Ryan Merritt   Starting Pitcher | Halifax Oilers Pitching The bottom also falls out of his very good changeup. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. Merritt can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball is just average, and therefore he relies heavily on placing it in different parts of the strike zone or setting it up with his curveball. He generates few groundballs, though he keeps the ball in the park. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders. Defense & Hitting He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Merritt is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Merritt has some pop in his swing. 2025 Outlook Merritt performance in AAA is making it difficult for the Halifax Oilers to ignore him much longer. Expect his name to be on the September call-up list. I really like what this kid brings to the table.           -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating 2013 LON 74 57 30 29 44 44 43 50 51 42 51 0 0 60 0 0 19 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 24 178 2014 LON 77 63 32 32 44 44 43 50 51 49 61 0 0 69 0 0 20 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 25 231 2015 LON 79 65 36 35 44 44 43 50 51 53 68 0 0 74 0 0 21 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 27 260 2016 QUE 79 68 39 41 44 44 43 50 51 56 68 0 0 78 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 29 280 2017 QUE 79 70 50 44 44 44 43 50 51 56 72 0 0 78 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 30 301 2018 QUE 79 71 57 49 44 44 43 50 51 56 72 0 0 81 0 0 24 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 32 318 2019 WES 79 71 57 54 44 44 43 50 51 56 75 0 0 82 0 0 25 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 34 327 2020 WES 79 71 57 61 44 44 43 50 51 58 77 0 0 83 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 37 339 2021 WES 79 71 57 65 44 44 43 50 51 58 78 0 0 84 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 344 2022 CAL 79 71 57 75 44 44 43 50 51 60 78 0 0 84 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 355 2023 CAL 79 71 57 75 44 44 43 50 51 61 79 0 0 84 0 0 29 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 357 2024 NIA 79 71 57 75 44 44 43 50 51 61 79 0 0 85 0 0 30 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 357 2025 HAL 79 71 57 75 44 44 43 50 51 61 79 0 0 85 0 0 31 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 356 Ratings Delta                                 +1 +1             -1

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA 2011 17 USF 7 13 0 0 35 35 3 9 189 5.1 285 15 230 90 0 0 4.29 0.39 2.72 .351 .496 .322 .374 10.2 2012 18 USF 8 9 3 4 67 0 0 0 182.2 2.2 235 21 211 110 40 16 5.43 0.52 2.45 .311 .474 .314 .309 11.1 2013 19 USF 6 16 0 0 40 40 5 4 182.2 4.2 253 26 177 104 0 0 5.14 0.59 2.36 .332 .495 .333 .330 9.71 Totals     21 38 3 4 142 75 8 13 554.1 4.0 773 62 618 304 40 16 4.94 0.49 2.51 .332 .489 .325 .337 10.3

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA 2014 20 PALM 10 18 0 0 40 40 12 3 205.2 5.0 202 29 151 78 0 0 3.42 0.52 1.72 .263 .447 .289 .245 6.17 2017 23 PSMA 8 17 0 0 41 41 18 2 226.2 5.2 210 32 122 110 0 0 4.38 0.90 1.47 .240 .398 .226 .254 4.49 Totals     18 35 0 0 81 81 30 5 432.1 5.1 412 61 273 188 0 0 3.92 0.69 1.59 .251 .421 .252 .249 5.29

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA 2016 22 QUE 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 21.1 2.1 21 2 8 9 8 3 3.84 1.13 1.37 .256 .402 .286 .241 4.22 2018 24 QUE 8 17 0 0 33 33 16 1 187 5.2 179 32 78 58 0 0 2.79 0.74 1.37 .250 .444 .274 .228 4.62 2019 25 WES 4 6 0 0 16 10 6 1 77.1 5.0 78 9 36 25 0 0 2.92 0.69 1.48 .263 .424 .273 .254 4.07 2020 26 WES 3 5 1 0 13 8 5 1 65.1 5.0 77 11 15 22 8 1 3.04 1.47 1.41 .289 .485 .290 .289 6.20 2021 27 WES 2 5 6 14 46 2 1 0 68.1 1.1 76 9 30 31 16 3 4.10 1.03 1.56 .278 .429 .293 .268 4.87 2022 28 CAL 0 3 2 3 11 1 0 0 18 1.2 31 3 10 8 9 4 4.00 0.80 2.28 .388 .588 .364 .397 10.0 2023 29 CAL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 30.00 .500 .000 1.00 .000 27.0 2024 30 NIA 0 3 0 0 9 8 2 0 44.1 5.0 55 9 17 22 1 0 4.49 1.29 1.63 .304 .508 .280 .321 7.31 Totals     17 40 10 17 138 62 30 3 482 3.1 518 75 196 175 42 11 3.27 0.89 1.48 .273 .454 .282 .267 5.21

Transfer History for Ryan Merritt

Date Transferred with Merritt To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club May 30 2016 Tito Alefounder 1st Rd 2016 - 2nd pick 2nd Rd 2016 - 29th pick 3rd Rd 2016 - 57th pick 2nd Rd 2016 - Calgary's - 41st pick Quebec Bulldogs RJ Baxter Kerrod Espley London Mustangs April 1 2019 Fred McCleaf West Bay Red Skulls Louis Oconnor Quebec Bulldogs June 23 2022 1st Rd 2023 (17th pick) 2nd Rd 2023 (45th pick) 3rd Rd 2023 (73rd pick) Calgary Remparts Marcel Orren West Bay Red Skulls May 23 2024 Derrek Boever Scott Niland Russ Robinson Niagara Falls Rapids Ben Stienaker Bob Ellis 2nd Rd 2024 - 51st pick 3rd Rd 2024 - 79th pick Calgary Remparts

Ryan Merritt's Career Highlights

Year Details 2013 1st round - 23rd overall selection by London Mustangs in the 2013 Amateur Draft

Ryan Merritt's Comparable Players

Player Names Lem Cloward 94.8% Louis Underwood 94.3% Shanty Kitzman 93.4% Sam Mason 93.3% Eloy Hernandez 93.0%

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