best mlb reliever era since 2000 with at least 50 games

Since 2000, Emmanuel Clase has the lowest ERA by a relief pitcher when pitching in 50+ games, with an ERA of 1.88.

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	1.88	365	21	25	.457	0	349	0	0	182	359.0	266	75	111	15	68	9	297	10	1,412	19	8.75	1.70	5.13	0.38	24.7	4.8	0.93	.258	2.78	6.67
2	Félix Bautista F. Bautista	2.01	156	13	7	.650	0	248	0	0	67	161.1	84	36	42	14	72	3	104	1	632	10	13.83	4.02	3.44	0.78	39.2	11.4	0.97	.237	2.34	4.69
3	Zack Britton Z. Britton	2.03	396	17	9	.654	0	367	0	0	154	391.0	276	88	102	17	153	8	250	6	1,551	36	8.45	3.52	2.40	0.39	23.7	9.9	1.10	.257	2.35	6.35
4	Bradgley Rodriguez B. Rodriguez	2.05	61	4	3	.571	0	72	0	0	2	66.0	53	15	22	3	21	3	11	2	275	0	9.82	2.86	3.43	0.41	26.2	7.6	1.12	.284	3.00	7.23
5	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.05	849	56	47	.544	0	836	0	0	523	907.0	698	207	227	49	167	38	768	28	3,562	8	8.30	1.66	5.01	0.49	23.5	4.7	0.95	.263	2.25	6.93
6	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	2.10	92	5	3	.625	0	126	0	0	2	81.1	45	19	24	5	51	4	12	2	337	6	13.94	5.64	2.47	0.55	37.4	15.1	1.18	.265	2.66	4.98
7	Mike Crudale M. Crudale	2.14	70	3	1	.750	0	60	0	0	0	71.1	53	17	19	4	31	2	20	3	297	3	7.57	3.91	1.94	0.50	20.2	10.4	1.18	.245	2.40	6.69
8	Adrian Houser A. Houser	2.17	58	8	2	.800	0	98	0	0	1	133.0	108	32	37	12	44	2	31	1	536	3	6.63	2.98	2.23	0.81	18.3	8.2	1.14	.253	2.50	7.31
9	Carson Smith C. Smith	2.21	108	4	6	.400	0	129	0	0	14	102.0	74	25	27	4	34	7	31	4	415	6	11.38	3.00	3.79	0.35	31.1	8.2	1.06	.290	2.38	6.53
10	Abner Uribe A. Uribe	2.21	172	10	6	.625	0	194	0	0	17	170.2	114	42	48	8	77	8	42	5	688	16	10.23	4.06	2.52	0.42	28.2	11.2	1.12	.264	2.53	6.01
11	Mason Miller M. Miller	2.24	174	7	6	.538	0	323	0	0	82	193.0	99	48	57	14	74	5	128	6	740	11	15.06	3.45	4.36	0.65	43.6	10.0	0.90	.262	2.66	4.62
12	Robb Nen R. Nen	2.28	215	14	10	.583	0	266	0	0	129	217.1	159	55	62	12	61	4	200	15	869	8	11.02	2.53	4.36	0.50	30.6	7.0	1.01	.279	2.57	6.58
13	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.30	629	30	26	.536	0	802	0	0	321	650.0	443	166	190	60	192	26	529	21	2,577	35	11.10	2.66	4.18	0.83	31.1	7.5	0.98	.256	2.63	6.13
14	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	2.30	298	20	29	.408	0	388	0	0	119	304.2	246	78	100	20	84	21	198	15	1,239	21	11.46	2.48	4.62	0.59	31.3	6.8	1.08	.311	2.95	7.27
15	Takashi Saito T. Saito	2.34	338	21	15	.583	0	400	0	0	84	338.0	250	88	99	25	108	14	189	13	1,363	9	10.65	2.88	3.70	0.67	29.3	7.9	1.06	.276	2.64	6.66
16	Aaron Sanchez A. Sanchez	2.35	61	4	4	.500	0	59	0	0	3	80.1	49	21	23	4	23	3	13	1	307	3	6.61	2.58	2.57	0.45	19.2	7.5	0.90	.206	2.58	5.49
17	Cade Smith C. Smith	2.40	208	17	7	.708	0	293	0	0	52	210.0	151	56	67	10	57	10	82	4	840	9	12.56	2.44	5.14	0.43	34.9	6.8	0.99	.300	2.87	6.47
18	Garrett Whitlock G. Whitlock	2.41	189	25	11	.694	0	293	0	0	12	250.2	196	67	79	19	60	9	41	4	1,000	9	10.52	2.15	4.88	0.68	29.3	6.0	1.02	.286	2.84	7.04
19	Mike Adams M. Adams	2.41	408	21	20	.512	0	409	0	0	4	407.1	316	109	122	33	126	6	60	12	1,653	7	9.04	2.78	3.25	0.73	24.7	7.6	1.09	.262	2.70	6.98
20	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2.41	242	4	6	.400	0	280	0	0	154	261.1	205	70	74	17	50	1	204	5	1,015	9	9.64	1.72	5.60	0.59	27.6	4.9	0.98	.282	2.55	7.06
21	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	2.43	424	20	22	.476	0	524	0	0	95	414.0	279	112	120	53	66	4	207	8	1,583	9	11.39	1.43	7.94	1.15	33.1	4.2	0.83	.241	2.61	6.07
22	Akinori Otsuka A. Otsuka	2.44	236	13	15	.464	0	217	0	0	39	232.0	190	63	71	12	80	2	96	15	951	4	8.42	3.10	2.71	0.47	22.8	8.4	1.16	.278	2.75	7.37
23	Ronny Henriquez R. Henriquez	2.45	87	8	3	.727	0	122	0	0	7	103.0	80	28	35	11	35	8	16	3	431	3	10.66	3.06	3.49	0.96	28.3	8.1	1.12	.271	3.06	6.99
24	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	2.45	686	41	36	.532	0	793	0	0	368	709.2	557	193	221	55	175	32	585	17	2,867	13	10.06	2.22	4.53	0.70	27.7	6.1	1.03	.277	2.80	7.06
25	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	2.47	753	52	28	.650	0	871	0	0	376	752.0	530	206	217	57	243	18	585	27	3,006	41	10.42	2.91	3.58	0.68	29.0	8.1	1.03	.260	2.60	6.34

