Yes, before having any additional fights this year, Ryan and his team should clear up the problems with GBP first because I'm quite sure that GBP will not let Ryan Garcia have his way easily without him having the demands. Anyway, I also doubt that Ryan Garcia's camp is inclined to have another fight this year because they surely know that they need a lot more preparations before he can be ready for a next fight.
I do agree, coming from that big loss to Tank Davis is not easy to recover. Maybe they can cherry-pick first an opponent so at least the confidence of Ryan Garcia will come back but there is an article saying that he will be fighting Romero next which I think is not an easy one because even though Romero lost to Davis but against Garcia, he could put a fight and might pose a problem for the young Garcia which might affect his career as successive loss is not good, but I think they will plan these things properly so as to not jeopardize Garcia's career.
I also saw that one mate, Rolly Romero is another good test to Ryan, however, as stated, there is some internal problems between Ryan and Oscar now and it seems that their relationship has crack already, and for Oscar this is Canelo issues all over again. So let's wait for the next move of Ryan or what will happen if there is arbitration in their legal case.
So with that if ever Ryan will have his next fight, I do agree, it should be cherry pick fighter for him. At least bring back the confidence again. That he can win and score a knockout victory that can boost him mentality and recover from that big lost to Tank Davis.