Ryan, who had significant velocity issues this spring while making his way back from a shoulder injury, averaged 94.2 mph with his heater tonight, which was up slightly from his career-best average of 93.9 mph last season. He’ll probably be a top-10 or -15 SP if he keeps that up and if the Twins start giving him some additional help. He’ll face the Orioles next.

Ryan gave up two doubles, two singles and a walk in his best outing of the year. The 11 strikeouts were one off of his career high of 12 against the Tigers last April, and he now has 10 career 10-strikeout games. Ryan will take a 2-2 record and a 3.18 ERA into his next start in Boston.

Ryan struck out five and walked only one, but he allowed plenty of hard contact with three homers allowed and an average exit velocity of 96.5 mph. As has been the case for most of this season, Ryan is still searching for a secondary to help out his four-seam fastball. He had just two whiffs on 15 swings combined on his sweeper and splitter, and the splitter itself was particularly ineffective with just a 9 percent CSW. The 28-year-old has a 4.00 ERA on the season, and it’s fair to be a little bit concerned about his overall upside; however, we wouldn’t be too concerned about his next start against the Angels.

Ryan had the same line as Clay Holmes — they even both had eight strikeouts and two walks — but he was left with a no-decision and Holmes got the win after the Mets took a lead in the top of the sixth. Ryan’s sweeper was ridiculously effective tonight, accounting for seven whiffs, 13 strikes and one ball the 14 times he threw it. He might need to mix that in more frequently against the Braves on Sunday.