mlb rookie pitcher strikeout leaders 2026

Nolan McLean has struck out the most hitters by a rookie this season, with 172 strikeouts.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan McLean N. McLean	172	2026	NYM	27	10	8	.556	27	3.06	0	0	0	155.2	114	53	65	15	61	15	0	0	644	2	9.94	3.53	2.82	0.87	26.7	9.5	1.12	.260	3.76	75	3.58	87	6.59	9.6
2	Parker Messick P. Messick	161	2026	CLE	27	11	8	.579	27	2.46	0	0	0	161.0	121	44	48	14	43	2	0	2	637	6	9.00	2.40	3.74	0.78	25.3	6.8	1.02	.257	2.68	59	3.05	75	6.76	18.8
3	Payton Tolle P. Tolle	141	2026	BOS	22	8	6	.571	22	3.09	0	0	0	125.1	101	43	47	14	35	3	0	1	505	2	10.13	2.51	4.03	1.01	27.9	6.9	1.09	.279	3.38	72	3.19	77	7.25	13.1
4	Foster Griffin F. Griffin	139	2026	TOT	27	15	4	.789	27	3.21	0	0	0	154.1	134	55	62	23	39	8	0	0	630	3	8.11	2.27	3.56	1.34	22.1	6.2	1.12	.264	3.62	77	4.13	97	7.81	1.9
5	Bubba Chandler B. Chandler	117	2026	PIT	26	6	9	.400	25	4.26	0	0	0	131.0	110	62	72	11	68	6	0	1	569	4	8.04	4.67	1.72	0.76	20.6	12.0	1.36	.270	4.95	99	4.08	98	7.56	1.5
6	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	112	2026	LAA	24	8	9	.471	22	2.94	0	0	0	116.1	86	38	45	7	64	8	0	1	500	6	8.66	4.95	1.75	0.54	22.4	12.8	1.29	.256	3.48	72	3.79	93	6.65	3.8
7	Shane Drohan S. Drohan	110	2026	MIL	27	7	5	.583	16	3.75	0	0	1	110.1	106	46	51	10	37	5	3	0	466	0	8.97	3.02	2.97	0.82	23.6	7.9	1.30	.316	4.16	92	3.40	82	8.65	9.1
8	Connor Prielipp C. Prielipp	106	2026	MIN	19	3	7	.300	19	5.55	0	0	0	99.0	99	61	69	13	39	5	0	0	430	1	9.64	3.55	2.72	1.18	24.7	9.1	1.39	.322	6.27	134	3.98	97	9.00	1.2
9	Brandon Sproat B. Sproat	100	2026	MIL	21	3	7	.300	19	5.27	0	0	0	95.2	88	56	57	17	48	9	0	0	414	9	9.41	4.52	2.08	1.60	24.2	11.6	1.42	.296	5.36	129	5.08	123	8.28	-10.2
10	Gage Jump G. Jump	97	2026	ATH	17	6	8	.429	17	4.69	0	0	0	88.1	87	46	48	9	42	3	0	2	385	5	9.88	4.28	2.31	0.92	25.2	10.9	1.46	.333	4.89	105	3.73	86	8.86	5.8
11	Connelly Early C. Early	93	2026	BOS	17	7	5	.583	17	3.44	0	0	0	91.2	81	35	35	15	34	9	0	0	390	4	9.13	3.34	2.74	1.47	23.8	8.7	1.25	.276	3.44	80	4.58	111	7.95	-4.6
12	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	91	2026	TOR	18	5	5	.500	18	3.65	0	0	0	93.2	61	38	39	10	46	2	0	0	386	4	8.74	4.42	1.98	0.96	23.6	11.9	1.14	.215	3.75	89	4.06	97	5.86	1.2
13	Rhett Lowder R. Lowder	88	2026	CIN	24	6	8	.429	21	5.14	0	0	0	112.0	120	64	66	16	43	4	3	1	499	1	7.07	3.46	2.05	1.29	17.6	8.6	1.46	.299	5.30	121	4.62	106	9.64	-3.1
14	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	86	2026	MIL	14	9	2	.818	14	2.48	0	0	0	76.1	49	21	21	11	14	1	0	0	286	1	10.14	1.65	6.14	1.30	30.1	4.9	0.83	.218	2.48	61	3.29	79	5.78	7.3
15	Andrew Alvarez A. Alvarez	86	2026	WSH	21	2	6	.250	13	3.47	0	0	1	90.2	78	35	35	5	41	3	2	0	382	5	8.54	4.07	2.10	0.50	22.5	10.7	1.31	.296	3.47	83	3.35	79	7.74	9.1
16	AJ Blubaugh	86	2026	HOU	52	4	2	.667	0	3.09	0	0	1	84.1	63	29	31	10	34	2	8	0	346	7	9.18	3.63	2.53	1.07	24.9	9.8	1.15	.248	3.31	75	3.86	94	6.72	2.1
17	Andrew Painter A. Painter	85	2026	PHI	20	3	8	.273	18	5.95	0	0	0	98.1	105	65	65	17	37	5	0	0	432	5	7.78	3.39	2.30	1.56	19.7	8.6	1.44	.306	5.95	139	4.88	113	9.61	-5.9
18	Tatsuya Imai T. Imai	83	2026	HOU	18	6	4	.600	15	5.32	0	0	0	67.2	55	40	40	9	44	4	1	0	301	1	11.04	5.85	1.89	1.20	27.6	14.6	1.46	.286	5.32	130	4.48	110	7.32	-3
19	Robert Gasser R. Gasser	78	2026	MIL	16	4	5	.444	15	4.59	0	0	0	82.1	82	42	43	13	25	8	0	0	358	0	8.53	2.73	3.12	1.42	21.8	7.0	1.30	.295	4.70	113	4.44	107	8.96	-2.8
20	Spencer Miles S. Miles	77	2026	TOR	42	5	2	.714	5	2.92	0	0	1	83.1	70	27	29	5	21	1	8	1	336	1	8.32	2.27	3.67	0.54	22.9	6.3	1.09	.280	3.13	71	2.80	67	7.56	12.6
21	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	77	2026	ATL	49	5	1	.833	1	2.39	0	0	3	60.1	49	16	16	4	19	2	8	2	247	0	11.49	2.83	4.05	0.60	31.2	7.7	1.13	.310	2.39	57	2.43	59	7.31	11.4
22	Jake Bennett J. Bennett	74	2026	BOS	16	9	6	.600	16	3.27	0	0	0	93.2	79	34	35	7	18	3	0	2	373	2	7.11	1.73	4.11	0.67	19.8	4.8	1.04	.266	3.36	76	3.14	76	7.59	10.3
23	Bradgley Rodriguez B. Rodriguez	65	2026	SDP	57	3	3	.500	4	2.07	0	0	2	61.0	49	14	21	3	18	0	8	1	252	0	9.59	2.66	3.61	0.44	25.8	7.1	1.10	.277	3.10	52	2.47	59	7.23	11.6
24	Luinder Avila L. Avila	61	2026	KCR	21	5	4	.556	12	5.53	0	0	0	70.0	71	43	43	7	42	2	0	0	309	1	7.84	5.40	1.45	0.90	19.7	13.6	1.61	.325	5.53	129	4.52	108	9.13	-2.7
25	Andrew Morris A. Morris	59	2026	MIN	53	4	7	.364	2	3.82	0	0	4	63.2	63	27	33	4	22	2	8	3	275	7	8.34	3.11	2.68	0.57	21.5	8.0	1.34	.314	4.66	92	3.17	78	8.91	6.5

