Ryan was acquired by the Cubs from the Houston Astros for Minor League right-handed pitcher Juan Bello on Jan. 28, 2025...Is 35-36 with a 3.27 ERA (236 ER/650.0 IP), 693 strikeouts and 112 saves in 623 career Major League appearances, all in relief, with Minnesota (2013-18) and Houston (2018-24)...Entering the 2025 season, ranks ninth among active Major League pitchers with 623 games pitched and 12th with 112 saves...His 111 career saves with the Astros ranks fourth in franchise history...From 2020-24, tallied 106 saves, the fifth-most in the Majors, trailing Emmanuel Clase (157), Josh Hader (150), Kenley Jansen (146) and Raisel Iglesias (126)...In 47 career playoff games, is 3-1 with a 2.78 ERA (14 ER/45.1 IP)...Has converted each of his 14 postseason save opportunities, tied for the longest streak of converted saves to begin a postseason career since the stat became official in 1969...His 14 saves are the fifth-most in Major League playoff history...Is a two-time All-Star (2019 and 2021) and has recorded at least 30 saves in a season twice, in 2022 and 2023...Became the first Astros pitcher since Brad Lidge in 2005-06 to tally two straight 30-plus save seasons...Became the first Astros reliever since Billy Wagner to be selected to multiple All-Star Games...Became the third Astros closer to surpass the 100-save plateau with the club in 2023...Also reached 10 years of Major League service time during the campaign...Won a World Series championship with Houston in 2022...Did not allow a run in 11.0 innings during the 2022 postseason...Recorded six saves, tied for the second-most in a single postseason in MLB history...Clinched the World Series championship for Houston with a seven-pitch ninth inning in Game 6 vs. Philadelphia...Recorded a 40-game, 39.0-inning scoreless streak from Aug. 15, 2018-May 24, 2019, surpassing Craig Kimbrel's MLB-record 38-game scoreless streak...The 39.0 IP run was tied for the second-longest by a reliever in the Expansion Era (since 1961)...Was traded by Minnesota to Houston July 27, 2018 for righthanded pitcher Jorge Alcala and outfielder Gilbert Celestino...Made his Major League debut with Minnesota on April 4, 2013 vs. Detroit (0 ER/1.0 IP)...Was selected by Minnesota from Boston in the 2012 Rule 5 Draft...Was selected by Boston in the 11th round of the 2007 draft...Was committed to Texas Tech prior to signing with Boston...Attended Carrolton American Heritage Academy (Texas) for three years and transferred to Marcus High School (Texas) for his senior year...Played baseball and football at Marcus High School...His wife, Kat, is a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and appeared in eight episodes of the 2015 TV Series - Making the Team.
2024
Ryan appeared in 59 games in a setup role for Houston in 2024, going 2-3 with a 3.49 ERA (22 ER/56.2 IP), four saves and 58 strikeouts...Recorded 25 holds, his most since tallying 31 in 2019...His curveball averaged a spin rate of 3,258 RPM, ranking in the 99th percentile among MLB pitchers, per Baseball Savant...Went 2-2 with a 2.28 ERA (7 ER/27.2 IP) in 29 appearances at Minute Maid Park...From April 24-May 24, posted a 1.69 ERA (2 ER/10.2 IP) with a 1.13 WHIP in 11 games...Picked up his first save of the season on June 4 vs. St. Louis (0 ER/1.0 IP)...Recorded 15-straight scoreless appearances (14.2 IP) from June 11-July 26, allowing just six hits over the scoreless stretch...Notched his 400th career strikeout as an Astro on Aug. 6 at Texas, becoming the fifth reliever to reach 400 career strikeouts with the club...Was on the injured list from Aug. 17-29 due to a lower back strain...Posted a 2.25 ERA (2 ER/8.0 IP) in eight appearances in Sept....Notched his 407th strikeout as an Astro on Sept. 12 vs. Oakland, passing Joe Sambito for the fifth-most by a reliever in Astros history...Picked up a five-out save on Sept. 14 at Los Angeles (A.L.), working the final 1.2 innings...Marked his longest appearance working two frames on June 25, 2023 at Los Angeles (A.L.).
