Ryan Donald Feltner...has a boxer named Sophie...Son of Laura and Derek...brother, Riley, played collegiate baseball at Kent State and now works as an analyst in the Cleveland Guardians baseball operations department...father played at UCF and grandfather played at Eastern Kentucky...maternal grandfather was in the Secret Service...Had ASD open heart surgery at age four...Graduated from Walsh Jesuit High School in Ohio where he was named the Pitcher of the Year three times (2013-15)...2015 Ohio Gatorade State High School Baseball Player of the Year...Attended The Ohio State University...graduated with a degree in strategic communication...Tied for 24th in career strikeouts in Ohio State history (204) at the time of his drafting...Enjoys painting in his free time, primarily abstract art.
2024
His 13 quality starts and 138 strikeouts were both career-highs and the most among Rockies...tied with Austin Gomber for the most starts (30) for a Rockies pitcher, also a career high...Received a no-decision in eight of his 13 quality starts with the Rockies going 4-9 overall in those games...Posted a 5.10 ERA (77.2 IP, 44 ER) in 15 starts at Coors Field and a 3.93 ERA (84.2 IP, 37 ER) in 15 road starts...lowest road ERA by a Rockies starter since Kyle Freeland (3.08) and German Márquez (3.34) in 2022 (min. 15 GS)...Finished his campaign with a 2.98 ERA (81.2 IP, 27 ER) through his last 15 starts, the first Rockies starter with a sub-3.00 ERA through a 15-start span since Márquez during his All-Star campaign in 2021...since 2014, joined only Márquez (2021, 2018), Kyle Freeland (2018) and Jon Gray (2017) as the only Rockies starters to have such a span...Struck out a career-high 10 batters through six frames on April 6 vs. Tampa Bay, the first Rockies pitcher to record at least nine strikeouts since Freeland struck out 10 on Aug. 21, 2021 vs. Arizona...Colorado was the only team to not have a pitcher record nine strikeouts in a game over the 2022-23 seasons...Logged 22 starts without a win April 17-Aug. 31, the longest single-season winless streak by a starting pitcher (non-opener) since Shelby Miller had a 24-start streak in 2015 with Atlanta...passed Freeland’s previous franchise record of 17-straight starts without a win, Aug. 6, 2020-June 22, 2021...Walked two or fewer batters in 19-straight starts from Sept. 19, 2023-July 2, 2024, the third-longest such streak in Colorado history (longest: 28 starts, Antonio Senzatela, July 1, 2021-July 27, 2022)...became the only starter in Colorado history to pitch at least four innings and walk two or fewer batters in 17-straight starts...On the 15-day injured list (strained right shoulder), Aug. 8-26...Pitched at least four innings while not issuing more than three walks in his first 18 starts of the season through July 8, the longest stretch by a Colorado pitcher since Márquez had a 19-game streak from July 5, 2022-April 10, 2023...Logged two of his three wins in September, a month in which we went 2-0 (Rockies 3-2) with a 1.78 ERA (30.1 IP, 6 ER) across five starts, walking 10 and fanning 23...ninth-best ERA in the Majors in the month (min. five GS)...Prior to his start at Milwaukee on Sept. 6, had gone 0-9 with a 5.35 ERA (116.0 IP, 69 ER) over 22 starts since logging his only win of the season on April 12 at Toronto.
2023
Made 10 total starts, going 2-4 with a 5.82 ERA (43.1 IP, 28 ER)…missed the majority of the season after suffering a fractured skull on May 13...Exited his May 13 start vs. Philadelphia in the second inning following a come-backer off the bat of Nick Castellanos…transferred to the 60-day injured list with a skull fracture, May 29...Made eight starts to begin the year before suffering the injury, going 2-3 (Rockies 5-3) with a 5.86 ERA (35.1 IP, 23 ER) across that span...Made his return to a Major League mound on Sept. 19 in San Diego…spun five scoreless innings and allowed just two hits with two walks, one hit batter and five strikeouts... Made one other start Sept. 26 vs. Los Angeles-NL (G2) and allowed five runs on six hits over three innings...Made three rehab starts between High-A Spokane (one) and Triple-A Albuquerque (two), posting a combined 2.61 ERA (10.1 IP, 3 ER) with four walks and nine strikeouts... Saw his first live action since the injury on Sept. 1 vs. Everett, allowing one run on three hits over three innings with no walks and three strikeouts…allowed one run in each of his two starts with Albuquerque Sept. 7 and 12, combining for 7.1 innings pitched (2.45 ERA) with six hits, four walks and six strikeouts.
2022
Pitched 20 times in 2022 (19 starts), posting a 5.83 ERA (97.1 IP, 63 ER) with 35 walks and 84 strikeouts in his first full season with Colorado...Went 4-9 (Rockies 6-13) with a 6.03 ERA (94.0, 63 ER) in his 19 starts (four quality starts), walking 33 and striking out 82...In eight starts at Coors Field, went 2-4 (Rockies 4-4) with a 6.46 ERA (39.0 IP, 28 ER), walking 15 and striking out 33...posted a 5.73 ERA (55.0 IP, 35 ER) across 11 road starts, logging a 2-5 record (Rockies 2-9) with 18 walks and 49 strikeouts...Through his first 21 career starts, has gone 4-10 with a 6.37 ERA (100.1 IP, 71 ER), 38 walks and 88 strikeouts...his 6.37 ERA ranks as the fourth-highest in franchise history through a Rockies pitcher’s first 21 starts, trailing Peter Lambert (7.48), Mark Thompson (6.65) and Bryan Rekar (6.59)...Pitched 3.1 scoreless innings of relief against the Dodgers at Coors Field July 29, his first professional relief appearance...Had five stints on the active roster this season: April 27-May 1, May 25-June 5, June 11-July 12 (was originally optioned to Albuquerque June 27 but the option was rescinded and he was placed on the 15-day Injured List with a right rhomboid strain), July 29-30, Aug. 5-end of season...also served one stint as the 27th man on Aug. 2 in San Diego...Went 5-1 with a 5.83 ERA (51.2 IP, 22 ER), 18 walks and 60 strikeouts in 11 starts with the Isotopes.
2021
Made his Major League debut on Sept. 5 vs. Atlanta after having his contract selected from Double-A Hartford...Chased after 2.2 innings and six earned runs, allowing five hits, three of them homers, to go along with two walks … allowed a home run to Ozzie Albies on the first pitch of the game, the first Major League starter since Miami’s Robert Dugger on Aug. 5, 2019 to give up a home run on the first pitch of his big league debut...Was the first Rockies starter since Antonio Senzatela to skip Triple-A and go straight to the Majors...Was promoted from High-A Spokane to Double-A Hartford on June 17 and went 5-2 with a 2.85 ERA (72.2 IP, 23 ER), 22 walks and 80 strikeouts in 13 starts with the Yard Goats … his 2.85 ERA ranked as the sixth-best in Yard Goats history (10 or more starts)...Optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque on Sept. 18 and made one start for the Isotopes.
2020
Did not pitch due to the cancellation of the 2020 Minor League season.
2019
Went 9-9 with a 5.07 ERA (119.0 IP, 67 ER) in 25 starts with Class-A Asheville...Career-high 10 strikeouts May 17 at Lexington … recorded six or more strikeouts in 10 of his starts.
2018
0.88 ERA (30.2 IP, 3 ER) with four walks and 39 strikeouts in nine starts with Rookie Level Grand Junction, holding opponents to a .157 average. ..His ERA was the lowest among all Grand Junction pitchers and his 39 strikeouts were tied for the second-most.
