Ryan Walker
28-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
4-2
ERA
2.17
WHIP
0.90
K
38
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
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. Read Past Outlooks
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Picks up fourth win
Walker (4-2) pitched a perfect ninth inning and struck out one, earning the extra-inning win over the Pirates on Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
Walker kept the game tied in the ninth inning, and the Giants' offense exploded in the 10th to make him the pitcher of record. The right-hander has stumbled a little recently, allowing two runs over his last five innings, but he also has a 7:0 K:BB and three holds in that span. Walker is getting the job done with a 2.42 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and 36:4 K:BB over 26 innings this season. He's added seven holds and one blown save while not seeing a lot of late-inning work, but his elite strikeout numbers make him an interesting option in all NL-only formats and some deeper mixed leagues as well.
Walker kept the game tied in the ninth inning, and the Giants' offense exploded in the 10th to make him the pitcher of record. The right-hander has stumbled a little recently, allowing two runs over his last five innings, but he also has a 7:0 K:BB and three holds in that span. Walker is getting the job done with a 2.42 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and 36:4 K:BB over 26 innings this season. He's added seven holds and one blown save while not seeing a lot of late-inning work, but his elite strikeout numbers make him an interesting option in all NL-only formats and some deeper mixed leagues as well.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
16
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+
What part of the game does Ryan Walker generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-18%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-1%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .215 | 45 | 8 | 28 | 6 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .262 | 71 | 21 | 54 | 3 | |||
2024vs Left | .205 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .203 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .221 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 5 | |||
2023vs Right | .286 | 49 | 17 | 42 | 3 | |||
2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-34%
ERA at Home
2024
-20%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 2.34 | 1.28 | 50.0 | 10.4 | 3.1 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 3.57 | 1.17 | 40.1 | 12.9 | 2.7 | ||||
2024Home | 1.93 | 0.93 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 1.3 | ||||
2024Away | 2.40 | 0.87 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 1.8 | ||||
2023Home | 2.50 | 1.42 | 36.0 | 10.3 | 3.8 | ||||
2023Away | 4.26 | 1.34 | 25.1 | 13.1 | 3.2 | ||||
2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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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.
* 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
7.60K/9
11.8BB/9
1.6HR/9
0.3Fastball
95.0 mphERA
2.17WHIP
0.90BABIP
.314GB/FB
1.88Left On Base
77.2%Exit Velocity
77.6 mphBarrels/BBE
2.8%Spin Rate
2399 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
19.1%Swinging Strike
14.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Returns Friday
Walker (back) struck out one in a perfect inning to earn a hold in Friday's 10-5 win over the Rockies.
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Dealing with back tightness
Walker was unavailable for Wednesday's game versus the Dodgers due to back tightness, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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Collects third win
Walker (3-2) allowed a hit and struck out one without walking a batter in a scoreless inning to earn the win Thursday over the Red Sox.
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Opening Wednesday's game
Walker will serve as the Giants' opening pitcher for Wednesday's game against the Mets, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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Nabs second win
Walker (2-2) struck out two in a perfect inning to earn the win Saturday over the Diamondbacks.
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