2023
Collected 31 saves while going 4-5 with a 3.58 ERA (26ER/65.1IP), 1.07 WHIP, .220 opponent batting average and 74 strikeouts in 65 appearances...Surpassed 30 saves in back-to-back seasons for the first time in his career...Became the first Astro with 30-plus saves in back-to-back seasons since RHP Brad Lidge (2005-06)...Per Baseball Savant, ranked in the 100th percentile in curveball spin and 98th percentile in fastball spin...Picked up his 100th save with the Astros on July 25. vs. TEX...is the fourth player in club history to reach 100 saves, joining LHP Billy Wagner (225), RHP Dave Smith (199) and RHP Brad Lidge (123)...Recorded the 100th save of his career on July 21 at OAK...Reached 10 years of MLB service time on Aug. 8...Did not allow a hit or an earned run in 11 straight appearances (12 IP) from June 18-July 14...Recorded 14 strikeouts, nine saves, one win and a 0.33 WHIP during the streak...Was the longest hitless streak in terms of appearances (11), in the Majors in 2023...Converted his first 10 save opportunities of the season (April 21-May 29) and recorded a 1.29 ERA (2ER/14IP) with 15 strikeouts and one walk during that span...The streak was also part of a career-best streak of 22 converted saves, dating back to 2022...It was tied for the third-longest streak of converted saves in Astros history and was the longest since a streak of 25 converted saves by RHP Roberto Osuna from Aug. 16, 2018-May 24, 2019)...Collected his 77th career save with the Astros on April 21 at Atlanta, passing RHP Fred Gladding for the fourth-most in team history...Made his ninth-career Opening Day roster and his fifth consecutive with the Astros...Played with Team USA in the 2023 WBC and logged three scoreless appearances and three saves...Was tied for the most saves of any player in the WBC...Had another stellar postseason, recording a 0.00 ERA (0ER/6IP) while converting all three of his save attempts and going 1-0...Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings to finish out the Astros victory and pick up a winning decision in Game 5 of the ALCS at Texas...Was his third career postseason win and was his 46th career postseason appearance, tying RHP Mike Timlin for the sixth-most appearances in MLB postseason history for a reliever...Extended his saves streak to 14-for-14 to open his postseason career, which is the longest streak to open a career in MLB postseason history...Recorded saves in Game 1 of the ALDS vs. MIN, Game 4 of the ALDS at MIN and Game 3 of the ALCS at TEX.
2022
Served as Astros primary closer, going 3-3 with a career-high 33 saves a 2.98 ERA...worked around two IL stints during productive season, in which he struck out 65 in 48.1 innings...allowed batters to hit just .181 off of him...moved into a tie for fourth all-time among Astros saves leaders with 76...recorded a 130 ERA+...His 33 saves were a career-high and ranked fourth in the AL...converted 30-of-34 (88.2%) save opportunities and 12 straight to close the regular season...Reached career bests in saves (33), WHIP (0.89), opp. AVG (.181), opp. SLG (.277), opp. OPS (.516), strikeout % (35.7%) and hits allowed per nine innings (5.59)...Finished the season with 76 career saves as an Astro, which ranked tied for fourth in franchise history...passed seven former Astros on that all-time list in 2022, most recently former RHP Joe Sambito for 6th place...became one of 10 different pitchers in Astros franchise history to record 30 saves in a single season...AL rankings: fourth in saves (33), tied for fourth in save percentage (89.2%), fifth in opponent on-base percentage (.239), fifth in opponent OPS (.516) and 10th in strikeouts per nine innings (12.10)...Dominated at home, posting a 2.22 ERA and striking out 41 batters in 24.1 innings...during the day, recorded 14 saves with a 2.21 ERA...in July and September, had a 1.80 ERA and a 2.08 ERA respectively...Was placed on IL on April 16 with right knee inflammation, missing 19 games before being activated on May 5...went on paternity list on July 21 and was reactivated on July 24, missing five games... placed on IL again on Aug. 22 with neck spasms, missing 15 games before being activated on Sept. 9... appeared in one game at Triple A while rehabbing from injury, tossing 1.0 hitless inning...Made eighth Opening Day roster and fourth straight with the Astros...signed to a two-year contract extension, which covers the 2023-24 seasons on Opening Day...the deal also includes an option for the 2025 campaign...Worked a scoreless ninth inning on June 25 at NYY as the third and final pitcher in the Astros combined no-hitter...struck out two in the outing to earn the save...Set a club record by a reliever by retiring 32 consecutive batters over parts of 10 outings from June 25 at NYY through July 28 vs. SEA...bested RHP Dave Guisti, who retired 27 consecutive batters in 1965...per Elias, Pressly’s 32 straight batters retired ties as the longest such streak in club history, also reached by RHP Justin Verlander (Sept. 1-7, 2019)...totaled 11 innings, striking out 19...earned seven saves and two wins in those appearances...Had three K’s in the Astros MLB record-tying 20-strikeout game on July 3 vs. LAA...Pitched 2.0 innings on July 14 at LAA, the only time he pitched more than 1.0 frame...Struck out all three batters in an inning five times...Led the 2022 Posteason with six saves while not allowing a single run over 11.0 innings...struck out 13 batters while allowing a .108 opponent batting average...in Game 5 of World Series, made a 1.2 inning save, allowing no hits...clinched WS victory for Astros in Game 6 with a seven-pitch 9th inning...Became one of 14 relievers to toss 11+ innings in a single postseason and not give up an earned run... teammate RHP Byran Abreu also joined Pressly on this list...His six saves this postseason tied for the second-most ever with nine other pitchers...Is the club’s all-time leader in postseason appearances (41) and postseason saves (11)... surpassed RHP Brad Lidge (6) for the most saves in Astros postseason history in 2022.
