most starts as a nl central pitcher 2026

5 pitchers are tied for starting the most games in the NL Central this season, with 17 starts. The first three are Mitch Keller, Andrew Abbott and Braxton Ashcraft.

	NAME	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	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	Mitch Keller M. Keller	17	2026	PIT	17	6	5	.545	4.87	73	0	0	0	94.1	90	51	56	9	33	7	0	0	402	4	6.96	3.15	2.21	0.86	18.2	8.2	1.30	.289	5.34	114	4.06	97	8.59	1.4
2	Andrew Abbott A. Abbott	17	2026	CIN	17	5	4	.556	3.90	70	0	0	0	90.0	87	39	42	15	40	0	0	0	390	0	7.00	4.00	1.75	1.50	17.9	10.3	1.41	.272	4.20	89	5.04	115	8.70	-5.9
3	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	17	2026	PIT	17	8	3	.727	3.33	115	0	0	0	102.2	88	38	42	11	23	6	0	0	416	0	10.08	2.02	5.00	0.96	27.6	5.5	1.08	.295	3.68	78	3.09	74	7.71	12.5
4	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	17	2026	PIT	17	6	7	.462	3.10	114	0	0	0	93.0	70	32	38	9	20	6	0	0	373	1	11.03	1.94	5.70	0.87	30.6	5.4	0.97	.272	3.68	73	2.74	65	6.77	15
5	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	17	2026	CHC	17	5	6	.455	4.30	92	0	0	0	98.1	83	47	48	20	23	3	0	0	396	3	8.42	2.11	4.00	1.83	23.2	5.8	1.08	.244	4.39	105	4.66	113	7.60	-6.3
6	Brady Singer B. Singer	16	2026	CIN	16	3	7	.300	5.12	65	0	0	0	77.1	94	44	48	19	25	6	0	0	353	2	7.56	2.91	2.60	2.21	18.4	7.1	1.54	.315	5.59	117	5.81	132	10.94	-11.4
7	Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	16	2026	STL	16	3	5	.375	5.56	70	0	0	0	77.2	94	48	52	17	29	0	0	0	346	2	8.11	3.36	2.41	1.97	20.2	8.4	1.58	.335	6.03	136	5.25	128	10.89	-10.2
8	Kyle Leahy K. Leahy	16	2026	STL	16	6	4	.600	4.09	67	0	0	0	81.1	89	37	37	9	31	4	0	0	358	3	7.41	3.43	2.16	1.00	18.7	8.7	1.48	.324	4.09	100	4.17	102	9.85	-0.7
9	Andre Pallante A. Pallante	16	2026	STL	16	9	5	.643	3.83	68	0	0	0	89.1	84	38	40	9	26	6	0	0	374	3	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.91	18.2	7.0	1.23	.283	4.03	94	3.95	96	8.46	1.4
10	Michael McGreevy M. McGreevy	16	2026	STL	16	3	6	.333	3.12	57	0	0	0	89.1	81	31	31	12	21	0	0	0	355	2	5.74	2.12	2.71	1.21	16.1	5.9	1.14	.260	3.12	76	4.27	104	8.16	-1.7
11	Chase Burns C. Burns	16	2026	CIN	16	9	1	.900	2.36	112	0	0	0	91.2	70	24	24	11	29	0	0	0	367	2	11.00	2.85	3.86	1.08	30.5	7.9	1.08	.274	2.36	54	3.16	72	6.87	12.2
12	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	16	2026	MIL	16	9	3	.750	1.45	146	1	1	0	99.0	49	16	19	5	27	7	0	0	376	5	13.27	2.45	5.41	0.45	38.8	7.2	0.77	.230	1.73	35	1.83	44	4.45	25.9
13	Dustin May D. May	15	2026	STL	15	5	6	.455	4.30	77	1	1	0	83.2	78	40	43	7	22	5	0	0	342	5	8.28	2.37	3.50	0.75	22.5	6.4	1.20	.307	4.63	105	3.31	81	8.39	7.5
14	Kyle Harrison K. Harrison	15	2026	MIL	15	8	1	.889	2.57	96	0	0	0	77.0	61	22	22	9	19	4	0	0	309	2	11.22	2.22	5.05	1.05	31.1	6.1	1.04	.287	2.57	62	3.01	72	7.13	10
15	Bubba Chandler B. Chandler	15	2026	PIT	16	3	7	.300	4.42	73	0	0	0	79.1	64	39	45	9	46	4	0	1	350	3	8.28	5.22	1.59	1.02	20.9	13.1	1.39	.252	5.11	104	4.62	110	7.26	-3.8
16	Edward Cabrera E. Cabrera	14	2026	CHC	14	5	4	.556	5.10	65	0	0	0	72.1	72	41	46	14	29	1	0	0	309	0	8.09	3.61	2.24	1.74	21.0	9.4	1.40	.290	5.72	125	5.05	123	8.96	-7.9
17	Colin Rea C. Rea	13	2026	CHC	17	5	5	.500	4.80	63	0	0	1	84.1	88	45	46	12	31	5	1	0	370	1	6.72	3.31	2.03	1.28	17.0	8.4	1.41	.293	4.91	118	4.73	115	9.39	-6
18	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	13	2026	CHC	13	2	5	.286	5.19	59	0	0	0	67.2	65	39	40	20	23	2	0	1	287	1	7.85	3.06	2.57	2.66	20.6	8.0	1.30	.246	5.32	127	6.30	153	8.65	-16.9
19	Brandon Sproat B. Sproat	13	2026	MIL	15	2	4	.333	5.43	73	0	0	0	69.2	62	42	42	13	32	6	0	0	295	4	9.43	4.13	2.28	1.68	24.7	10.8	1.35	.287	5.43	132	5.06	121	8.01	-6.7
20	Rhett Lowder R. Lowder	12	2026	CIN	12	3	5	.375	4.81	48	0	0	0	58.0	56	31	32	7	29	3	0	0	259	0	7.45	4.50	1.66	1.09	18.5	11.2	1.47	.285	4.97	110	4.66	106	8.69	-1.5
21	Nick Lodolo N. Lodolo	10	2026	CIN	10	2	2	.500	5.05	42	0	0	0	51.2	54	29	29	8	22	9	0	0	231	0	7.32	3.83	1.91	1.39	18.2	9.5	1.47	.307	5.05	115	5.28	120	9.41	-4.7
22	Carmen Mlodzinski C. Mlodzinski	9	2026	PIT	17	4	3	.571	3.47	60	0	0	2	72.2	77	28	35	6	26	2	3	0	317	0	7.43	3.22	2.31	0.74	18.9	8.2	1.42	.318	4.33	82	3.67	88	9.54	4.2
23	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	8	2026	MIL	8	2	1	.667	2.59	41	0	0	0	41.2	26	12	13	4	9	1	0	1	160	0	8.86	1.94	4.56	0.86	25.6	5.6	0.84	.210	2.81	63	3.09	74	5.62	5.1
24	Ben Brown B. Brown	8	2026	CHC	20	4	2	.667	1.85	65	0	0	1	68.0	45	14	16	2	19	2	2	0	265	6	8.60	2.51	3.42	0.26	24.5	7.2	0.94	.243	2.12	45	2.49	61	5.96	12.4
25	Robert Gasser R. Gasser	7	2026	MIL	7	1	3	.250	4.54	36	0	0	0	35.2	33	18	19	7	13	3	0	0	154	0	9.08	3.28	2.77	1.77	23.4	8.4	1.29	.274	4.79	110	4.97	119	8.33	-3.1

