Joe Ryan Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 205 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 6/5/1996 (27)
- Experience
- 3
- College
- Cal State Stanislaus
Joe Ryan Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Joe Ryan News
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan tossed a quality start in Wednesday's 6-3 victory over the division-rival Chicago White Sox, striking out eight hitters while giving up three runs on four hits (two home runs) and one walk for the win. After hurling two clean opening innings, Ryan yielded a couple of solo homers to the seventh and ninth batters in Chicago's lineup during the third before Braden Shewmake stole home in the fifth to tack on another score. The 27-year-old star right-hander is off to a fine start in the 2024 regular season, posting a 3.77 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, and a spectacular 38:4 K:BB over 28 2/3 frames (five starts). Up next for Ryan is another scheduled appearance on Monday against the White Sox, who are now slashing an anemic .189/.263/.292 as a team with an MLB-low 53 runs scored through 24 outings.
Minnesota Twins right-hander Joe Ryan, who has been criticized for relying too much on his fastball at times, displayed a new sinker in his Grapefruit League debut on Friday. Ryan threw five different pitches -- a four-seam fastball, a sweeper, splitter, a "shorter slider," and his new sinker. "It kind of just gives me the options now to throw whatever I want and whatever a lineup might dictate," Ryan said. "Just put a little indecision in the hitters' heads, and I think that always helps." The 27-year-old mostly relied on his four-seamer, sweeper and splitter in 2023, and he mostly used his fastball and splitter in his complete-game shutout of Boston on June 22. Ryan was great to start last year but fell apart and was injured late. If his secondary pitches can improve in 2024, he should serve as a solid high-end No. 3 starter for fantasy managers.
Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Ryan was not at his best in a Grapefruit League contest versus the Boston Red Sox on Friday. Ryan started the game and allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk in two innings of work. He also struck out a pair. It was the first outing of the spring for the right-hander as he looks to clean up his run prevention in 2024. After working to a 3.55 ERA in 2023, Ryan posted a 4.51 mark across 29 starts in the 2023 campaign. However, he also increased his strikeout rate and lowered his walk rate, resulting in a fantastic 24.3% K-BB%, the second-best mark in baseball among the 45 pitchers who threw at least 160 innings a season ago. He remains susceptible to the long ball after posting a 31.6% ground-ball rate and 1.78 HR/9 last season but he is a rock-solid fantasy asset heading into the 2024 campaign.
Batting Order
1 | Ryan Jeffers |
2 | Byron Buxton |
3 | Manuel Margot |
4 | Jose Miranda |
5 | Carlos Santana |
6 | Willi Castro |
7 | Christian Vázquez |
8 | Kyle Farmer |
9 | Austin Martin |
Joe Ryan Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Ryan Jeffers |
2 | Byron Buxton |
3 | Manuel Margot |
4 | Jose Miranda |
5 | Carlos Santana |
6 | Willi Castro |
7 | Christian Vázquez |
8 | Kyle Farmer |
9 | Austin Martin |
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan spun a tale of two seasons last year. Through 13 starts and 77 2/3 IP, the righty owned a 2.90 ERA with an 84:15 K:BB and 6 HR allowed (0.7 HR/9). Over his final 16 starts and 84 IP, the 27-year-old owned a 6.00 ERA and allowed 26 HR (2.8 HR/9). Still, he maintained a fantastic 25.8% K-BB% over that stretch, which was actually up from 22.4% in those first 13 starts. K-BB% was 24.3% on the season, up 7.1% from 2022. The former seventh-round draft pick ended with a Pitching+ of 105, up from 99 in 2022, so there are still reasons for optimism heading into 2024, but he needs to figure out what made him so HR-prone last year. He finished the season 11-10 with a 4.51 ERA (4.13 FIP), 1.17 WHIP, and 197 K in 161 2/3 IP. FGDC projections have him going 11-10 again with a 4.05 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 197 K, and a 20.0% K-BB% in 179 IP. NFBC ADP has him going around pick 95, but RotoBaller is a bit more bullish, ranking him at 86. He can be a solid third pitcher for your fantasy squad, with the upside of a number two.