2021
Had the best season of his career, recording a 2.25 ERA (16ER/64IP) with 81 strikeouts, 0.97 WHIP, and a .208 opponent batting average in 64 appearances...Made his seventh career OPENING DAY roster and his third consecutive with the Astros...His saves (26) and ERA (2.25) were his best for a single season, while his 0.97 WHIP was his second best (had 0.90 WHIP in 2019)...His 92.9% save pct. (26 SV, 28 opp.) ranked tied for third all-time in club history for a single season...Among AL relievers, ranked second in save perc. (92.9%), fourth in saves (26), eighth in WHIP (0.97) and ninth in ERA (2.25)...Recorded a dominant POSTSEASON, notching a 0.93 ERA (1ER/9.2IP) with 14 strikeouts and two walks...recorded his only save of the postseason in Game 1 of the ALCS vs. BOS.
2020
Stepped into the closer role and notched a career-high 12 saves over 23 games...ranked tied for third in the AL in saves...Successfully converted 11 of his last 13 save chances of the season, spanning his final 18 games...posted a 2.08 ERA (4ER/17.1IP) with four walks and 25 strikeouts in that span...Made his sixth-career OPENING DAY roster....reached 400.0 career innings on Aug. 16 vs. SEA...Earned the save in both games of the doubleheader on Aug. 29 vs. OAK, becoming the third pitcher in franchise history to get a save in both games of a doubleheader (per Elias), joining Todd Jones (Aug. 4, 1995 at PIT) and Fred Gladding (July 20, 1969 vs. SD)...threw 19 pitches between both games, striking out four batters...Pitched in seven postseason games, capturing four saves with a 2.45 ERA (2ER/7.1IP), one walk and eight strikeouts...was scoreless in six of his seven outings...Got the save in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series at MIN with two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth inning, clinching a series victory for Houston against his former club...pitched in three games in the ALDS, capturing a save in Game 2...appeared in three ALCS games, earning the win in Game 5 and saves in Games 4 and 6.
2019
30-year-old was named to his first career All-Star Team and was one of the most dominant relief pitchers in the Majors...among AL relievers, ranked tied for first in holds (31), sixth in WHIP (0.88) and tied for sixth in strikeoutto-walk ratio (6.00)...posted a career-best 2.32 ERA (14ER/54.1IP)...posted the longest scoreless appearance streak in MLB history, a 40-game streak that began on Aug. 15, 2018 and ended on May 24, 2019 vs. BOS (Bradley Jr. homer)...overtook Craig Kimbrel's MLB record streak of 38 games that was set in 2011...his scoreless streak was tied for the second-longest by a reliever in terms of innings pitched (39IP) in the Expansion Era (since 1961) with RHP Brad Ziegler 39IP in 2008), trailing only RHP Gregg Olson (41IP from 1989-90)...his 39.0-inning scoreless streak marked a new franchise record...Roy Oswalt previously held the record at 32.1 innings pitched in 2008...also posted a 32-game road scoreless streak, which tied the fifth-longest streak in MLB history and was longest since LHP Javier Lopez' MLB-record tying 39-game streak from 2013-2014...held left-handed hitters to a .124 opponent batting average with a .361 OPS (.165 OBP/.196 SLG)...posted the second-best opponent OPS against lefties in the Majors (min. 90 batters faced)...posted a 0.75 ERA (2ER/24IP) with 29 strikeouts in 24 games at
home this year...shut down division opponents in 2019, posting a 1.26 ERA (4ER/28.2IP) with 33 strikeouts in 29 games against the AL West...in Astros wins, recorded a 0.96 ERA (5ER/46.1IP) with 60 strikeouts in 46 games..was scoreless in 47 of 55 games this season... started the year on the Astros Opening Day roster in what was his first full season with Houston...was placed on the 10-Day Injured List on July 30 with right knee soreness...activated from the 10-Day Injured List on Aug. 9...placed on the 10-Day Injured List on Aug. 22 after having arthroscopic surgery on his right knee...activated from the 10-Day Injured List on Sept. 20...scoreless in four games to end the year (4IP) following his return from the IL...appeared in 10 games in the postseason, tied for the second-most among all pitchers with Joe Smith, trailing only Will Harris (12 games)...went 1-0 with an 11.12 ERA (7ER/5.2IP) in his 10 games, stranding 10-of-11 inherited runners...was scoreless in seven out of 10 postseason games...earned his first career postseason win in Game 4 of the ALCS at NYY, throwing 0.2 scoreless innings while striking out one batter...notched his only hold of the postseason in Game 5 of the ALCS at NYY, recording 0.1 of a scoreless inning... made one rehab appearance with Double A Corpus Christi, throwing 1.0 scoreless inning with two strikeouts on Aug. 26.
