Ryan Walker| Year | W | L | Sv | Hold | IP | H | BB | SO | ER | ERA | WHIP | Rate |
| 2025 proj | 4 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 70.0 | 56 | 21 | 83 | 24 | 3.09 | 1.100 | 49.6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9.7 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6.52 | 1.241 | 14.4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 80.0 | 50 | 18 | 99 | 17 | 1.91 | 0.850 | 77.0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 61.3 | 61 | 24 | 78 | 22 | 3.23 | 1.386 | 26.7 |
| Date | News |
| 4/25/25 | Buster Posey states Giants still believe in closer Ryan Walker amid early 2025 MLB season struggles. The Giants still have faith in right-handed closer Ryan Walker despite his recent struggles. San Francisco president of baseball operations Buster Posey told KNBR's Brian Murphy and Markus Boucher on Thursday morning why Walker's latest two-game stretch, in which he allowed six hits and six runs in 1/3 innings, doesn't define the 29-year-old, nor earn him a demotion behind fellow right-handed back-end reliever Camilo Doval. Source: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco... |
| 4/24/25 | San Francisco beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-2; Flores hits a 2-run single. article SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 23: Ryan Walker #74 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Milwaukee Brewers in the top of the ninth inning at Oracle Park on April 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Expand The Brief San Francisco beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Wednesday night. Jung Hoo Lee added three hits to help the Giants improve to 14-2 against right-handed starters this season, tops in the majors. The Brewers scored twice in the ninth off closer Ryan Walker before Camilo Doval got the final two outs for his fourth save. SAN FRANCISCO - Wilmer Flores hit a two-run single in the sixth inning to back another strong start by Giants Source: https://www.fox6now.com/sports/brewers-giants-scor... |
| 4/20/25 | SF Giants end road trip with whimper as Walker blows save. The fate of the Giants' season wasn't going to be determined by how they performed on this 10-game road trip against the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Angels. Ryan Walker inherited a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning but blew the save, allowing four runs San Francisco lost to Los Angeles, 5-4, on Easter Sunday at Angel Stadium, forcing the Giants to settle for a 5-5 road trip. Source: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/04/20/sf-giants-... |
| 3/30/25 | San Francisco Giants Manager Reveals Top Reliever Dealing with Back Injury. The San Francisco Giants did not throw their closer out to finish a close game against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday afternoon, which raised some suspicions. Giants manager Bob Melvin revealed after the game that new closer Ryan Walker had been dealing with a back injury that kept him out of the game, per Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area. It looks as though San Francisco has avoided a major issue as there are hopes that Walker will be good enough to pitch on Monday. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 3/25/25 | San Francisco Giants Make Final Decision on High-Upside Reliever for Opening Day. The San Francisco Giants are making some final decisions regarding their Opening Day roster. Ryan Walker will be the main closer for the team while Camilo Doval is poised to have a bounce back year in a set up or high-leverage role. As reported by Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area, manager Bob Melvin announced that Spencer Bivens will be added to the bullpen. Bivens made his debut last season, and he pitched really well. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 3/20/25 | How Walker became even more dominant after earning Giants closer role. When the pandemic shut the sports world down in 2020, Ryan Walker didn't have much hope of ever reaching the big leagues. As he contemplated his future plans, Walker, who lives in the Phoenix area, met a local locksmith and struck up a conversation while he got new keys for his truck. When Walker did so, he found that he was essentially thrown into the fire. In an odd way, Walker thinks that helped him ultimately reach his goals as a reliever. Source: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco... |
| 3/05/25 | San Francisco Giants Star Reliever Reveals What Led to Major League Breakthrough. The San Francisco Giants stumbled upon a diamond in the rough when they selected pitcher Ryan Walker with the No. 916 overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft. “I think that's what kept me in the game, honestly,” Walker said, via Tyler Kepner of The Athletic (subscription required). Against the odds with his crossfire delivery, Walker was able to intrigue the team enough to keep him through 2020, when the minor league season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walker saw an immediate increase in velocity within a few weeks, reaching 97 mph, and his body was starting to feel better overall, too. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 3/04/25 | San Francisco Giants Need 'Fireman' To Emerge in Bullpen With Ryan Walker As Closer. One of the breakout stars for the San Francisco Giants during their underwhelming 2024 campaign was relief pitcher Ryan Walker. Nowadays, Walker wouldn't have even been selected as there are only 20 rounds in the MLB draft. COVID-19 wiped out the 2020 minor league season, but the Giants thought highly enough of Walker to keep him around into 2021. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 2/28/25 | Breakout San Francisco Giants Star Named 'Honorable Mention' in Reliever Rankings. As a whole, the San Francisco Giants bullpen was disappointing. ESPN's Buster Olney recently released a ranking of the relief pitchers in MLB. While there were no Giants named in the top 10, emerging star Ryan Walker was listed as an "honorable mention." Walker has had a long road to getting to the active MLB roster, but it looks to have paid off as he is finally establishing himself with consistent solid play. