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Pitcher · 2025

Ryan Pressly

Age
37
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
207 lb
Born
December 15, 1988 in Dallas, TX, USA
MLB debut
April 4, 2013
Drafted
2012, round 1
High school
Marcus
Salary, 2025
$14M
dbWAR
.7
2 season(s)
IP
41.1
ERA
4.35
FIP
5.05
K/9
6.1
FIP−
121
100 = avg

Ryan Pressly is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2025 he struck out 28 batters over 41.1 innings across 44 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 4.35 was 4.7% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 12th of 16 on his team, and 328th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.05 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.4% of swings (8.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.4%. His -0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.

FIP5.05
K/96.1
WHIP1.52
WAR-.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB9483243916.289.359.434.35017.0%
vs RHB8877223812.286.368.468.36713.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Ryan Pressly throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2025.

Four-Seam Fastball36.8%24393.42,57349.0%9.2%
Curveball24.7%16381.43,24047.2%29.4%
Slider21.2%14088.82,70642.1%18.9%
Sinker11.8%7893.42,37126.9%20.0%
Changeup5.6%3788.72,06513.5%15.4%
Ryan Pressly's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202544041.1235462028174.355.051.526.13.7105121-0.2
202459056.2234582258183.493.101.349.22.986760.9

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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.