2018
Was one of the most electric relievers in the game in what was his sixth Major League season...split his season between the Twins and Astros and combined to lead the AL with 77 appearances, which ranked tied for third in the Majors...posted a career-best strikeouts per 9 innings ratio (12.80), which ranked ninth in among AL relievers... ranked fourth among AL relievers in strikeouts (101) and eighth in ERA (2.54)...set career highs in appearances and strikeouts...started the season on the Twins Opening Day roster...was acquired by the Astros on July 27 in exchange for two prospects: RHP Jorge Alcala and OF Gilberto Celestino...in his 26 games with Houston, posted an 0.77 ERA (2ER/23.1IP) with 32 strikeouts, three walks and just 11 hits allowed (.138 opponent batting average) ...ended the season on an active and career-long 21-game scoreless streak (18.0 IP)...was the third-longest active scoreless innings streak in the Major Leagues...was the sixth-longest scoreless appearance streak in Astros history...pitched in five games in the postseason, posting a 1.80 ERA (1ER/5IP) with seven strikeouts and one hit allowed...marked his firstcareer postseason appearances...entered the Game 1 of the ALDS vs. CLE in the 6th inning with the bases loaded and one out in what was his first career postseason appearance...threw a wild pitch on his first pitch to allow a run to score...induced a ground ball and fanned Edwin Encarnacion to end the inning...returned to the mound and worked a scoreless 7th inning...recorded holds in each of his first three postseason appearances, Games 1 and 2 of the ALDS vs. CLE, and Game 1 of the ALCS at BOS.
2017
Made Twins Opening Day roster for third time in career ... Had two different stints with Triple-A Rochester, going 2-0, 0.90 ERA (10.0 IP, 1 ER) in seven games ... Went 1-2, 8.25 ERA (24.0 IP, 22 ER) in first 25 appearances April 5-July 1; went 1-1, 2.41 ERA (37.1 IP, 10 ER) in final 32 games ... Struck out five batters without allowing a hit in 2.0 innings May 18 vs. Colorado (Game 1), becoming one of just six Twins relievers all-time to strike out five-plus and not allow a hit in 2.0 innings or fewer, joining Joe Nathan, Juan Rincon, Grant Balfour, Mike Trombley and Rick Aguilera ... Posted season-high 9.1 scoreless inning streak July 30-August 15 ... Posted a career-best .229 opponent batting average...also set a career high with 8.95 strikeout-per-9.0 IP ratio ... Finished with 57 appearances, the second-most of his career (72 in 2016) ... Went 2-1, 2.88 ERA (25.0 IP, 8 ER) in 25 home games and 0-2, 5.94 ERA (36.1 IP, 24 ER) in 32 home games ... Held right-handed hitters to a .196 batting average and left-handed hitters to a .281 batting average ... Combined to go 4-3, 4.16 (71.1 IP, 33 ER) with 24 walks and 76 strikeouts in 64 games between Rochester and Minnesota
2016
Made Twins Opening Day roster for second time in career and first since 2013; spent entire season with Twins. Posted a 1.98 ERA (13.2 IP, 3 ER) with one walk and 14 strikeouts in 14 June games. Held opponents scoreless in 50 of 72 appearances. Set career-highs in games (72), innings pitched (75.1), wins (6) and strikeouts (67). Held left-handed hitters to a .252 (30-for-119) average, compared to .275 (49-for-178) for right-handers. Posted an ERA of 2.41 (37.1 IP, 10 ER) in 37 home games, compared to 4.97 ERA (38.0 IP, 21 ER) in 35 road games. Struck out multiple batters in 19 games, including tying his career-high of four, April 24 at Washington. Led Twins in games (72) and holds (14) and tied for third in wins (6). Ranked fourth in AL in relief innings pitched (75.1) and tied for fourth in games (72).