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 2/12/25 | San Francisco Giants Non-Roster Invitee Shares Positive Update on Road to Recovery. There are a few spots still up for grabs on the San Francisco Giants' Opening Day roster that players will be competing for during spring training. There are likely a few spots that can be seized in the bullpen, where manager Bob Melvin offered an interesting update on Wednesday. Ryan Walker will be his closer, which many people presumed would be the case after the strong debut he had in 2024. One player to keep an eye on is veteran Lou Trivino. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 1/17/25 | Why taking over Giants closer role 'a dream come true' to Walker. Ryan Walker still is awed by the fact that he's the Giants closer. The 29-year-old pitcher recounted what it was like to get promoted to the top of San Francisco's bullpen. “It was a dream come true honestly,” Walker said Thursday on KNBR's “Murph & Markus.” “Never in my career would I have thought I would have become a closer in the big leagues. I just wanted a job, so this is a pretty amazing opportunity and I'm thankful for the team to even trust me to do this. It was pretty crazy, nobody ever wants to see anyone struggle, that sucks. Stay in the game with the latest updates on your beloved Bay Area and California sports teams! Sign up here for our All Access Daily newsletter. “Let me tell Source: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco... |
| 9/08/24 | Heated exchange between SF Giants' rookie infielders overshadows series win vs. playoff-hopeful Padres. Nothing, it seems, comes simply to these Giants, especially not as they attempt to break in a group of young players they hope can morph into core contributors next year. Not even their first series win since the third week of August, not even coming against the majors' hottest team since the All-Star break, the San Diego Padres, not when their duo of rookie middle infielders let a pop up drop between them then had to be separated during a heated exchange in the dugout. The Giants looked like they were on their way to a rout Sunday afternoon after their fourth homer of the game opened a 7-0 lead, but they needed Ryan Walker to record the final five outs to eke out a 7-6 win after Tyler Fitzgerald and Marco Luciano's mistake allowed two runs to cross the plate in the seventh. Source: https://www.montereyherald.com/2024/09/08/with-eye... |
| 8/25/24 | Arlington native Ryan Walker locks down closing role with Giants. Arlington native Ryan Walker was never an elite prospect, but the former 31st-round pick is now finding success in the San Francisco Giants' bullpen. Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/arlin... |
| 8/18/24 | Walker, Snell lead Giants to crucial win with gutsy performances. Giants pitchers Ryan Walker and Blake Snell helped San Francisco secure a much-needed win with their performance against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/walker-snell-lead-giants-... |
| 8/10/24 | Melvin explains why Walker now Giants' closer with Doval in minors. Bob Melvin explained why he went with Ryan Walker as the Giants' new closer after Camilo Doval was optioned to the minors on Friday. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/melvin-explains-why-walke... |
| 4/25/24 | Kurtenbach: 3 up, 3 down from SF Giants' first 25 (fine, 26) games. Despite it all, these Giants are doing just fine. The Giants won't be winning the division — that's the Dodgers' job — but they have not disqualified themselves from the National League Wild Card race after only a few weeks. Perhaps this is an unfair categorization, but it's impossible to avoid the fact that Giants relievers have a 5.92 ERA this season. The top four pitchers out of the pen — Ryan Walker, the Rogers twins, and Camilo Doval, all have solid ERAs and solid roles. Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/25/kurtenbach-... |
| 4/24/24 | Blake Snell injury: Giants pitcher scratched three hours before start, lands on IL with left adductor strain. Ryan Walker will start a bullpen game instead Wednesday Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/blake-snell-inj... |
| 1/02/24 | Player Review: Ryan Walker. It was a big year for Ryan Walker. Among my favorite notes about his season is that he opened enough games (13) to throw off FanGraphs' starter/reliever measure, a situation that befell John Brebbia in 2022 when we all agreed that he was the next-best reliever in the pen after Camilo Doval. Source: https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2024/1/2/1791629... |
| 9/24/23 | Dodgers play the Giants with 2-1 series lead. San Francisco Giants (77-78, third in the NL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (95-59, first in the NL West) Los Angeles; Sunday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Ryan Walker (4-3, 3.20 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 71 strikeouts); Dodgers: Lance Lynn (12-11, 5.92 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 181 strikeouts) : Dodgers -215, Giants +178; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers take a 2-1 lead into the latest game of the series against the San Francisco Giants. Los Angeles has a 95-59 record overall and a 52-28 record in home games. Dodgers hitters have a collective .340 on-base percentage, the second-ranked percentage in the NL. San Francisco is 34-46 on the road and 77-78 overall. The Giants Source: https://abc7.com/sports/dodgers-play-the-giants-wi... |
| 9/21/23 | 'Underdog' Walker traveled unique path to success as Giants rookie. Rookie reliever Ryan Walker worked as a locksmith for 10 hours a day when the pandemic shut down the baseball world in 2020, and he's considering returning to the role this offseason. For Walker, the math is simple. "One, what else am I going to do?" Walker said of his offseason plans on Thursday's Giants Talk. Walker has spent most of this season earning the big league minimum, a life-changing sum, but it's easy to see why he feels this is no time to coast through an offseason. Source: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco... |
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