River Ryan (baseball)

River Jason Ryan (born August 17, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Amateur career
Ryan attended North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, North Carolina. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and played college baseball for the UNC Pembroke Braves for four seasons as a two-way player.

San Diego Padres
The San Diego Padres selected Ryan in the 11th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Padres, where he played in 12 games as a position player and slashed .308/.349/.436.

Los Angeles Dodgers
The Padres traded Ryan to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Matt Beaty on March 28, 2022. The Dodgers had him focus solely on pitching. Ryan split the 2022 season between the Low-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and the High-A Great Lakes Loons and went 2–4 with a 2.45 ERA and 70 strikeouts in $47 2/3$ innings pitched. In 2023 he began with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers and was promoted to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, pitching in a combined 26 games for a 1–7 record, 4.40 ERA and 110 strikeouts in $104 1⁄3$ innings.

Ryan began 2024 on the minor league injured list after suffering from shoulder fatigue in spring training and didn't appear in a game until making a couple of rehab appearances in the Arizona Complex League and with the Quakes in June.

Personal life
Ryan's older brother, Ryder, is also a baseball player.