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Team Batting Leaders

22

Soto

RBI

66

Bichette

AVG

.282

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

10

McLean

172

McLean

ERA

3.06

McLean

Team Rankings

166

10th

565

25th

1,234

6th

ERA

4.07

13th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	82	56	.594
Phillies	77	60	.562	4.5
Marlins	69	68	.504	12.5
Nationals	65	74	.468	17.5
Mets	62	76	.449	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/1	NYM	@	TBR	6:40 PM
Wed 9/2	NYM	@	TBR	6:40 PM
Fri 9/4	SFG	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Sat 9/5	SFG	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sun 9/6	SFG	@	NYM	1:40 PM

Last Game

Mets

62 - 76

Final

Rays

82 - 55

Mon 31 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

38

Crow-Armstrong

37

Caminero

RBI Leaders

105

Stewart

100

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.317

Alvarez

.317

Arraez

.311

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Lopez

163

Arraez

157

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

99

Crow-Armstrong

93

Olson

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.577

Crow-Armstrong

.554

García

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

38

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

204

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.73

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.09

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.77

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

5.52

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,231.2

Ohtani

1,985.3

Crow-Armstrong

1,810.5

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,568.6

Ohtani

1,506

Crow-Armstrong

1,357

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

81-55

79-59

79-60

76-62

75-63

74-63

Worst Record ATS

51-86

55-82

58-79

59-78

63-75

63-74

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	82	56	.594
Phillies	77	60	.562	4.5
Marlins	69	68	.504	12.5
Nationals	65	74	.468	17.5
Mets	62	76	.449	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	85	52	.620
Cubs	77	60	.562	8.0
Cardinals	68	70	.493	17.5
Pirates	67	71	.486	18.5
Reds	65	73	.471	20.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	55	.599
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.5
Padres	73	65	.529	9.5
Giants	57	81	.413	25.5
Rockies	52	85	.380	30.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	82	55	.599
Yankees	78	59	.569	4.0
Red Sox	74	63	.540	8.0
Orioles	68	69	.496	14.0
Blue Jays	68	70	.493	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	72	64	.529
Guardians	69	68	.504	3.5
Twins	65	72	.474	7.5
Tigers	63	73	.463	9.0
Royals	62	76	.449	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	69	68	.504
Rangers	67	70	.489	2.0
Mariners	64	73	.467	5.0
Athletics	53	84	.387	16.0
Angels	52	85	.380	17.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 8/16	AZ	@	ATL	3-5
Sun 8/16	NYY	@	TOR	4-3
Sun 8/16	WSH	@	NYM	3-4
Sun 8/16	CWS	@	DET	7-5
Sun 8/16	PHI	@	MIN	7-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/31	NYY	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Mon 8/31	PHI	@	AZ	9:40 PM
Tue 9/1	SDP	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Tue 9/1	SFG	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Tue 9/1	TOR	@	CLE	6:40 PM

Nolan McLean has struck out the most hitters by a rookie this season, with 172 strikeouts.

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163

163

157

100

99

93

.432

.396

.393

.607

.577

.554

43

40

38

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

16

16

15

222

217

204

1.73

2.06

2.09

0.75

0.89

0.93

13.23

12.99

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6.34

6.32

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22

27

28

MLB Fantasy 2026

2,231.2

1,985.3

1,810.5

1,568.6

1,506

1,357

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MLB 2026 Standings

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