mlb relief pitcher strikeout leaders since may 6

Since May 6, 2026, Cade Smith has fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher, with 28 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Cade Smith C. Smith	28	14	0	0		0	1.80	0	0	13	15.0	11	3	4	0	1	0	13	0	55	1	16.80	0.60	28.00	0.00	50.9	1.8	0.80	.423	2.40	6.60
2	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	26	13	1	0	1.000	0	1.00	0	0	2	18.0	10	2	4	1	3	0	5	0	67	0	13.00	1.50	8.67	0.50	38.8	4.5	0.72	.243	2.00	5.00
3	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	24	16	0	2	.000	0	1.80	0	0	12	15.0	12	3	3	1	2	0	15	0	57	1	14.40	1.20	12.00	0.60	42.1	3.5	0.93	.367	1.80	7.20
4	Mason Miller M. Miller	24	12	0	1	.000	0	0.73	0	0	7	12.1	5	1	2	0	9	0	9	0	52	1	17.51	6.57	2.67	0.00	46.2	17.3	1.14	.263	1.46	3.65
5	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	23	12	1	3	.250	0	3.38	0	0	1	18.2	18	7	9	3	6	0	4	0	79	0	11.09	2.89	3.83	1.45	29.1	7.6	1.29	.319	4.34	8.68
6	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	22	7	1	1	.500	0	3.43	0	0	0	21.0	19	8	9	2	7	2	1	0	89	0	9.43	3.00	3.14	0.86	24.7	7.9	1.24	.304	3.86	8.14
7	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	22	14	4	0	1.000	0	3.15	0	0	0	20.0	20	7	11	2	7	2	3	1	85	2	9.90	3.15	3.14	0.90	25.9	8.2	1.35	.346	4.95	9.00
8	Spencer Miles S. Miles	21	5	2	0	1.000	0	1.47	0	0	0	18.1	9	3	3	1	5	0	0	0	68	1	10.31	2.45	4.20	0.49	30.9	7.4	0.76	.195	1.47	4.42
9	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	21	15	3	2	.600	0	5.93	0	0	2	13.2	16	9	10	2	4	1	5	1	60	1	13.83	2.63	5.25	1.32	35.0	6.7	1.46	.438	6.59	10.54
10	Yuki Matsui Y. Matsui	21	13	0	1	.000	0	1.83	0	0	0	19.2	10	4	5	3	9	1	4	0	76	0	9.61	4.12	2.33	1.37	27.6	11.8	0.97	.167	2.29	4.58
11	Luis Medina L. Medina	20	12	0	0		0	4.02	0	0	0	15.2	16	7	10	2	5	0	3	0	66	0	11.49	2.87	4.00	1.15	30.3	7.6	1.34	.359	5.74	9.19
12	Evan Sisk E. Sisk	20	15	1	0	1.000	0	1.69	0	0	0	16.0	10	3	3	1	7	1	2	0	64	1	11.25	3.94	2.86	0.56	31.3	10.9	1.06	.257	1.69	5.63
13	Tanner Scott T. Scott	20	15	1	2	.333	0	3.07	0	0	5	14.2	11	5	5	2	1	0	8	0	56	1	12.27	0.61	20.00	1.23	35.7	1.8	0.82	.273	3.07	6.75
14	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	20	16	3	0	1.000	0	2.20	0	0	0	16.1	10	4	4	0	2	1	2	0	62	0	11.02	1.10	10.00	0.00	32.3	3.2	0.73	.256	2.20	5.51
15	Orion Kerkering O. Kerkering	20	15	3	0	1.000	0	2.08	0	0	1	13.0	10	3	4	1	5	0	2	0	55	0	13.85	3.46	4.00	0.69	36.4	9.1	1.15	.310	2.77	6.92
16	José Suarez J. Suarez	19	13	0	1	.000	0	4.86	0	0	0	16.2	21	9	10	1	5	2	5	1	78	0	10.26	2.70	3.80	0.54	24.4	6.4	1.56	.392	5.40	11.34
17	Yoendrys Gómez Y. Gómez	19	17	0	0		0	1.20	0	0	4	15.0	8	2	3	0	7	2	8	0	61	0	11.40	4.20	2.71	0.00	31.1	11.5	1.00	.242	1.80	4.80
18	Brad Lord B. Lord	19	9	3	0	1.000	0	0.47	0	0	1	19.1	10	1	1	1	6	2	1	0	77	0	8.84	2.79	3.17	0.47	24.7	7.8	0.83	.184	0.47	4.66
19	Jacob Webb J. Webb	19	14	1	0	1.000	0	1.72	0	0	0	15.2	13	3	3	1	3	0	1	0	63	0	10.91	1.72	6.33	0.57	30.2	4.8	1.02	.300	1.72	7.47
20	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	18	13	1	1	.500	0	4.86	0	0	0	16.2	13	9	10	3	9	4	2	2	75	0	9.72	4.86	2.00	1.62	24.0	12.0	1.32	.244	5.40	7.02
21	Steven Cruz S. Cruz	18	12	1	2	.333	0	3.55	0	0	0	12.2	11	5	6	3	8	0	4	1	56	0	12.79	5.68	2.25	2.13	32.1	14.3	1.50	.296	4.26	7.82
22	Anthony Bender A. Bender	18	13	0	0		0	1.23	0	0	1	14.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	51	0	11.05	1.23	9.00	0.61	35.3	3.9	0.41	.100	1.23	2.45
23	Shane Drohan S. Drohan	18	6	1	0	1.000	0	1.26	0	0	1	14.1	9	2	3	1	2	0	2	0	54	0	11.30	1.26	9.00	0.63	33.3	3.7	0.77	.242	1.88	5.65
24	JoJo Romero J. Romero	18	14	0	1	.000	0	3.21	0	0	0	14.0	11	5	5	1	4	2	2	1	59	0	11.57	2.57	4.50	0.64	30.5	6.8	1.07	.294	3.21	7.07
25	José Alvarado J. Alvarado	18	14	3	0	1.000	0	4.38	0	0	1	12.1	12	6	6	2	3	3	3	1	55	0	13.14	2.19	6.00	1.46	32.7	5.5	1.22	.345	4.38	8.76

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White Sox	36	31	.537
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Sat 6/13	DET	@	CLE	4:10 PM
Sun 6/14	DET	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Tue 6/16	CLE	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Wed 6/17	CLE	@	MIL	7:40 PM
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Braves	45	23	.662
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Mets	30	38	.441	15.0
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Brewers	41	25	.621
Cardinals	37	29	.561	4.0
Pirates	35	34	.507	7.5
Cubs	35	34	.507	7.5
Reds	32	35	.478	9.5
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