River Ryan or Tarik Skubal
Baseball Stats Comparison
See which player would win in a trade View Trade Analyzer
| Tarik Skubal SP - DET  | River Ryan SP - LAD  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 7 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 7 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 43.1 | ‐ |
| Wins | 3 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 35 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 13 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 45 | ‐ |
| Walks | 6 | ‐ |
| ERA | 2.70 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 0.95 | ‐ |
| Tarik Skubal SP - DET | River Ryan SP - LAD | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 13 |
| Games Started | 31 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 191.2 | 46.1 |
| Wins | 14 | 2 |
| Losses | 7 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 146 | 43 |
| Earned Runs | 55 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 18 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 230 | 36 |
| Walks | 39 | 17 |
| ERA | 2.60 | 4.46 |
| WHIP | 0.97 | 1.30 |
| Tarik Skubal SP - DET | River Ryan SP - LAD | |
| News | ||
| Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Tarik Skubal could progress to facing live hitters on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said River Ryan is a possible replacement for Blake Snell in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th | |
| Tarik Skubal threw 35 pitches in his latest bullpen session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st | River Ryan is scheduled to start his first game since April 11th on Friday for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th | |
| Tarik Skubal was throwing in the Tigers bullpen on Thursday Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st | The Dodgers have optioned right-hander River Ryan to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th | |
| Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Tarik Skubal will require a rehab assignment before his return. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th | River Ryan told reporters he’s added 25 pounds over the last five months during his rehab process from Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sat, Jan 31st | |
| Tarik Skubal said he used all his pitches in his bullpen on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Tarik Skubal dominated in 2025, posting ace-level ratios while maintaining elite strikeout and walk rates across a full workload (195 IP). His 2026 projections remain optimistic, forecasting another sub-3 ERA with a strong WHIP and strikeout volume. The sustainability is supported by stable velocity, plus command, and one of the league's best swinging-strike profiles. Skubal enters 2026 as a true fantasy ace and a reliable anchor for managers prioritizing pitching early. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | ||
| Do you prefer Randy Johnson or Greg Maddux? Roger Clemens or Pedro Martinez? The Skubal vs. Skenes debate will hopefully rage on for years. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | ||
| Tarik Skubal SP - DET | River Ryan SP - LAD | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #152 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (2-4) | #57 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SD | Michael King (4-2) | #32 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (1-3) | #81 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-2) | #177 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (4-1) | #121 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (6-2) | #71 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (5-1) | #49 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #108 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-6) | #37 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (2-4) | #57 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (6-3) | #33 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-3) | #74 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-3) | #218 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #102 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (1-4) | #183 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #166 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (5-2) | #94 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (4-1) | #91 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (3-3) | #23 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (5-2) | #73 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-2) | #9 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-5) | #319 | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-4) | #98 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (2-5) | #119 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (1-4) | #76 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-3) | #56 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-3) | #6 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-4) | #84 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #29 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-3) | #24 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (1-4) | #93 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #164 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-2) | #28 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) | #426 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #151 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #420 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #8 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-6) | #412 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #31 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-2) | #427 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (5-1) | #62 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-4) | #69 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs MIL | DL Hall (0-0) | #184 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-6) | #95 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-2) | #146 | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #99 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-3) | #107 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (4-2) | #135 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #202 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-4) | #18 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-5) | #319 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-2) | #195 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (2-5) | #119 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #231 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-3) | #56 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-2) | #129 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-4) | #98 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-3) | #74 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (1-4) | #76 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #102 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #100 | @ HOU | Steven Okert | |
| Tue, May 5th | vs BOS | Jovani Moran | #193 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (2-4) | #180 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #31 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #206 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #72 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (2-0) | #27 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-3) | #106 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #114 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-0) | #191 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-3) | #25 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #198 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #123 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #68 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-3) | #24 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-4) | #69 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-1) | #53 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #359 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs TOR | Mason Fluharty | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-3) | #40 | |
| Sun, May 17th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (3-3) | #23 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (0-1) | #80 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-4) | #116 | @ SD | Michael King (4-2) | #32 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (5-1) | #49 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-2) | #141 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-6) | #37 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-2) | #177 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BAL | Keegan Akin (0-0) | #171 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (1-1) | #77 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #201 | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-0) | #156 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-5) | #83 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-2) | #146 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-5) | #287 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #359 | vs COL | Tanner Gordon (0-0) | #270 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-3) | #40 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3) | #426 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-3) | #186 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (3-0) | #7 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (3-1) | #199 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-4) | #163 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #134 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (3-4) | #11 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ TB | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ TB | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ TB | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ ARI | |||||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CLE | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CLE | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CLE | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs NYY | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs NYY | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs NYY | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs HOU | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs HOU | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs HOU | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ NYY | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ NYY | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ NYY | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs SD | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ATH | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ATH | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs PHI | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs PHI | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs PHI | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ LAA | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ LAA | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ LAA | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CHC | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs KC | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs KC | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs KC | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SEA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ ATH | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ ATH | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ ATH | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ SEA | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ SEA | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SF | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SF | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SF | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs KC | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs CLE | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs CLE | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ KC | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs TB | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs TB | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs LAD | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs LAD | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs LAD | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CLE | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs MIN | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs MIN | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs MIN | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs COL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs COL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs COL | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CWS | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CWS | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CWS | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs WSH | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs WSH | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs PIT | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #72 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #114 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-1) | #92 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | vs LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (0-1) | #80 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs KC | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs TB | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ MIN | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | vs WSH | |||||
