mlb reliever with the most strikeouts this season

Mason Miller has fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 119 strikeouts.

Regular season

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Mason Miller M. Miller	119	2026	SDP	61	5	2	.714	0	1.12	0	0	37	64.1	32	8	11	2	23	2	53	1	246	5	16.65	3.22	5.17	0.28	48.4	9.3	0.85	.300	1.54	4.48
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	107	2026	MIL	70	13	3	.813	0	3.00	0	0	2	81.0	71	27	32	7	40	2	8	1	351	8	11.89	4.44	2.68	0.78	30.5	11.4	1.37	.328	3.56	7.89
3	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	100	2026	SDP	71	9	3	.750	0	2.87	0	0	3	81.2	63	26	31	4	24	5	9	7	333	2	11.02	2.64	4.17	0.44	30.0	7.2	1.07	.295	3.42	6.94
4	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	99	2026	TOT	68	6	8	.429	0	3.53	0	0	5	63.2	57	25	32	4	26	6	22	4	280	4	13.99	3.68	3.81	0.57	35.4	9.3	1.30	.366	4.52	8.06
5	Cade Smith C. Smith	98	2026	CLE	64	6	1	.857	0	2.09	0	0	37	69.0	47	16	20	5	22	4	56	1	278	6	12.78	2.87	4.45	0.65	35.3	7.9	1.00	.282	2.61	6.13
6	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	97	2026	CWS	53	7	3	.700	0	2.58	0	0	8	73.1	56	21	27	7	28	1	19	0	300	4	11.90	3.44	3.46	0.86	32.3	9.3	1.15	.293	3.31	6.87
7	Louis Varland L. Varland	95	2026	TOR	69	5	6	.455	0	1.30	0	0	34	76.0	54	11	20	2	22	0	51	1	300	3	11.25	2.61	4.32	0.24	31.7	7.3	1.00	.287	2.37	6.39
8	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	94	2026	NYY	77	7	3	.700	0	1.90	0	0	0	75.2	64	16	17	4	24	0	7	1	311	3	11.18	2.85	3.92	0.48	30.2	7.7	1.16	.317	2.02	7.61
9	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	91	2026	TOT	62	4	4	.500	0	4.03	0	0	6	67.0	47	30	33	7	39	9	23	4	293	2	12.22	5.24	2.33	0.94	31.1	13.3	1.28	.272	4.43	6.31
10	AJ Blubaugh	91	2026	HOU	59	5	2	.714	0	3.26	0	0	1	91.0	72	33	35	12	38	3	9	0	378	8	9.00	3.76	2.39	1.19	24.1	10.1	1.21	.256	3.46	7.12
11	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	90	2026	PIT	61	6	4	.600	0	3.13	0	0	2	77.2	54	27	32	4	42	12	15	9	333	8	10.43	4.87	2.14	0.46	27.0	12.6	1.24	.270	3.71	6.26
12	Luis Medina L. Medina	87	2026	ATH	54	5	3	.625	0	3.36	0	0	0	67.0	58	25	30	7	36	3	13	3	291	3	11.69	4.84	2.42	0.94	29.9	12.4	1.40	.323	4.03	7.79
13	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	87	2026	SEA	59	5	6	.455	0	4.18	0	0	27	56.0	44	26	28	8	23	1	47	0	234	2	13.98	3.70	3.78	1.29	37.2	9.8	1.20	.313	4.50	7.07
14	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	87	2026	PIT	59	6	3	.667	0	2.97	0	0	13	57.2	38	19	20	5	20	1	25	2	232	2	13.58	3.12	4.35	0.78	37.5	8.6	1.01	.277	3.12	5.93
15	Hogan Harris H. Harris	85	2026	ATH	71	4	2	.667	0	3.34	0	0	15	67.1	56	25	27	8	40	5	26	2	299	2	11.36	5.35	2.13	1.07	28.4	13.4	1.43	.298	3.61	7.49
16	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	81	2026	ATL	54	7	2	.778	0	1.76	0	0	3	66.1	46	13	14	4	19	2	10	2	261	0	10.99	2.58	4.26	0.54	31.0	7.3	0.98	.271	1.90	6.24
17	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	77	2026	HOU	62	6	4	.600	0	3.79	0	0	8	59.1	40	25	27	8	40	5	27	0	254	6	11.68	6.07	1.93	1.21	30.3	15.7	1.35	.258	4.10	6.07
18	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	77	2026	PHI	57	2	6	.250	0	1.79	0	0	31	55.1	47	11	13	2	9	4	52	1	221	3	12.52	1.46	8.56	0.33	34.8	4.1	1.01	.349	2.11	7.64
19	Tanner Scott T. Scott	76	2026	LAD	65	1	6	.143	0	2.87	0	0	22	59.2	47	19	20	4	14	1	32	4	237	1	11.46	2.11	5.43	0.60	32.1	5.9	1.02	.303	3.02	7.09
20	Dylan Lee D. Lee	75	2026	ATL	68	6	1	.857	0	3.09	0	0	0	64.0	45	22	24	3	16	0	2	1	250	0	10.55	2.25	4.69	0.42	30.0	6.4	0.95	.269	3.38	6.33
21	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	74	2026	MIA	61	3	4	.429	0	3.08	0	0	1	61.1	41	21	24	5	27	3	6	1	249	1	10.86	3.96	2.74	0.73	29.7	10.8	1.11	.257	3.52	6.02
22	David Bednar D. Bednar	74	2026	NYY	61	7	3	.700	0	2.58	0	0	34	66.1	51	19	25	4	18	2	53	2	268	2	10.04	2.44	4.11	0.54	27.6	6.7	1.04	.276	3.39	6.92
23	Gregory Soto G. Soto	74	2026	PIT	64	6	5	.545	0	3.88	0	0	14	62.2	45	27	31	5	28	7	26	2	267	8	10.63	4.02	2.64	0.72	27.7	10.5	1.16	.261	4.45	6.46
24	Jacob Latz J. Latz	73	2026	TEX	53	3	2	.600	0	2.13	0	0	30	63.1	33	15	17	4	21	0	41	6	240	3	10.37	2.98	3.48	0.57	30.4	8.8	0.85	.204	2.42	4.69
25	Spencer Miles S. Miles	72	2026	TOR	40	6	0	1.000	0	1.61	0	0	2	72.2	52	13	15	3	19	1	9	1	285	1	8.92	2.35	3.79	0.37	25.3	6.7	0.98	.258	1.86	6.44

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Dodgers	92	60	.605
Padres	83	69	.546	9.0
Diamondbacks	80	73	.523	12.5
Giants	64	89	.418	28.5
Rockies	56	96	.368	36.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	SDP	@	COL	3:10 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	SDP	9:40 PM
Sat 9/19	MIA	@	SDP	8:40 PM
Sun 9/20	MIA	@	SDP	4:10 PM
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RBI Leaders

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Stewart

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Hit Leaders

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Lopez

180

Arraez

173

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Run Leaders

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Crow-Armstrong

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Arozarena

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OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Bauers

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Rumfield

SLG Leaders

.594

Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Simpson

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Braves	89	64	.582
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Marlins	76	77	.497	13.0
Nationals	71	82	.464	18.0
Mets	69	83	.454	19.5
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Brewers - y	95	57	.625
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Astros	76	76	.500
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