2024 Stats
W-L
10-4
ERA
1.91
WHIP
0.85
K
99
SV
10
2025 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
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.
ANALYSIS
After Camilo Doval endured a string of poor performances following the All-Star break and was removed from the closer's role in early August, Walker took over as the Giants' primary closer to finish out the 2024 campaign. In addition to providing sterling ratios (1.91 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 99:18 K:BB over 80 innings) in his high-leverage relief role, Walker collected 10 wins, 10 saves and 21 holds. With the Giants opting not to make any major additions to the bullpen over the offseason, Walker looks like he'll get the chance to close on a full-time basis for the first time in his career. He'll be in position for fewer wins in the ninth-inning role, but if health prevails and he continues to perform at the level he did in 2024, Walker could finish among the league leaders in saves.
After Camilo Doval endured a string of poor performances following the All-Star break and was removed from the closer's role in early August, Walker took over as the Giants' primary closer to finish out the 2024 campaign. In addition to providing sterling ratios (1.91 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 99:18 K:BB over 80 innings) in his high-leverage relief role, Walker collected 10 wins, 10 saves and 21 holds. With the Giants opting not to make any major additions to the bullpen over the offseason, Walker looks like he'll get the chance to close on a full-time basis for the first time in his career. He'll be in position for fewer wins in the ninth-inning role, but if health prevails and he continues to perform at the level he did in 2024, Walker could finish among the league leaders in saves.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
17
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Ryan Walker generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
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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?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-11%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-10%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .202 | 71 | 16 | 44 | 8 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .228 | 106 | 26 | 67 | 5 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
Even Split
2024
-41%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 2.48 | 1.22 | 72.2 | 10.7 | 3.1 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 2.49 | 0.93 | 68.2 | 11.9 | 2.2 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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
5.50K/9
11.1BB/9
2.0HR/9
0.6Fastball
95.6 mphERA
1.91WHIP
0.85BABIP
.262GB/FB
1.60Left On Base
80.3%Exit Velocity
79.8 mphBarrels/BBE
4.2%Spin Rate
2423 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
17.7%Swinging Strike
12.6%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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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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Perfect for eighth save
Walker picked up the save Wednesday against Baltimore, striking out one batter during a perfect ninth inning.
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