2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
14.73
WHIP
2.18
K
1
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Fernandez, a Rule 5 pick of the Cardinals in December 2023, won a spot on St. Louis' Opening Day roster last season. The rookie right-hander flashed nasty stuff out of the bullpen, mixing an effective slider (48 percent pitch usage) with a mid-90's four-seamer (40 percent) and the occasional cutter. The 26-year-old gained his manager's trust as the season progressed, eventually earning looks in higher-leverage spots. Fernandez recorded two saves (2nd on the team) and 12 holds (3rd) across his 62 appearances, but his 11.2 percent walk rate likely capped his high-leverage opportunities. He did finish 2024 on a high note with an 18:4 K:BB over 10.2 innings in September. If Fernandez improves his control, he'll likely fall into a setup role for St. Louis in 2025. Read Past Outlooks
Returns from hip issue
Fernandez (hip) tossed a perfect inning in Saturday's victory over the Twins.
ANALYSIS
Fernandez was unavailable to pitch in Thursday's opener due to some hip tightness, but he was ready to go for the Cardinals' second game of the season following the team's off day Friday. The 26-year-old is in line for setup duties in St. Louis this season.
Fernandez was unavailable to pitch in Thursday's opener due to some hip tightness, but he was ready to go for the Cardinals' second game of the season following the team's off day Friday. The 26-year-old is in line for setup duties in St. Louis this season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
18
Last 10 Games
18
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Ryan Fernandez generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Ryan Fernandez generally pitch?
1st
2nd
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4th
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7th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-6%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-45%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .232 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 3 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .247 | 46 | 19 | 41 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .500 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .273 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .220 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .245 | 45 | 18 | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-14%
ERA at Home
2025
-78%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.79 | 1.35 | 35.2 | 9.3 | 5.3 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 4.41 | 1.44 | 34.2 | 9.1 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 9.00 | 1.67 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 40.50 | 4.50 | .666666 | 0.0 | 13.5 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.31 | 1.32 | 32.2 | 9.9 | 5.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.71 | 1.38 | 34.0 | 9.3 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Ryan Fernandez compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
0.33K/9
2.5BB/9
7.4HR/9
0.0Fastball
96.0 mphERA
14.73WHIP
2.18BABIP
.349GB/FB
1.40Left On Base
12.5%Exit Velocity
90.5 mphBarrels/BBE
5.3%Spin Rate
2294 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
42.1%Swinging Strike
8.2%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Nursing hip tightness
Fernandez was unavailable for Thursday's opener due to hip tightness, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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In line to be primary setup man
Fernandez is the favorite to open the season as the Cardinals' primary right-handed setup man, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
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Takes loss Thursday
Fernandez (1-6) allowed four runs on three hits and a walk while striking out two over one inning to take the loss Thursday versus the Rockies.
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Handed fifth loss
Fernandez (1-5) allowed a run on two hits and a walk while striking out one over 1.1 innings Friday, taking the loss in extra innings versus the Blue Jays.
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Grabs second save
Fernandez earned a save against the Brewers on Wednesday, issuing one walk and striking out three batters over one scoreless inning.
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