Coming off a Grade 2 shoulder strain that knocked him out for most of the last two months of 2024, Joe Ryan has returned to pitch a career-high 166 innings. His 1.04 WHIP is the second-best of his career, and if he pitches in the season-ending series in Philadelphia next weekend, he’ll set a career-high with 30 starts.

But after dropping a third straight decision in three September starts on Saturday, the Twins right-hander lamented how he has so far finished his season.

“I wish I could have been a little bit smoother the last couple — and just thrown a couple more innings, too,” Ryan said after allowing four solo home runs in five innings of a 6-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians at Target Field. “My role is to take some innings off the bullpen there, and I don’t feel like I’ve done a re

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