Ryan Walker RP SF Wed 5/21/25 1:34 AM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker pitched a perfect inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Royals.
EDGE Analysis
Walker has recorded the Giants' last two saves, so it looks like he's currently doing a decent job of fending off Camilo Doval's challenge for the closer role. Walker has also pitched four consecutive scoreless and hitless innings, though he has a 1:2 K:BB in that span. The right-hander is at a 5.00 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 16:7 K:BB with nine saves in 11 chances over 18 innings this season.
Ryan Walker RP SF Sun 5/18/25 6:49 PM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker struck out one in a perfect inning to earn the save in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Athletics.
EDGE Analysis
This was Walker's third consecutive scoreless inning since his blown save versus the Twins on May 11. The right-hander got through his outing Sunday on a tidy seven pitches (six strikes) to earn his eighth save in 10 chances this season. Walker also has a hold, but he's been less dominant in 2025 than he was in 2024, posting a 5.29 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 16:7 K:BB over his first 17 innings this year. Walker's unsteady pitching has almost all been since April 20, which has opened the door for Camilo Doval to rejoin the closer conversation for the Giants, which has the ninth inning looking like a two-man committee for now.
Ryan Walker RP SF Sun 5/11/25 9:30 PM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
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.
EDGE Analysis
Walker entered the bottom of the 10th inning with a 6-5 lead and hit another speed bump. He gave up an RBI groundout to Ryan Jeffers and a walk-off single to DaShawn Keirsey. Walker has blown two of his nine save chances this season and has been tagged with nine earned runs over his last six innings. His ERA has ballooned up to 6.43 across 14 frames this season. Camilo Doval has gone 13.1 innings -- including one Sunday -- since yielding his last earned run.
Ryan Walker RP SF Wed 5/7/25 5:31 PM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker earned the save in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Cubs, allowing one hit in a scoreless ninth inning.
EDGE Analysis
Walker failed to convert a save in Tuesday's contest, allowing the Cubs to tie the game with two runs on a hit and two walks in the ninth inning. However, Walker was called upon to close out a two-run lead again Wednesday. He'd give up a leadoff hit to Carson Kelly before inducing a double-play ball off the bat of Justin Turner en route to his seventh save of the year. Walker's had a few tough outings early in the season, though he remains the preferred ninth-inning option for San Francisco. Overall, his ERA sits at 6.08 with a 1.35 WHIP and 15:4 K:BB across 13.1 innings.
Ryan Walker RP SF Sat 5/3/25 8:41 PM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker earned the save in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Rockies, striking out one batter in a perfect ninth inning.
EDGE Analysis
With Camilo Doval being deployed in the seventh inning, Walker was brought in for the ninth inning to preserve the Giants' three-run lead. Walker forced the first two batters to ground out and came away with the save after retiring Adael Amador on a seven-pitch strikeout. It was Walker's first save since April 19 as he and Camilo Doval have split duties to start the season, though the former appears to be the favorite to come in for save chances.
Ryan Walker RP SF Thu 4/24/25 7:20 PM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Manager Bob Melvin said Walker would get the save chance for the Giants on Friday, if the situation arose, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
EDGE Analysis
Camilo Doval has earned each of the Giants' last three saves, all of which have come since Monday. After Thursday's game, Melvin said that the Giants wanted to give Walker the day off -- he pitched Wednesday and allowed two earned runs while recording just one out -- and gave him a tepid vote of confidence. After allowing only one earned run across his first eight innings, Walked has surrendered six earned runs across only 0.2 innings in his last two outings combined.
Ryan Walker RP SF Sun 4/20/25 11:52 PM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker (0-1) took the loss Sunday versus the Angels, allowing four runs on three hits and a walk while striking out a batter as his only out recorded.
EDGE Analysis
Walker entered protecting a three-run lead and proceeded to blow his first save of the season. A walk and two singles loaded up the bases for the Angels with one out. Walker plunked Zach Neto to make it a 4-2 game, and Jo Adell followed with a double in the left field gap to clear the bases for the walk-off win. It was an uncharacteristically bad outing from Walker, whom had not given up a run since his season debut nor allowed more than one hit in any of his appearances before Sunday.
Ryan Walker RP SF Sun 4/20/25 2:32 AM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker gave up a hit in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Angels. He did not strike out or walk a batter.
EDGE Analysis
The right-hander allowed the tying run to reach on a one-out single by Jorge Soler and fell behind the next batter 3-0, but Walker escaped with his seventh consecutive scoreless appearance. He's converted all five of his save chances this year, and the only run Walker has allowed all season came Opening Day in Cincinnati.
Ryan Walker RP SF Sun 4/13/25 9:18 PM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker earned the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Yankees, striking out one in a perfect ninth inning.
EDGE Analysis
Walker was called upon to protect a 5-4 lead in the ninth inning and delivered a clean inning to record his fourth save in as many chances. The 29-year-old has been rock-solid to open the season, posting a 1.29 ERA, 0.57 WHIP and 6:1 K:BB across seven innings.
Ryan Walker RP SF Sun 4/6/25 12:54 AM
Ryan Walker
RP SF
Walker earned a save against the Mariners on Saturday, allowing one hit and striking out one batter in one scoreless inning.
EDGE Analysis
Walker was called upon to protect a ninth-inning, three-run lead, and he did so successfully while working around a one-out single. A back injury kept the right-hander out of action for a few days just after Opening Day, but Walker has bounced back nicely by picking up two saves so far in April. Camilo Doval has registered two saves of his own for San Francisco this season, but Walker remains the team's primary closer, with Doval filling the ninth-inning role on days when Walker is unavailable.