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Team Batting Leaders

20

Lowe

RBI

57

Lowe

AVG

.296

Mangum

Team Pitching Leaders

8

Ashcraft

115

Ashcraft

ERA

3.10

Skenes

Team Rankings

108

7th

440

3rd

781

3rd

ERA

4.17

16th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	51	31	.622
Cubs	47	38	.553	5.5
Cardinals	43	38	.531	7.5
Pirates	43	42	.506	9.5
Reds	39	44	.470	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 6/30	PIT	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Wed 7/1	PIT	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Thu 7/2	PIT	@	PHI	12:35 PM
Fri 7/3	PIT	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 7/4	PIT	@	WSH	11:05 AM

Last Game

Pirates

43 - 42

Final

Phillies

47 - 38

Mon 29 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

30

Schwarber

26

Goodman

25

Alvarez

RBI Leaders

64

Kurtz

59

Dingler

59

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.336

Díaz

.333

Lopez

.326

Arraez

Hit Leaders

111

Lopez

102

Arraez

99

Díaz

Run Leaders

73

Wood

59

Kurtz

59

Neto

OBP Leaders

.424

Alvarez

.423

Kurtz

.416

Díaz

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.586

Schwarber

.573

Buxton

SB Leaders

32

Nuñez

28

Witt

24

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

11

Ashby

9

Misiorowski

9

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

146

Misiorowski

128

Cease

127

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.45

Misiorowski

1.62

Schlittler

2.10

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.77

Misiorowski

0.87

Rasmussen

0.89

Yamamoto

K/9 Leaders

13.27

Misiorowski

11.03

Skenes

11.00

Burns

K/BB Leaders

6.05

Sánchez

5.90

Schlittler

5.88

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

16

Rasmussen

17

Martinez

18

Woo

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,581.3

Ohtani

1,194.6

Wood

1,153.8

Kurtz

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,084.5

Ohtani

889

Wood

851

Kurtz

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Best Record ATS

52-34

47-34

48-35

47-36

46-36

Worst Record ATS

31-54

33-53

34-51

37-48

37-46

38-47

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	49	33	.598
Phillies	47	38	.553	3.5
Marlins	45	40	.529	5.5
Nationals	43	43	.500	8.0
Mets	35	50	.412	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	51	31	.622
Cubs	47	38	.553	5.5
Cardinals	43	38	.531	7.5
Pirates	43	42	.506	9.5
Reds	39	44	.470	12.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	54	30	.643
Padres	43	40	.518	10.5
Diamondbacks	42	42	.500	12.0
Giants	35	49	.417	19.0
Rockies	33	52	.388	21.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	48	33	.593
Yankees	48	36	.571	1.5
Blue Jays	40	45	.471	10.0
Orioles	39	47	.453	11.5
Red Sox	37	46	.446	12.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	44	39	.530
Guardians	44	41	.518	1.0
Twins	41	45	.477	4.5
Tigers	36	49	.424	9.0
Royals	35	50	.412	10.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	43	42	.506
Mariners	43	43	.500	0.5
Astros	42	45	.483	2.0
Athletics	40	44	.476	2.5
Angels	36	50	.419	7.5