most relief pitcher strikeouts in mlb this year

Mason Miller has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher this season, with 93 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	H/9
1	Mason Miller M. Miller	93	2026	SDP	49	4	1	.800	0	0.88	0	0	30	51.1	24	5	7	0	19	2	43	1	196	5	16.31	3.33	4.89	0.00	47.4	9.7	0.84	.293	1.23	4.21
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	91	2026	MIL	55	13	2	.867	0	3.38	0	0	0	64.0	59	24	29	5	33	2	5	1	284	7	12.80	4.64	2.76	0.70	32.0	11.6	1.44	.353	4.08	8.30
3	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	81	2026	TOT	55	6	8	.429	0	3.81	0	0	5	52.0	50	22	29	4	22	6	19	4	234	4	14.02	3.81	3.68	0.69	34.6	9.4	1.38	.380	5.02	8.65
4	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	81	2026	TOT	50	4	3	.571	0	3.86	0	0	4	56.0	36	24	26	6	34	9	17	3	246	2	13.02	5.46	2.38	0.96	32.9	13.8	1.25	.259	4.18	5.79
5	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	80	2026	SDP	56	9	2	.818	0	2.76	0	0	2	65.1	53	20	24	3	18	4	8	4	268	1	11.02	2.48	4.44	0.41	29.9	6.7	1.09	.307	3.31	7.30
6	Cade Smith C. Smith	77	2026	CLE	51	3	1	.750	0	2.30	0	0	31	54.2	43	14	18	4	18	1	43	1	225	6	12.68	2.96	4.28	0.66	34.2	8.0	1.12	.312	2.96	7.08
7	AJ Blubaugh	77	2026	HOU	46	4	2	.667	0	3.48	0	0	1	75.0	58	29	31	10	33	2	8	0	315	7	9.24	3.96	2.33	1.20	24.4	10.5	1.21	.249	3.72	6.96
8	Louis Varland L. Varland	76	2026	TOR	57	5	4	.556	0	1.28	0	0	27	63.1	45	9	18	2	17	0	39	1	246	3	10.80	2.42	4.47	0.28	30.9	6.9	0.98	.285	2.56	6.39
9	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	76	2026	NYY	62	6	1	.857	0	1.47	0	0	0	61.1	49	10	11	3	19	0	6	1	248	3	11.15	2.79	4.00	0.44	30.6	7.7	1.11	.307	1.61	7.19
10	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	75	2026	CWS	41	4	2	.667	0	2.33	0	0	6	58.0	43	15	21	4	20	1	12	0	236	4	11.64	3.10	3.75	0.62	31.8	8.5	1.09	.287	3.26	6.67
11	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	75	2026	PIT	48	6	3	.667	0	2.76	0	0	1	65.1	45	20	24	4	37	10	11	9	280	6	10.33	5.10	2.03	0.55	26.8	13.2	1.26	.266	3.31	6.20
12	Hogan Harris H. Harris	70	2026	ATH	56	3	1	.750	0	3.57	0	0	11	53.0	48	21	22	6	34	5	19	2	243	2	11.89	5.77	2.06	1.02	28.8	14.0	1.55	.328	3.74	8.15
13	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	70	2026	SEA	47	5	5	.500	0	4.47	0	0	21	44.1	38	22	24	6	17	1	37	0	188	2	14.21	3.45	4.12	1.22	37.2	9.0	1.24	.340	4.87	7.71
14	Dylan Lee D. Lee	68	2026	ATL	57	5	0	1.000	0	1.95	0	0	0	55.1	28	12	14	3	13	0	2	0	205	0	11.06	2.11	5.23	0.49	33.2	6.3	0.74	.207	2.28	4.55
15	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	68	2026	PIT	44	4	3	.571	0	4.04	0	0	4	42.1	31	19	20	5	18	0	12	2	177	2	14.46	3.83	3.78	1.06	38.4	10.2	1.16	.302	4.25	6.59
16	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	66	2026	DET	38	4	4	.500	0	4.63	0	0	2	56.1	55	29	32	9	20	4	9	1	246	4	10.54	3.20	3.30	1.44	26.8	8.1	1.33	.313	5.11	8.79
17	Luis Medina L. Medina	64	2026	ATH	40	3	3	.500	0	3.76	0	0	0	52.2	50	22	27	6	27	3	13	1	233	2	10.94	4.61	2.37	1.03	27.5	11.6	1.46	.331	4.61	8.54
18	Spencer Miles S. Miles	63	2026	TOR	32	4	0	1.000	0	1.86	0	0	1	63.0	47	13	15	3	17	0	7	1	249	1	9.00	2.43	3.71	0.43	25.3	6.8	1.02	.265	2.14	6.71
19	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	63	2026	NYY	57	4	6	.400	0	2.81	0	0	2	51.1	37	16	20	5	31	2	8	2	219	3	11.05	5.44	2.03	0.88	28.8	14.2	1.32	.271	3.51	6.49
20	Tanner Scott T. Scott	62	2026	LAD	53	1	3	.250	0	2.20	0	0	16	49.0	34	12	12	4	11	1	23	3	188	1	11.39	2.02	5.64	0.73	33.0	5.9	0.92	.273	2.20	6.24
21	Gregory Soto G. Soto	61	2026	PIT	51	5	3	.625	0	3.73	0	0	14	50.2	35	21	24	5	22	4	24	1	213	7	10.84	3.91	2.77	0.89	28.6	10.3	1.13	.248	4.26	6.22
22	Jacob Webb J. Webb	61	2026	CHC	54	4	2	.667	0	2.33	0	0	9	54.0	46	14	17	6	17	0	20	0	223	0	10.17	2.83	3.59	1.00	27.4	7.6	1.17	.288	2.83	7.67
23	Tyler Wells T. Wells	61	2026	TOT	47	2	2	.500	0	2.43	0	0	4	59.1	42	16	19	6	15	2	15	1	231	1	9.25	2.28	4.07	0.91	26.4	6.5	0.96	.245	2.88	6.37
24	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	60	2026	MIA	48	2	2	.500	0	2.92	0	0	1	49.1	31	16	18	4	22	2	4	1	199	1	10.95	4.01	2.73	0.73	30.2	11.1	1.07	.243	3.28	5.66
25	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	60	2026	ATL	42	4	1	.800	0	1.81	0	0	2	49.2	34	10	10	2	14	2	6	1	196	0	10.87	2.54	4.29	0.36	30.6	7.1	0.97	.271	1.81	6.16

