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Mason Miller fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher this season, with 129 strikeouts.

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2026 season
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	129	2026	SDP	66	5	2	.714	0	1.67	0	0	38	70.0	37	13	16	3	26	2	57	1	272	6	16.59	3.34	4.96	0.39	47.4	9.6	0.90	.304	2.06	4.76
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	112	2026	MIL	74	13	3	.813	0	3.00	0	0	4	87.0	73	29	34	8	41	2	11	1	373	8	11.59	4.24	2.73	0.83	30.0	11.0	1.31	.310	3.52	7.55
3	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	107	2026	SDP	76	9	3	.750	0	2.83	0	0	3	86.0	65	27	32	4	28	5	9	7	352	2	11.20	2.93	3.82	0.42	30.4	8.0	1.08	.293	3.35	6.80
4	Cade Smith C. Smith	107	2026	CLE	69	6	1	.857	0	1.95	0	0	41	74.0	48	16	20	5	23	4	60	1	295	6	13.01	2.80	4.65	0.61	36.3	7.8	0.96	.276	2.43	5.84
5	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	102	2026	TOT	71	6	8	.429	0	3.55	0	0	6	66.0	57	26	33	4	30	7	23	5	292	4	13.91	4.09	3.40	0.55	34.9	10.3	1.32	.356	4.50	7.77
6	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	101	2026	CWS	56	7	3	.700	0	2.39	0	0	10	79.0	59	21	27	7	30	1	21	0	320	4	11.51	3.42	3.37	0.80	31.6	9.4	1.13	.287	3.08	6.72
7	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	98	2026	PIT	65	7	4	.636	0	2.93	0	0	2	83.0	56	27	32	4	43	14	15	9	354	8	10.63	4.66	2.28	0.43	27.7	12.1	1.19	.267	3.47	6.07
8	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	98	2026	NYY	81	7	4	.636	0	2.18	0	0	0	78.1	68	19	20	5	27	0	7	1	326	3	11.26	3.10	3.63	0.57	30.1	8.3	1.21	.321	2.30	7.81
9	Louis Varland L. Varland	97	2026	TOR	71	5	6	.455	0	1.27	0	0	35	78.0	55	11	20	2	23	0	53	1	307	3	11.19	2.65	4.22	0.23	31.6	7.5	1.00	.286	2.31	6.35
10	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	97	2026	PIT	65	6	4	.600	0	3.11	0	0	18	63.2	42	22	23	6	23	1	31	2	257	2	13.71	3.25	4.22	0.85	37.7	8.9	1.02	.277	3.25	5.94
11	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	94	2026	TOT	65	4	4	.500	0	3.88	0	0	7	69.2	49	30	33	7	40	9	24	5	304	4	12.14	5.17	2.35	0.90	30.9	13.2	1.28	.273	4.26	6.33
12	AJ Blubaugh	94	2026	HOU	64	5	3	.625	0	3.66	0	0	1	96.0	76	39	41	13	42	3	9	0	401	8	8.81	3.94	2.24	1.22	23.4	10.5	1.23	.253	3.84	7.13
13	Luis Medina L. Medina	92	2026	ATH	59	6	3	.667	0	3.14	0	0	0	71.2	61	25	30	7	39	4	13	3	312	4	11.55	4.90	2.36	0.88	29.5	12.5	1.40	.318	3.77	7.66
14	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	89	2026	SEA	61	5	6	.455	0	4.24	0	0	28	57.1	46	27	29	9	24	1	48	0	240	2	13.97	3.77	3.71	1.41	37.1	10.0	1.22	.316	4.55	7.22
15	Hogan Harris H. Harris	88	2026	ATH	74	4	2	.667	0	3.33	0	0	17	70.1	60	26	28	8	42	5	28	2	311	2	11.26	5.37	2.10	1.02	28.3	13.5	1.45	.310	3.58	7.68
16	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	85	2026	ATL	57	7	2	.778	0	2.05	0	0	3	70.1	53	16	17	5	20	2	12	2	279	0	10.88	2.56	4.25	0.64	30.5	7.2	1.04	.287	2.18	6.78
17	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	84	2026	PHI	61	2	6	.250	0	1.82	0	0	33	59.1	49	12	14	2	10	4	55	1	236	3	12.74	1.52	8.40	0.30	35.6	4.2	0.99	.346	2.12	7.43
18	Tanner Scott T. Scott	82	2026	LAD	69	1	6	.143	0	2.69	0	0	25	63.2	48	19	20	4	15	1	35	4	251	1	11.59	2.12	5.47	0.57	32.7	6.0	0.99	.295	2.83	6.79
19	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	81	2026	MIA	65	4	4	.500	0	3.02	0	0	1	65.2	45	22	25	5	29	4	6	2	269	1	11.10	3.97	2.79	0.69	30.1	10.8	1.13	.267	3.43	6.17
20	Jacob Latz J. Latz	80	2026	TEX	57	3	4	.429	0	2.25	0	0	30	68.0	35	17	19	6	22	0	43	7	257	3	10.59	2.91	3.64	0.79	31.1	8.6	0.84	.195	2.51	4.63
21	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	80	2026	HOU	66	6	4	.600	0	3.73	0	0	9	62.2	44	26	28	9	41	5	28	0	268	7	11.49	5.89	1.95	1.29	29.9	15.3	1.36	.263	4.02	6.32
22	Gregory Soto G. Soto	79	2026	PIT	69	6	5	.545	0	3.63	0	0	16	67.0	49	27	31	5	29	7	28	2	285	8	10.61	3.90	2.72	0.67	27.7	10.2	1.16	.267	4.16	6.58
23	Dylan Lee D. Lee	77	2026	ATL	71	6	1	.857	0	3.09	0	0	0	67.0	48	23	25	3	17	0	2	1	262	0	10.34	2.28	4.53	0.40	29.4	6.5	0.97	.273	3.36	6.45
24	Bradgley Rodriguez B. Rodriguez	77	2026	SDP	64	4	3	.571	0	2.31	0	0	2	70.0	58	18	25	6	20	0	8	1	288	0	9.90	2.57	3.85	0.77	26.7	6.9	1.11	.281	3.21	7.46
25	David Bednar D. Bednar	76	2026	NYY	64	7	3	.700	0	2.47	0	0	35	69.1	52	19	25	4	20	2	56	2	280	2	9.87	2.60	3.80	0.52	27.1	7.1	1.04	.270	3.25	6.75