2015
Optioned from Twins spring training to Triple-A Rochester March 21. A Appeared in seven games for the Red Wings and was recalled by Minnesota May 1 when Tim Stauffer was placed on disabled list....Earned win in his first appearance, tossing a season-high 2.2 scoreless innings May 3 vs. Chicago-AL....Posted 2.84 ERA (12.2 IP, 4 ER) in 12 June games...Did not allow a home run on the season, one of two pitchers in baseball with a minimum of 25.0 innings pitched to not allow a homer, St. Louis' Adam Wainwright being the other....Placed on 15-day disabled list July 6 with right lat strain and did not return...transferred to 60-day disabled list August 3 when the Twins selected contract of Tyler Duffey from Rochester.
2014
Optioned from Twins spring training to Triple-A Rochester March 24...Posted a 2.04 ERA (17.2 IP, 4 ER) with one save in nine May games...Recorded at least one strikeout in 24 straight games April 26-July 8, fanning 45 in 42.1 innings during that time...Did not allow a home run in first 25 appearances (43.0 IP) April 6-June 20; first home run allowed was to Jose Pirela June 24 at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...Converted six of seven save opportunities for the Red Wings...Recalled July 24 and spent rest of season with Minnesota...Eight of first nine appearances for the Twins were scoreless July 24-August 15, posting a 0.75 ERA in that span...Combined to go 3-4, 2.94 ERA (88.2 IP, 29 ER) with 29 walks and 77 strikeouts in 60 games between Rochester and Minnesota.
2013
Made Twins Opening Day roster, his first with a major league club. Made major league debut April 4 vs. Detroit, tossing 1.0 scoreless innings with one hit allowed and one strikeout. Earned first major league win May 8 at Boston, tossing a career-high 4.0 scoreless innings with two hits allowed. Did not allow a home run in first 23 appearances (34.0 IP) April 4-June 22; allowed first home run June 26 at Miami to Placido Polanco. Posted a 1.20 ERA (30.0 IP, 4 ER) in first 21 games April 4-June 14 with opponents hitting .200 (22-for-110) ... posted ERA's of 1.69 (10.2 IP, 2 ER) in seven April games and 1.10 (16.1 IP, 2 ER) in 10 May games. Appeared in 49 games, tied for eighth most for a rookie in club history; pitched 76.2 innings, sixth most for a rookie reliever in club history. Ranked 10th among AL rookies in innings pitched, first among relievers - third among all MLB relievers ... tied for fifth among AL rookies in appearances.
2012
Started season with Single-A Salem (Boston). ... 12 of first 13 appearances were starts; overall went 4-3, 5.85 (60.0 IP, 39 ER) in 12 starts and 1-0, 7.88 (16.0 IP, 14 ER) in eight relief
appearances for the Salem Red Sox. ... Promoted to Double-A Portland July 15. ... Seven of final 10 appearances were scoreless July 29-September 2, posting a 1.86 ERA (19.1 IP, 4 ER). ... Held right-handed batters to a .190 batting average (11-for-58) and left-handed batters to a .293 batting average (12-for-41) for the Sea Dogs. ... Combined to go 7-5, 5.38 (103.2 IP, 62 ER) with 36 walks and 82 strikeouts in 34 games (12 starts) between both levels. ... Pitched for Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League, going 0-0, 3.86 (14.0 IP, 6 ER) with one save, one walk and 18 strikeouts in 10 games. ... Selected by Minnesota in the major league phase of the Rule 5 Draft (4th overall) December 6, 2012.
2011
Spent entire season with Single-A Salem...went 3-0, 2.33 (19.1 IP, 5 ER) in four April starts...tossed at least 5.0 innings in 17 of 26 games...
tied for first in Carolina League in starts (26)...led Salem in innings pitched (130.0).
2010
Spent entire season with Single-A Greenville...held opponents to three runs-or-fewer in 22 of 24 starts, including 11 straight from July
4-August 30, going 3-1, 2.56 (59.2 IP, 17 ER) in that span...tied for second on the club in starts (24)...ranked seventh among Red Sox minor
leaguers in ERA (3.72).
2009
Spent entire season with Single-A Lowell...went 3-0, 0.84 (21.1 IP, 2 ER) in first four starts June 22-July 8...ranked first on the club in
strikeouts-per-9.0 IP (9.65)...tied for first on the club in strikeouts (64) and tied for second in wins (6)...made one playoff appearance, allowing
one run in 3.0 innings pitched.
2008
Spent first professional season with GCL Red Sox, going 1-4, 3.79 (40.1 IP, 17 ER) in 10 games (9 starts)...went 0-4, 4.21 (36.1 IP, 17
ER) in his nine starts.
