Pitcher · 2026

Joe Ryan

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #41

Born: June 5, 1996 in San Francisco, CA, USA
MLB debut: September 1, 2021
Drafted: 2014, round 39
College: Cal State Stanislaus
High school: Sir Francis Drake
Salary, 2026: $6.1M

dbWAR: 7.2
IP: 125.2
ERA: 3.65
FIP: 3.41
K/9: 9.9
FIP−: 82

Joe Ryan is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 138 batters over 125.2 innings across 23 appearances, 23 of them starts, going 6-8. His ERA of 3.65 was 12.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 5th of 16 on his team, and 199th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.41 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 25.5% of swings (12.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.4%. His 2.3 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, 2026.

FIP3.41

K/99.9

WHIP1.14

WAR2.3

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	301	284	69	12	12	77	.243	.286	.423	.309	25.6%
vs RHB	222	202	47	5	15	61	.233	.279	.381	.288	27.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Joe Ryan 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 2026.


Four-Seam Fastball	45.6%	953	93.4	2,285	53.6%	26.2%
Sweeper	14.5%	302	80.5	2,764	52.6%	36.3%
Splitter	12.5%	262	87.9	2,135	42.4%	21.8%
Knuckle Curve	11.6%	242	79.0	2,763	50.4%	27.6%
Sinker	9.6%	201	93.1	2,175	44.8%	7.3%
Slider	6.2%	129	86.1	2,321	45.7%	25.0%

Joe Ryan'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.


2026	23	23	125.2	6	8	116	51	138	27	3.65	3.41	1.14	9.9	1.9	87	82	2.3
2025	31	30	171.0	13	10	138	65	194	39	3.42	3.74	1.04	10.2	2.1	82	90	2.5
2024	23	23	135.0	7	7	110	54	147	23	3.60	3.44	0.99	9.8	1.5	88	84	2.4

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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Gerrit ColeNYY

ERA: 3.35
FIP: 3.37
SO: 87
WAR: 1.5

Very close

Braxton AshcraftPIT

ERA: 4.08
FIP: 3.65
SO: 145
WAR: 2.1

Very close

Logan GilbertSEA

ERA: 3.42
FIP: 3.57
SO: 145
WAR: 2.3

Very close

Ryan WeathersNYY

ERA: 3.79
FIP: 3.65
SO: 132
WAR: 1.9

Very close

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.