Ryan O'Reilly   29 | Pitcher

Ryan O’Reilly joined the Otters for his first season in professional baseball out of the University of Illinois - Chicago. O'Reilly went 5-4 in 12 starts with a 2.89 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 84 innings pitched in 2021. O’Reilly, a Mokena, Illinois native, started 13 games for the UIC Flames in 2021, compiling a 4-5 record over 68.0 innings pitched, allowing 46 earned runs off 72 hits, 30 walks, and 53 strikeouts. Prior to his tenures at UIC, O’Reilly threw for two seasons at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois. While with the Trojans, Triton College won back-to-back regional championships in 2017 and 2018.