Jon Lester had the best ERA by a left-hander in 2016, with an ERA of 2.44.

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best left handed with a minimum of 1 IP per team game pitchers 2016

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jon Lester J. Lester	2.44	2016	CHC	32	19	5	.792	32	197	2	0	202.2	154	55	57	21	52	6	0	0	796	4	8.75	2.31	3.79	0.93	24.7	6.5	1.02	.256	2.53	59	3.40	82	6.84	16.3
2	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2.74	2016	SFG	34	15	9	.625	34	251	4	1	226.2	179	69	79	26	54	8	0	0	912	4	9.97	2.14	4.65	1.03	27.5	5.9	1.03	.267	3.14	68	3.24	83	7.11	17.6
3	J.A. Happ	3.18	2016	TOR	32	20	4	.833	32	163	0	0	195.0	168	69	72	22	60	6	0	0	796	3	7.52	2.77	2.72	1.02	20.5	7.5	1.17	.268	3.32	76	3.95	93	7.75	6.3
4	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	3.20	2016	CWS	32	13	12	.520	32	181	0	0	208.0	192	74	76	22	50	4	0	1	837	10	7.83	2.16	3.62	0.95	21.6	6.0	1.16	.293	3.29	77	3.55	84	8.31	15.9
5	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.32	2016	TEX	32	15	5	.750	32	200	0	0	200.2	185	74	83	24	77	8	0	1	848	4	8.97	3.45	2.60	1.08	23.6	9.1	1.31	.299	3.72	73	3.97	90	8.30	9.7
6	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	3.32	2016	TOT	31	11	12	.478	30	186	0	0	170.2	137	63	65	22	65	1	1	3	703	10	9.81	3.43	2.86	1.16	26.5	9.2	1.18	.268	3.43	78	3.80	92	7.22	6.3
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.34	2016	CWS	32	17	10	.630	32	233	6	1	226.2	190	84	88	27	45	17	0	2	907	2	9.25	1.79	5.18	1.07	25.7	5.0	1.04	.279	3.49	80	3.45	81	7.54	19.9
8	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	3.51	2016	KCR	42	12	3	.800	26	188	1	0	179.2	163	70	71	27	42	7	5	0	731	4	9.42	2.10	4.48	1.35	25.7	5.7	1.14	.291	3.56	83	3.82	92	8.17	6.7
9	CC Sabathia	3.91	2016	NYY	30	9	12	.429	30	152	0	0	179.2	172	78	83	22	65	9	0	1	768	2	7.61	3.26	2.34	1.10	19.8	8.5	1.32	.288	4.16	92	4.27	97	8.62	2.9
10	Brandon Finnegan B. Finnegan	3.98	2016	CIN	31	10	11	.476	31	145	1	0	172.0	150	76	86	29	84	4	0	2	734	6	7.59	4.40	1.73	1.52	19.8	11.4	1.36	.256	4.50	94	5.18	122	7.85	-17.1
11	David Price D. Price	3.99	2016	BOS	35	17	9	.654	35	228	2	0	230.0	227	102	106	30	50	7	0	1	951	4	8.92	1.96	4.56	1.17	24.0	5.3	1.20	.310	4.15	90	3.60	86	8.88	15.5
12	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	4.04	2016	CWS	28	9	10	.474	28	168	0	0	165.0	176	74	82	23	54	6	0	3	715	11	9.16	2.95	3.11	1.25	23.5	7.6	1.39	.330	4.47	97	4.01	94	9.60	4.3
13	Matt Moore M. Moore	4.08	2016	TOT	33	13	12	.520	33	178	0	0	198.1	184	90	93	25	72	6	0	1	838	6	8.08	3.27	2.47	1.13	21.2	8.6	1.29	.285	4.22	101	4.16	103	8.35	-2.9
14	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	4.39	2016	TEX	33	10	11	.476	33	103	0	0	198.2	205	97	110	18	76	4	0	0	855	3	4.67	3.44	1.36	0.82	12.0	8.9	1.41	.286	4.98	97	4.49	102	9.29	-1.4
15	Dallas Keuchel D. Keuchel	4.55	2016	HOU	26	9	12	.429	26	144	1	1	168.0	168	85	88	20	48	2	0	1	701	9	7.71	2.57	3.00	1.07	20.5	6.8	1.29	.304	4.71	113	3.87	92	9.00	6.2
16	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	4.57	2016	WSH	32	11	11	.500	32	171	0	0	177.1	179	90	98	19	59	9	0	2	765	7	8.68	2.99	2.90	0.96	22.4	7.7	1.34	.316	4.97	108	3.75	91	9.08	7.3
17	Jaime Garcia J. Garcia	4.67	2016	STL	32	10	13	.435	30	150	1	1	171.2	179	89	94	26	57	7	0	3	741	8	7.86	2.99	2.63	1.36	20.2	7.7	1.37	.305	4.93	114	4.48	110	9.38	-7.7
18	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	4.69	2016	TOT	31	8	13	.381	29	168	0	0	163.0	157	85	98	26	85	9	0	1	731	9	9.28	4.69	1.98	1.44	23.0	11.6	1.48	.296	5.41	114	4.88	118	8.67	-13.8
19	Hector Santiago H. Santiago	4.70	2016	TOT	33	13	10	.565	33	144	0	0	182.0	169	95	100	33	79	5	0	0	785	3	7.12	3.91	1.82	1.63	18.3	10.1	1.36	.260	4.95	113	5.30	125	8.36	-21.3
20	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	4.88	2016	TBR	30	7	12	.368	30	167	0	0	175.1	174	95	103	32	49	2	0	2	738	10	8.57	2.52	3.41	1.64	22.6	6.6	1.27	.291	5.29	120	4.48	109	8.93	-7.6
21	Robbie Ray R. Ray	4.90	2016	ARI	32	8	15	.348	32	218	0	0	174.1	185	95	105	24	71	6	0	4	776	8	11.25	3.67	3.07	1.24	28.1	9.1	1.47	.352	5.42	112	3.75	90	9.55	8
22	Wade Miley W. Miley	5.37	2016	TOT	30	9	13	.409	30	137	1	1	166.0	187	99	100	25	49	6	0	1	711	8	7.43	2.66	2.80	1.36	19.3	6.9	1.42	.328	5.42	132	4.44	105	10.14	-4.3

