2022 Stats
W-L
3-3
ERA
2.98
WHIP
0.89
K
65
SV
33
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Pressly was seventh in the league with a career high 33 saves in 2022, which was impressive considering he was limited to just 50 appearances and 48.1 innings for the Astros. The veteran required an early trip to the injured list due to knee inflammation, then neck spasms put him on the shelf again later in the year. Neither injury was particulary lengthy, but prohibited Pressly from challenging for the league's saves lead. Those injuries and age (34) may deter some for 2023 drafts, but Pressly is coming off a season during which he posted career best marks in multiple categories, including WHIP (0.89), strikeout rate (35.7%) and K-BB percentage (28.6%). He was also dominant in the 2022 postseason with 13 strikeouts over 11 scoreless frames. What Pressly may lack compared to other top-end closers is innings volume, but he has been extremely consistent and should be drafted with confidence as one of the top five or six closers off the board again. Read Past Outlooks

Frustrated by pitch clock
Pressly is not in favor of the pitch clock that will be implemented in 2023, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Pressly cited the fact that each pitcher is taught to work at their own pace to back his opinion, though he also didn't express concern about his ability to adjust to the new rule. He has most recently pitched in the World Baseball Classic, which does not use a pitch clock. Across three innings of Cactus League action, Pressly has allowed one earned run on five hits and a walk while striking out three across three frames.
Pressly cited the fact that each pitcher is taught to work at their own pace to back his opinion, though he also didn't express concern about his ability to adjust to the new rule. He has most recently pitched in the World Baseball Classic, which does not use a pitch clock. Across three innings of Cactus League action, Pressly has allowed one earned run on five hits and a walk while striking out three across three frames.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
17
Last 5 Games
17
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-9%
BAA vs LHP
2022
-3%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2020vs Left | .198 | 97 | 15 | 48 | 5 | |||
Since 2020vs Right | .218 | 78 | 18 | 53 | 5 | |||
2022vs Left | .178 | 41 | 7 | 16 | 3 | |||
2022vs Right | .184 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 1 | |||
2021vs Left | .194 | 40 | 5 | 21 | 1 | |||
2021vs Right | .219 | 41 | 8 | 28 | 3 | |||
2020vs Left | .250 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||
2020vs Right | .282 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-31%
ERA at Home
2022
-41%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2020Home | 2.28 | 0.80 | 75.0 | 13.7 | 1.7 | ||||
Since 2020Away | 3.30 | 1.27 | 57.1 | 9.3 | 3.0 | ||||
2022Home | 2.22 | 0.70 | 24.1 | 15.2 | 1.5 | ||||
2022Away | 3.75 | 1.08 | 24.0 | 9.0 | 3.4 | ||||
2021Home | 2.43 | 0.78 | 37.0 | 12.6 | 1.7 | ||||
2021Away | 2.00 | 1.22 | 27.0 | 9.7 | 2.0 | ||||
2020Home | 1.98 | 1.02 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 2.0 | ||||
2020Away | 7.11 | 2.21 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 5.7 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Ryan Pressly 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
5.00K/9
12.1BB/9
2.4HR/9
0.7Fastball
94.5 mphERA
2.98WHIP
0.89BABIP
.267GB/FB
1.62Left On Base
69.5%Exit Velocity
80.8 mphBarrels/BBE
2.1%Spin Rate
2796 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.8%Swinging Strike
18.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Pressly was fantastic for the fourth straight season after delivering a 2.25 ERA, 0.97 WHIP and 26 saves in 28 chances for Houston. His 27.2 K-BB% ranked eighth among qualified relievers, while the spin rates on his curveball (100th percentile) and fastball (97th percentile) were elite. He also posted a career-best 55.5 GB% and 5.2 BB%. Since Pressly appeared in 64 games for the Astros, his contract vested to a fully guaranteed $10 million deal for 2022. He was one of only seven relievers in baseball who had a greater than 76% share of his team's total saves, but Houston was in the bottom half of the league in saves overall (34) since they won plenty of blowouts and had the fourth-best run differential (+205) in the league. However, Pressly is firmly entrenched as the Astros' closer and will be among the top 10 options drafted.
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Secures Game 6 save
Pressly pitched a scoreless ninth inning during Saturday's 4-1 win over the Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series, allowing one hit, striking out none and walking none.
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Converts another postseason save
Pressly pitched the final five outs and earned the save during Thursday's 3-2 win over the Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series, allowing zero hits, walks and runs while striking out two.
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Completes combined no-hitter
Pressly pitched the final inning of Wednesday night's 5-0 win over the Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series, allowing zero runs, zero hits and one walk while striking out one.
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Closes out ALCS
Pressly pitched the final inning Sunday during Game 4 of the ALCS, allowing zero hits, walks and strikeouts in the 6-5 win over the Yankees.
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Earns second save in ALCS
Pressly pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save during Game 2 of the ALCS, allowing zero hits and one walk while striking out three in the 3-2 win over the Yankees.
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