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Martínez

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60

DeLauter

AVG

.293

DeLauter

Team Pitching Leaders

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Williams

ERA

2.46

Messick

Team Rankings

130

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566

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1,306

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ERA

3.74

7th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	73	67	.521
Guardians	70	70	.500	3.0
Twins	67	73	.479	6.0
Tigers	64	75	.460	8.5
Royals	63	78	.447	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/4	DET	@	CLE	2:10 PM
Fri 9/4	DET	@	CLE	7:15 PM
Sat 9/5	DET	@	CLE	6:10 PM
Sun 9/6	DET	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Mon 9/7	CLE	@	BAL	1:35 PM

Last Game

Blue Jays

70 - 71

Final

Guardians

70 - 70

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

39

Crow-Armstrong

37

Caminero

RBI Leaders

105

Stewart

101

Burleson

99

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

.315

Arraez

.310

Gonzales

Hit Leaders

166

Lopez

166

Arraez

162

Díaz

Run Leaders

103

Crow-Armstrong

100

Wood

95

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.394

Harper

SLG Leaders

.602

Alvarez

.571

Crow-Armstrong

.547

García

SB Leaders

44

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

38

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

227

Misiorowski

221

Cease

217

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.97

Misiorowski

2.04

Schlittler

2.06

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.79

Misiorowski

0.90

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.18

Misiorowski

12.72

Cease

11.98

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.32

Sale

5.82

Misiorowski

5.52

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

28

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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2,261.8

Ohtani

2,029.1

Crow-Armstrong

1,847.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,590.6

Ohtani

1,538

Crow-Armstrong

1,384

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

82-58

81-61

79-61

78-62

77-64

76-64

Worst Record ATS

54-86

55-84

59-81

62-79

64-76

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	83	57	.593
Phillies	79	61	.564	4.0
Marlins	71	70	.504	12.5
Nationals	67	75	.472	17.0
Mets	63	77	.450	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	87	54	.617
Cubs	79	62	.560	8.0
Cardinals	70	70	.500	16.5
Pirates	69	72	.489	18.0
Reds	67	73	.479	19.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	57	.590
Diamondbacks	74	67	.525	9.0
Padres	73	67	.521	9.5
Giants	58	83	.411	25.0
Rockies	54	86	.386	28.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	83	56	.597
Yankees	80	60	.571	3.5
Red Sox	76	65	.539	8.0
Blue Jays	70	71	.496	14.0
Orioles	69	72	.489	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	73	67	.521
Guardians	70	70	.500	3.0
Twins	67	73	.479	6.0
Tigers	64	75	.460	8.5
Royals	63	78	.447	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	72	69	.511
Rangers	69	71	.493	2.5
Mariners	66	74	.471	5.5
Athletics	54	86	.386	17.5
Angels	53	87	.379	18.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 8/19	DET	@	PIT	3-4
Wed 8/19	NYY	@	BAL	5-3
Wed 8/19	SFG	@	CLE	1-0
Wed 8/19	STL	@	CIN	4-5
Thu 8/20	STL	@	CIN	10-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/4	DET	@	CLE	2:10 PM
Fri 9/4	MIL	@	CIN	6:10 PM
Fri 9/4	ATL	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Fri 9/4	LAA	@	PIT	6:45 PM
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