Ryan Helsley Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 235 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 7/18/1994 (29)
- Experience
- 5
- College
- Northeastern State (OK)
Ryan Helsley Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Ryan Helsley News
After a rough inning of work on Monday that saw St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley allow two runs (one earned), the right-hander bounced back with a perfect inning on Tuesday to secure his fourth save of the season. Helsley now has tossed seven innings with seven strikeouts and one walk on the season. The 29-year-old is fully entrenched as the club's closer, but fantasy managers in holds leagues or those looking to have insurance on Helsley should consider Giovanny Gallegos or Andrew Kittredge. As it stands, Helsley remains one of the most trusted closers in all formats.
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Ryan Helsley allowed one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins. Helsley entered the ninth inning to protect a two-run lead. The 29-year-old needed just six pitches to make quick work of the Marlins to collect his third save of the season. He owns a 3.60 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, and a 5:0 K: BB across five innings in 2024. The Cardinals right-hander has been terrific recently and has not allowed a run over his last three appearances. Helsley is the Cardinals' primary closer, and fantasy managers should continue to start Helsey in all fantasy leagues.
St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley threw a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his second save of the season in an 8-5 win over the Miami Marlins. Helsley didn't allow a baserunner and struck out one. Maybe most importantly for Helsley, the velocity on his four-seamer was back up to 99.6 after being down a little bit from last season in his last few appearances. He should be back to his dominant self if he can keep the velocity up, and seems to be the clear-cut closer in St. Louis.
Batting Order
1 | Brendan Donovan |
2 | Willson Contreras |
3 | Nolan Arenado |
4 | Paul Goldschmidt |
5 | Iván Herrera |
6 | Lars Nootbaar |
7 | Masyn Winn |
8 | Nolan Gorman |
9 | Michael Siani |
Ryan Helsley Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Brendan Donovan |
2 | Willson Contreras |
3 | Nolan Arenado |
4 | Paul Goldschmidt |
5 | Iván Herrera |
6 | Lars Nootbaar |
7 | Masyn Winn |
8 | Nolan Gorman |
9 | Michael Siani |
After spending the first three years of his career as a strict middle reliever and setup man, St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley burst onto the scene with a dominant 2022. Helsley overtook the struggling Giovanny Gallegos as the closer once the calendar turned to May that year, firing off 16 1/3 scoreless innings before allowing his first earned run. The right-hander's All-Star campaign was enough to set him up as St. Louis' favorite for saves entering 2023, but he faced far more adversity. Starting the year with a blown save on Opening Day, Helsley later hit the injured list on June 10 due to a strained right forearm that would ultimately sideline him for nearly three months all the way up until Sep. 1 amid a lost Cardinals season. After attaining a pristine 1.25 ERA in the season prior, the 29-year-old carted a far inferior 3.24 ERA to the shelf but ended the campaign looking like his '22 self with a 0.77 ERA and seven saves over his final 11 2/3 frames. All told, Helsey put together a 2.45 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, and 52:17 K:BB, and 14 saves across 36 2/3 innings of work in 2023. What version of Helsley shows up in 2024 remains to be seen, but it's not big enough of a question mark to unseat him as a top 12 reliever in fantasy drafts. A bigger question mark for Helsley is perhaps his ability to keep his throwing arm healthy; a stress reaction in his right elbow in August of 2021 would end his season prematurely and a right shoulder impingement would cost him over a month of action back during 2019. The flame-throwing Helsley consistently touches 100 mph on the gun with his fastball, and although he didn't qualify in most Statcast rankings, Helsley's .157 expected batting average and 35.6% strikeout rate were unreal marks. Among the most talented at his position in 2024, Helsley should be treated as a high-risk, high-reward closer, but you're unlikely to need to spend a top-100 pick to land him.