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2024 Baseball Roster

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Andrew Fischer/UC San Diego

27 Ryan Forcucci

  • Position RHP
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 205
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown San Marcos, Calif.
  • High School San Marcos HS
  • Major Business Psychology
  • Bats/Throws R/R

Biography

PROFESSIONAL
Selected in the third round (Pick 101) of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
Perfect Game Midseason All-America Third Team…Ranked 28th overall in D1Baseball’s midseason Top-100 MLB Draft prospect rankings…Big West Spring All-Academic Team...Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll, With Honors...Big West Preseason Coaches' Team…Big West Pitcher of the Week and UCU Athlete of the Week (Feb. 19)…Set the UC San Diego Division I single game record with 11 strikeouts in the season opener against San Jose State (Feb. 16)...Made five appearances as the Friday starter with a 2-1 record before being sidelined due to injury…Recorded a 2.16 ERA with 37 strikeouts in 25.0 innings pitched…Finished with a 0.80 WHIP, allowing 14 hits and nine earned runs with just six walks…Recorded double-digit strikeouts twice (11 vs San Jose State; 10 vs Pacific)…Pitched 5.0 innings, giving up one hit, no runs and no walks while striking out 11 in the season opener against San Jose State (Feb. 16).
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
All-Big West Second Team…Big West Spring All-Academic Team…Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll, With Honors…Appeared in 14 games, making nine starts with a 4-1 record and 3.86 earned run average which ranked 12th in the Big West…Led the team with 68 strikeouts which ranked 12th in the conference…Held opponents to a .206 batting average which ranked third…53.2 innings pitched…Collected a season-high eight strikeouts twice, against UC Davis (Apr. 6) and at Cal State Fullerton (May 12)…Went a season-long 6.0 innings at Cal Poly (Apr. 28), allowing one run on four hits.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
Appeared in 13 games, making 12 starts which ranked second on the team…Began the season as the Sunday starter before shifting to Friday starts…Finished fifth on the team with a 4.19 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and .251 opponent batting average…Ranked second on the team with 53 strikeouts in 53.2 innings pitched and 15 walks…Recorded nine strikeouts in a team-high 7.0 innings pitched against Cal State Fullerton (May 6).

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2021 from San Marcos HS … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason California Region Honorable Mention … 2019 Perfect Game 16u Pacific Coast Invitational All-Tournament Team … High school career ERA of 0.99 … As a senior: 1.71 ERA, 16.1 IP, 25 K, 5 BB … As a junior: 0.00 ERA, 12 IP, 18 K, 7 BB.
 
PERSONAL
Born Dec. 2 in Poway to Steve and Angela  … Has an older sister, Alyssa … Favorite baseball memory is competing in the Pony Baseball World Series … Aspires to play major league baseball  … Hobbies include golfing, fishing, surfing, fitness and cars … Roots for the Padres … Favorite athlete is Shohei Ohtani … Listens to Travis Scott and Florida Georgia Line … Favorite movie is The Fast and the Furious … Favorite food is steak.

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2022Freshman

    RHP
    6'2" 185 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2023Sophomore

    RHP
    6'3" 205 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2024Junior

    RHP
    6'3" 205 lbs
    27

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