Ryan Pressly Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 207 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 12/15/1988 (35)
- Experience
- 11
- College
- None
Ryan Pressly Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Ryan Pressly News
Houston Astros relief pitcher Ryan Pressly (back) made his first appearance since last Friday in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the New York Yankees, giving up a home run and one walk with one strikeout while recording two outs. Making his first appearance in six days after experiencing soreness in his lower back, Pressly wasn't sharp in the eighth inning while throwing just 10 of his 22 pitches for strikes and serving up a monstrous home run to Aaron Judge late on Wednesday. While the 35-year-old veteran reliever has taken a backseat to All-Star closer Josh Hader in the saves department, he's not helping his cause with a poor 5.65 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, 22:6 K:BB, and two blown saves over 14 1/3 innings out of Houston's bullpen this year. Even in fantasy leagues that count holds, Pressly is barely worth hanging onto right now.
Houston Astros right-handed reliever Ryan Pressly (back), who hasn't pitched since last Friday, is dealing with soreness in his lower back, according to manager Joe Espada. Pressly played catch on Wednesday, and Espada said he "felt OK" and termed it "nothing worrisome right now." For now, the 35-year-old will remain with the team, but it remains to be seen if he'll be available out of the team's bullpen on Wednesday against the New York Yankees. Pressly's back issues could have contributed to his slow start in 2024, as he's currently sporting a 5.27 ERA and 1.68 WHIP while walking five and striking out 21 in 13 2/3 innings of relief. However, he hasn't allowed a run in his last five innings while walking one and striking out nine and will remain a key late-inning setup man in front of closer Josh Hader if he's healthy enough to pitch.
Houston Astros right-handed reliever Ryan Pressly picked up the loss in Thursday's 5-4 Opening Day defeat to the visiting New York Yankees. He entered in the seventh frame in a 4-4 tie and allowed an earned run on two hits (a leadoff double to Aaron Judge) while walking one and striking out one. The 35-year-old veteran is off to a bad start after losing a lot of his fantasy appeal in the offseason when the team signed left-hander Josh Hader to be their new closer. The former 11th-round selection by the Boston Red Sox in 2007 has made two All-Star teams in his 12-year MLB career and saved 31 games for the Astros in 2023 while posting a 3.58 ERA and 1.07 WHIP in 65 1/3 regular-season innings. Despite no longer being the closer in Houston, Pressly still has plenty of value in holds leagues.
Batting Order
1 | Jose Altuve |
2 | Kyle Tucker |
3 | Yordan Alvarez |
4 | Alex Bregman |
5 | Jeremy Peña |
6 | Yainer Diaz |
7 | Joey Loperfido |
8 | Mauricio Dubón |
9 | Trey Cabbage |
Ryan Pressly Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Jose Altuve |
2 | Kyle Tucker |
3 | Yordan Alvarez |
4 | Alex Bregman |
5 | Jeremy Peña |
6 | Yainer Diaz |
7 | Joey Loperfido |
8 | Mauricio Dubón |
9 | Trey Cabbage |
Houston Astros relief pitcher Ryan Pressly enters the 2024 season with far different expectations than he's experienced in recent years. Functioning as Houston's unquestioned closer since Roberto Osuna fell out of the majors in 2020, Pressly now has company and a significant threat to his ninth-inning gig in the form of five-time All-Star Josh Hader. Hader is the early favorite for saves after landing a historic contract with the Astros, and his arrival means Pressly is likely to give way to the closing job that was all his for the past four years. Pressly got off to a rocky start in 2023, taking an Opening Day loss and giving up two runs, and he didn't assemble a noticeably strong string of play at any point. Despite Bryan Abreu and Hector Neris throwing well all year long, Pressly maintained his grip as the closer and produced a solid, yet unspectacular 3.58 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, and 74:16 K:BB with 31 saves. The 35-year-old right-hander's reliance on off-speed pitches just isn't likely to hold up to Hader's incoming blow-away stuff, but he should at least remain in the mix for a save chance here and there if the matchup is right. Pressly's 91.3 mph average exit velocity that sat in the bottom-five percent of baseball, however, is also a major red flag. Considering Hader has stayed exceptionally healthy throughout the course of his seven-year big-league career, Pressly's contingency upside doesn't appear to be particularly pronounced unless Hader's late 2022 form rears its ugly head. Whereas Pressly was hovering around the top 12 relievers in 2024 fantasy drafts before Hader's signing, he's now more of a low-upside late-round flier and ratio stabilizer in leagues that don't record holds. Pressly should shift into the departed Neris' high-leverage spot, a role that yielded an MLB-high 33 holds a year ago.