco Giants
May 28, 2025
Manager Bob Melvin announced after Wednesday's loss to the Tigers that Walker is being demoted from the closer role in favor of Camilo Doval, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Hangs on for 10th save
PSan Francisco Giants
May 25, 2025
Walker earned the save in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Nationals, allowing a run on two hits while logging a strikeout in the ninth inning.
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