mlb reliever strikeout leaders with 5 era or more

José Alvarado fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher with an ERA of 5.00 or worse this season, with 70 strikeouts.

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	NAME	SO	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	José Alvarado J. Alvarado	70	5.86	2026	PHI	68	5	4	.556	0	0	0	1	58.1	65	38	40	5	31	8	6	4	273	5	10.80	4.78	2.26	0.77	25.6	11.4	1.65	.377	6.17	10.03
2	Juan Mejia J. Mejia	64	5.06	2026	COL	64	4	6	.400	0	0	0	4	69.1	75	39	42	6	40	2	21	3	317	1	8.31	5.19	1.60	0.78	20.2	12.6	1.66	.337	5.45	9.74
3	Alex Lange A. Lange	60	6.75	2026	KCR	59	2	7	.222	0	0	0	10	60.0	65	45	47	13	33	6	28	0	275	6	9.00	4.95	1.82	1.95	21.8	12.0	1.63	.319	7.05	9.75
4	Pete Fairbanks P. Fairbanks	56	5.80	2026	MIA	45	4	5	.444	0	0	0	19	40.1	32	26	29	7	20	3	37	1	176	3	12.50	4.46	2.80	1.56	31.8	11.4	1.29	.278	6.47	7.14
5	José Suarez J. Suarez	53	5.75	2026	TOT	43	1	3	.250	0	0	0	1	56.1	67	36	39	6	24	3	15	1	255	3	8.47	3.83	2.21	0.96	20.8	9.4	1.62	.361	6.23	10.70
6	Zach Agnos Z. Agnos	52	6.50	2026	COL	38	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	80.1	96	58	62	8	30	5	15	2	364	2	5.83	3.36	1.73	0.90	14.3	8.2	1.57	.327	6.95	10.76
7	Kyle Hart K. Hart	51	5.53	2026	SDP	42	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	55.1	46	34	36	5	24	3	6	0	235	2	8.30	3.90	2.13	0.81	21.7	10.2	1.27	.270	5.86	7.48
8	Michael Rucker M. Rucker	50	5.56	2026	SEA	37	1	4	.200	0	0	0	0	43.2	39	27	31	6	17	2	13	0	186	2	10.31	3.50	2.94	1.24	26.9	9.1	1.28	.297	6.39	8.04
9	Luis Mey L. Mey	50	6.23	2026	CIN	29	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	34.2	35	24	26	3	22	4	1	0	165	7	12.98	5.71	2.27	0.78	30.3	13.3	1.64	.372	6.75	9.09
10	Bryan King B. King	50	5.10	2026	HOU	59	3	6	.333	0	0	0	6	60.0	69	34	38	9	21	6	16	2	274	2	7.50	3.15	2.38	1.35	18.2	7.7	1.50	.319	5.70	10.35
11	Cole Winn C. Winn	49	5.74	2026	TEX	50	5	3	.625	0	0	0	1	47.0	53	30	32	7	16	1	9	1	212	4	9.38	3.06	3.06	1.34	23.1	7.5	1.47	.331	6.13	10.15
12	Dennis Santana D. Santana	49	5.56	2026	TOT	57	2	5	.286	0	0	0	3	56.2	56	35	38	10	25	3	25	2	250	1	7.78	3.97	1.96	1.59	19.6	10.0	1.43	.282	6.04	8.89
13	Ron Marinaccio R. Marinaccio	48	6.09	2026	TOT	41	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	57.2	61	39	39	11	27	7	16	0	260	6	7.49	4.21	1.78	1.72	18.5	10.4	1.53	.299	6.09	9.52
14	Tanner Gordon T. Gordon	45	5.21	2026	COL	12	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	48.1	55	28	30	9	8	0	8	1	204	1	8.38	1.49	5.63	1.68	22.1	3.9	1.30	.324	5.59	10.24
15	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	45	5.02	2026	NYM	14	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	43.0	45	24	25	5	17	4	6	0	192	1	9.42	3.56	2.65	1.05	23.4	8.9	1.44	.331	5.23	9.42
16	Brendon Little B. Little	44	6.35	2026	TOR	30	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	28.1	29	20	23	5	25	0	5	6	132	0	13.98	7.94	1.76	1.59	33.3	18.9	1.91	.414	7.31	9.21
17	Jimmy Herget J. Herget	44	5.86	2026	COL	48	0	5	.000	0	0	0	3	50.2	55	33	36	10	25	2	15	2	225	3	7.82	4.44	1.76	1.78	19.6	11.1	1.58	.313	6.39	9.77
18	Cade Gibson C. Gibson	43	5.33	2026	MIA	46	6	2	.750	0	0	0	0	49.0	47	29	34	4	20	6	11	1	214	0	7.90	3.67	2.15	0.73	20.1	9.3	1.37	.305	6.24	8.63
19	Brandon Eisert B. Eisert	43	5.26	2026	TOT	36	3	3	.500	0	0	0	0	39.1	37	23	24	4	13	1	6	0	168	0	9.84	2.97	3.31	0.92	25.6	7.7	1.27	.308	5.49	8.47
20	Justin Lawrence J. Lawrence	43	7.34	2026	TOT	37	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	34.1	39	28	35	9	28	6	13	1	177	3	11.27	7.34	1.54	2.36	24.3	15.8	1.95	.330	9.17	10.22
21	Tyler Zuber T. Zuber	42	5.67	2026	MIA	44	2	1	.667	0	0	0	1	39.2	46	25	27	10	11	2	8	0	175	2	9.53	2.50	3.82	2.27	24.0	6.3	1.44	.327	6.13	10.44
22	Jake Bird J. Bird	41	5.35	2026	TOT	44	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	38.2	42	23	23	6	13	5	10	0	172	1	9.54	3.03	3.15	1.40	23.8	7.6	1.42	.336	5.35	9.78
23	Jaden Hill J. Hill	40	5.22	2026	COL	46	1	4	.200	0	0	0	2	39.2	36	23	23	3	23	3	7	2	181	3	9.08	5.22	1.74	0.68	22.1	12.7	1.49	.295	5.22	8.17
24	Justin Sterner J. Sterner	40	6.12	2026	ATH	46	2	3	.400	0	0	0	1	42.2	46	29	31	11	13	0	6	1	184	1	8.44	2.74	3.08	2.32	21.7	7.1	1.38	.292	6.54	9.70
25	Matt Svanson M. Svanson	40	7.44	2026	STL	40	2	3	.400	0	0	0	0	42.1	54	35	39	5	21	2	14	0	203	5	8.50	4.46	1.90	1.06	19.7	10.3	1.77	.363	8.29	11.48

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
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Tue 10/27	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
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