2025 Stats
W-L
0-1
ERA
7.27
WHIP
1.38
K
8
SV
5
Rest-of-Season Projections
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
Surrenders four runs in ninth
Walker (0-1) took the loss Sunday versus the Angels, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk while striking out a batter as his only out recorded.
ANALYSIS
Walker entered protecting a three-run lead and proceeded to blow his first save of the season. A walk and two singles loaded up the bases for the Angels with one out. Walker plunked Zach Neto to make it a 4-2 game, and Jo Adell followed with a double in the left field gap to clear the bases for the walk-off win. It was an uncharacteristically bad outing from Walker, whom had not given up a run since his season debut nor allowed more than one hit in any of his appearances before Sunday.
Walker entered protecting a three-run lead and proceeded to blow his first save of the season. A walk and two singles loaded up the bases for the Angels with one out. Walker plunked Zach Neto to make it a 4-2 game, and Jo Adell followed with a double in the left field gap to clear the bases for the walk-off win. It was an uncharacteristically bad outing from Walker, whom had not given up a run since his season debut nor allowed more than one hit in any of his appearances before Sunday.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
18
Last 10 Games
18
Last 5 Games
19
How many pitches does Ryan Walker generally throw?
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What part of the game does Ryan Walker generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-15%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-52%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .200 | 76 | 16 | 47 | 8 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .236 | 109 | 28 | 74 | 5 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .176 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .368 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .189 | 42 | 9 | 25 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .170 | 57 | 9 | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .221 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 5 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .286 | 49 | 17 | 42 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-11%
ERA at Home
2025
-36%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 2.61 | 1.24 | 76.0 | 10.7 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.92 | 0.96 | 74.0 | 11.6 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 5.40 | 1.50 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 8.44 | 1.31 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.45 | 1.04 | 36.2 | 11.0 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.45 | 0.69 | 43.1 | 11.2 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.50 | 1.42 | 36.0 | 10.3 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.26 | 1.34 | 25.1 | 13.1 | 3.2 | ||||
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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
3.50K/9
7.6BB/9
2.2HR/9
0.0Fastball
95.5 mphERA
5.40WHIP
1.08BABIP
.298GB/FB
1.71Left On Base
44.4%Exit Velocity
80.8 mphBarrels/BBE
4.3%Spin Rate
2490 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
19.6%Swinging Strike
5.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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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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Secures save No. 5
Walker gave up a hit in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Angels. He did not strike out or walk a batter.
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Earns fourth save
Walker earned the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Yankees, striking out one in a perfect ninth inning.
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Secures third save
Walker earned a save against the Mariners on Saturday, allowing one hit and striking out one batter in one scoreless inning.
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Works clean ninth inning for save
Walker earned the save after throwing a clean ninth inning during Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Astros.
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Works ninth in Monday's win
Walker walked one and struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning during Monday's 7-2 win over the Astros.
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