2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
9.00
WHIP
1.00
K
0
SV
1
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
Earns Opening Day save
Walker earned the save in Thursday's 6-4 win over the Reds, allowing a run on one hit in the ninth inning.
ANALYSIS
Walker recorded the first two outs in the ninth before hitting Jacob Hurtubise with a pitch, who then came around to score on a TJ Friedl single. However, Walker would rebound and record the final out to close out the Giants' Opening Day victory. The 29-year-old Walker is coming off an impressive 2024 campaign, during which he posted a 1.91 ERA and 0.85 WHIP across 80 innings. He logged 10 saves after taking over the closer job late in the year and should have pretty good job security to begin 2025.
Walker recorded the first two outs in the ninth before hitting Jacob Hurtubise with a pitch, who then came around to score on a TJ Friedl single. However, Walker would rebound and record the final out to close out the Giants' Opening Day victory. The 29-year-old Walker is coming off an impressive 2024 campaign, during which he posted a 1.91 ERA and 0.85 WHIP across 80 innings. He logged 10 saves after taking over the closer job late in the year and should have pretty good job security to begin 2025.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
14
Last 5 Games
14
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
-9%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-100%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .205 | 71 | 16 | 45 | 8 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .226 | 106 | 26 | 67 | 5 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
-4%
ERA at Home
2025
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 2.48 | 1.22 | 72.2 | 10.7 | 3.1 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.58 | 0.93 | 69.2 | 11.8 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 9.00 | 1.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 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
0.00K/9
0.0BB/9
0.0HR/9
0.0Fastball
95.3 mphERA
9.00WHIP
1.00BABIP
.262GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
0.0%Exit Velocity
0.0 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
0 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
0.0%Swinging Strike
7.1%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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Named closer
Manager Bob Melvin said Wednesday that Walker will open the season as the Giants' closer, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
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Nabs 10th win
Walker (10-4) allowed a hit and a walk over a scoreless inning to earn the win Saturday over the Cardinals.
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Earns 10th save
Walker pitched a perfect inning and earned the save in Monday's 6-3 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Rebounds with save
Walker struck out one batter in a scoreless inning and earned a save over the Royals on Sunday.
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Falters in non-save situation
Walker (9-4) allowed two runs on two hits and struck out two over two-thirds of an inning to take the loss Thursday versus the Orioles.
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