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Ryan struck out five batters on the night while issuing a pair of walks. The biggest blow against him came in the opening inning as Brett Baty swatted a three-run homer. The Mets then scratched out three unearned runs in the second inning before Ryan served up a solo homer to Carson Benge in the fourth. He got 10 swings and misses on 92 pitches on the day, registering a CSW of 27 percent. He’ll try to put this one behind him and bounce back as he brings a 3.90 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and a 33/8 K/BB ratio (32 1/3 innings) into Tuesday’s matchup against the Mariners.

Ryan punched out six batters on the evening and did not allow a base on balls. All of the damage done against him came on a two-run double off the bat of Eugenio Suarez in the fourth inning. Unfortunately, that was enough to do him in. Ryan got 10 swings and misses on 94 pitches on the night — 10 on his fastball — posting a CSW of 32 percent. He’ll carry a stellar 3.29 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and a 28/6 K/BB ratio into Thursday’s matchup against the Mets in New York.

Ryan walked the leadoff man in the first inning, then surrendered a two-run homer to Daulton Varsho. That would be all the damage the Blue Jays would do as Ryan settled in nicely, giving up just one more hit through seven innings. He tossed an efficient 65 strikes on 91 pitches and induced ten whiffs to strike out five batters. Ryan’s fastball velocity is still down a tick from last season in the early going. Still, he’s posted a solid 3.80 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, and a 22/6 K/BB ratio across 21 1/3 innings. He’ll take on the Reds in Minnesota on Friday.

Ryan struck out seven and walked three while posting a 33 percent whiff rate. He also threw just 60 percent of his pitches for strikes and had just a 59 percent first-pitch strike rate. Ryan was incredibly fastball-dependent in this one, throwing it 55 percent of the time; however, he did get six whiffs on the splitter and sweeper combined. He’ll need those secondaries to continue to be reliable for him in a tough start against the Blue Jays over the weekend.

Ryan ran into an absolute buzzsaw in his second outing of the year as Kansas City tagged him for nine hits and forced him from the contest after just 77 pitches (49 strikes) over four frames. He finished with three strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter during a rain-soaked outing at Kaufmann Stadium. The concerning development for Ryan here is that he surrendered six hard-hit balls, including three with exit velocities over 106 mph that went for extra bases. Not great. He’ll aim for better results his next time out when he faces the division-rival Tigers on Monday in his next outing.

After missing time with back tightness last month, Ryan’s velocity was down about two mph from last year in his final spring start. Today, though, he was right back to 2025 levels in averaging 93.7 mph with his fastball. Of his seven strikeouts, six came on his curve, which he actually threw just 14 times in all. The lone hit he allowed was an Adley Rutschman single. With the Twins having two days off coming up, Ryan isn’t slated to make his next start until he faces the Royals next Thursday.

Ryan’s velocity is still down about two mph after he missed time with back tightness. He has a 1.50 ERA through three outings anyway, but he’s struck out only eight, and he surrendered 11 hard-hit balls to the 18 batters he faced today. He’ll probably be one of the AL’s better pitchers in the long run, but it shouldn’t be surprising he struggles a little bit out of the gate. He’ll face the Orioles on Opening Day.

Ryan also posted a 24 percent whiff rate and 29 percent CSW while sitting just under 93 mph with his four-seamer. His velocity fell a bit as the game went on, but the shape on the pitch looked similar to what we’ve seen in the past. The most important part was that Ryan threw 68 pitches and got ahead in the count often, which is a positive sign after his earlier setback with a back injury.

Ryan was among candidates to start a potential WBC championship game after being added to Team USA’s pitcher pool earlier this week. That’s no longer happening. The 29-year-old Twins ace has been battling a back issue this spring but it doesn’t sound like this specific decision was made for health-related reasons. According to Leach, Ryan wasn’t an option to pitch in relief during a potential WBC finale, so the decision was made to go in a different direction with the roster spot. He’ll presumably be ready to take the ball when Minnesota kicks off the regular season later this month.

That is, of course, assuming the American squad advances against Canada, perhaps something we shouldn’t take for granted. Kershaw hasn’t officially logged an inning on the squad in the tournament. Ryan could start either of the presumptive final two games for Team USA.