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Hoerner

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Imanaga

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ERA

2.09

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248

5th

412

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ERA

4.07

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	29	18	.617
Cardinals	28	21	.571	2.0
Cubs	29	22	.569	2.0
Reds	26	24	.520	4.5
Pirates	26	24	.520	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/23	HOU	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sun 5/24	HOU	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Mon 5/25	CHC	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Tue 5/26	CHC	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Wed 5/27	CHC	@	PIT	6:40 PM

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Final

Cubs

29 - 22

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HR Leaders

20

Schwarber

17

Murakami

16

Rice

RBI Leaders

42

Pages

42

Hicks

42

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.340

Lopez

.326

Greene

.325

Vargas

Hit Leaders

68

Lopez

60

Edwards

59

Greene

Run Leaders

43

Wood

40

Judge

39

Baldwin

OBP Leaders

.438

Kurtz

.422

Greene

.416

Alvarez

SLG Leaders

.644

Rice

.610

Schwarber

.607

Moniak

SB Leaders

21

Nuñez

20

Ramírez

16

Cruz

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Ashby

7

Williams

7

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

88

Misiorowski

86

Sánchez

84

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.50

Schlittler

1.51

Martinez

1.61

Martin

WHIP Leaders

0.71

Skenes

0.86

Schlittler

0.87

Sale

K/9 Leaders

13.89

Misiorowski

13.19

Cease

10.90

Williams

K/BB Leaders

7.88

Skenes

7.63

deGrom

5.90

Martin

Walk Leaders

8

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deGrom

9

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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947.6

Ohtani

739.6

Wood

686

Judge

DraftKings Points Leaders

647.9

Ohtani

546

Wood

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Judge

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34-17

30-18

31-19

29-18

30-19

Worst Record ATS

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20-31

20-30

21-31

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	35	16	.686
Phillies	25	26	.490	10.0
Nationals	25	26	.490	10.0
Marlins	23	29	.442	12.5
Mets	22	29	.431	13.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	29	18	.617
Cardinals	28	21	.571	2.0
Cubs	29	22	.569	2.0
Pirates	26	24	.520	4.5
Reds	26	24	.520	4.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	31	19	.620
Padres	29	20	.592	1.5
Diamondbacks	26	23	.531	4.5
Giants	20	30	.400	11.0
Rockies	19	32	.373	12.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	33	15	.688
Yankees	30	21	.588	4.5
Blue Jays	23	27	.460	11.0
Red Sox	22	27	.449	11.5
Orioles	21	29	.420	13.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	31	22	.585
White Sox	25	24	.510	4.0
Twins	23	27	.460	6.5
Royals	20	30	.400	9.5
Tigers	20	31	.392	10.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	26	24	.520
Rangers	24	25	.490	1.5
Mariners	24	27	.471	2.5
Astros	21	31	.404	6.0
Angels	17	34	.333	9.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 5/7	TEX	@	NYY	2-9
Thu 5/7	MIN	@	WSH	5-7
Thu 5/7	CLE	@	KCR	8-5
Thu 5/7	CIN	@	CHC	3-8
Thu 5/7	NYM	@	COL	2-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/22	CWS	@	SFG	10:15 PM
Sat 5/23	STL	@	CIN	1:10 PM
Sat 5/23	TBR	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Sat 5/23	HOU	@	CHC	2:20 PM
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