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1

Tatis

RBI

2

Merrill

AVG

.500

Sheets

Team Pitching Leaders

1

King

14

King

ERA

0.00

Rodriguez

Team Rankings

183

14th

722

15th

1,315

20th

ERA

3.99

10th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	100	62	.617
Padres	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/6	MIL	@	SDP	9:30 PM
Wed 10/7	MIL	@	SDP	10:00 PM
Fri 10/9	SDP	@	MIL	4:30 PM

Last Game

Padres

0 - 2

Final

Brewers

2 - 0

Sun 4 Oct 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

2

Muncy

2

Albies

Playoffs RBI Leaders

8

Rice

5

Albies

5

Meidroth

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

1.000

Rojas

.500

Frelick

Playoffs Hit Leaders

8

Harris

7

Rice

7

France

Playoffs Run Leaders

5

Rice

4

Harris

4

Tatis

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Sánchez

1.000

Taylor

1.000

Rojas

Playoffs SLG Leaders

2.000

Sheets

2.000

Rojas

1.333

Rice

Playoffs SB Leaders

3

Chisholm

3

Acuña

2

Acuña

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

2

Lee

1

Schlittler

1

Burke

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

14

Burke

14

King

12

Schlittler

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Sasaki

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Smith

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Smith

0.00

Díaz

0.00

Chapman

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

King

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

14.00

Burke

12.00

Sale

11.00

Taylor

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

113

Rice

85

King

84.3

Albies

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

83

Rice

61

Albies

56

Harris

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-69

96-70

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

70-94

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

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
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
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
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 9/14	CWS	@	CLE	7-3
Mon 9/14	LAD	@	CIN	4-1
Mon 9/14	DET	@	TOR	6-5
Mon 9/14	BAL	@	NYM	2-1
Mon 9/14	ATL	@	CHC	3-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/6	LAD	@	ATL	6:00 PM
Tue 10/6	MIL	@	SDP	9:30 PM
Wed 10/7	CLE	@	CWS	4:00 PM
Wed 10/7	LAD	@	ATL	6:00 PM
Wed 10/7	TBR	@	NYY	8:00 PM

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