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23

Machado

RBI

70

Machado

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

9

Morejon

124

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ERA

2.76

Morejon

Team Rankings

136

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529

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ERA

4.09

15th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	74	49	.602
Padres	66	57	.537	8.0
Diamondbacks	65	58	.528	9.0
Giants	50	72	.410	23.5
Rockies	49	73	.402	24.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/15	SDP	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sun 8/16	SDP	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Mon 8/17	SDP	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Tue 8/18	SDP	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 8/19	SDP	@	NYM	1:10 PM

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66 - 57

Final

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59 - 64

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

36

Alvarez

35

Caminero

RBI Leaders

91

Abrams

89

Stewart

88

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.323

Alvarez

.316

Arraez

.312

Lopez

Hit Leaders

149

Lopez

147

Arraez

142

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

86

Crow-Armstrong

86

Olson

OBP Leaders

.437

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.626

Alvarez

.548

Caminero

.546

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

35

Simpson

32

Witt

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Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Burns

14

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

191

Cease

190

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.16

Sale

2.21

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

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K/9 Leaders

13.80

Misiorowski

13.09

Cease

11.48

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

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Schlittler

5.78

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20

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2,064.4

Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

1,674.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,440.6

Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

1,255

Alvarez

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70-51

71-53

68-55

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Worst Record ATS

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51-72

53-70

56-67

56-66

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	49	.598
Phillies	65	58	.528	8.5
Marlins	62	61	.504	11.5
Nationals	60	64	.484	14.0
Mets	54	69	.439	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	75	48	.610
Cubs	72	51	.585	3.0
Cardinals	61	61	.500	13.5
Reds	59	62	.488	15.0
Pirates	60	64	.484	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	74	49	.602
Padres	66	57	.537	8.0
Diamondbacks	65	58	.528	9.0
Giants	50	72	.410	23.5
Rockies	49	73	.402	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	47	.612
Yankees	68	54	.557	6.5
Red Sox	65	57	.533	9.5
Blue Jays	60	64	.484	15.5
Orioles	59	63	.484	15.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	63	58	.521
Tigers	60	62	.492	3.5
Twins	60	63	.488	4.0
Guardians	59	64	.480	5.0
Royals	50	73	.407	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	60	.512
Rangers	60	63	.488	3.0
Mariners	57	66	.463	6.0
Athletics	48	74	.393	14.5
Angels	48	75	.390	15.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 7/31	NYY	@	CHC	2-0
Fri 7/31	PHI	@	BAL	4-6
Fri 7/31	CWS	@	TBR	6-1
Fri 7/31	AZ	@	CLE	4-1
Fri 7/31	MIA	@	NYM	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/15	CWS	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 8/15	STL	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 8/15	NYY	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sat 8/15	COL	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Sat 8/15	WSH	@	NYM	4:10 PM

Mason Miller has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher this season, with 93 strikeouts.

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