2025 Stats
W-L
1-3
ERA
4.43
WHIP
1.25
K
20
SV
10
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
Picks up loss Monday
Walker (1-3) was tagged with the loss in Monday's 1-0 extra-inning defeat to the Padres, allowing one unearned run over one inning.
ANALYSIS
Walker induced three straight outs in the 10th, but a sacrifice bunt and subsequent sacrifice fly brought home the automatic runner. The right-hander threw six of his seven pitches for strikes while taking his third loss of the season, as the Giants' offensive struggles continued. Walker was removed from the closer role Wednesday and now owns a 4.50 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and a 20:7 K:BB across 22.0 innings in 25 appearances. He has also recorded 10 saves, three holds and two blown saves.
Walker induced three straight outs in the 10th, but a sacrifice bunt and subsequent sacrifice fly brought home the automatic runner. The right-hander threw six of his seven pitches for strikes while taking his third loss of the season, as the Giants' offensive struggles continued. Walker was removed from the closer role Wednesday and now owns a 4.50 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and a 20:7 K:BB across 22.0 innings in 25 appearances. He has also recorded 10 saves, three holds and two blown saves.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
10
Last 5 Games
9
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
-11%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-9%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .207 | 84 | 20 | 53 | 8 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .232 | 113 | 29 | 79 | 5 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .237 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .261 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 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
-26%
ERA at Home
2025
-80%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 2.35 | 1.19 | 84.1 | 10.2 | 2.9 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.18 | 1.02 | 79.1 | 11.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.54 | 0.94 | 11.2 | 7.7 | 1.5 | ||||
| 2025Away | 7.59 | 1.59 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 4.2 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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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
2.86K/9
8.1BB/9
2.8HR/9
0.0Fastball
95.7 mphERA
4.43WHIP
1.25BABIP
.328GB/FB
1.58Left On Base
53.6%Exit Velocity
81.8 mphBarrels/BBE
2.8%Spin Rate
2479 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.2%Swinging Strike
7.6%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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Demoted from closer role
Manager Bob Melvin announced after Wednesday's loss to the Tigers that Walker is being demoted from the closer role in favor of Camilo Doval, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Hangs on for 10th save
Walker earned the save in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Nationals, allowing a run on two hits while logging a strikeout in the ninth inning.
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Secures ninth save
Walker pitched a perfect inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Royals.
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Earns save Sunday
Walker struck out one in a perfect inning to earn the save in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Athletics.
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Blows save, takes loss
Walker (1-2) yielded two runs (one earned) on two hits and an intentional walk while taking the loss against Minnesota on Sunday. He recorded two outs in the 10th inning and was charged with a blown save.
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