most strikeouts by a relief pitcher since 2026

Since this season, Mason Miller has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher, with 102 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	102	54	4	2	.667	0	0.96	0	0	32	56.1	26	6	8	1	20	2	47	1	214	5	16.30	3.20	5.10	0.16	47.7	9.3	0.82	.281	1.28	4.15
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	100	62	13	2	.867	0	3.10	0	0	2	72.2	63	25	30	6	37	2	8	1	317	8	12.39	4.58	2.70	0.74	31.5	11.7	1.38	.331	3.72	7.80
3	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	89	62	9	2	.818	0	2.59	0	0	2	73.0	56	21	25	4	21	4	8	6	297	2	10.97	2.59	4.24	0.49	30.0	7.1	1.05	.291	3.08	6.90
4	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	87	48	7	2	.778	0	2.18	0	0	8	66.0	48	16	22	4	24	1	16	0	266	4	11.86	3.27	3.63	0.55	32.7	9.0	1.09	.293	3.00	6.55
5	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	86	61	6	8	.429	0	3.97	0	0	5	56.2	56	25	32	4	25	6	22	4	257	4	13.66	3.97	3.44	0.64	33.5	9.7	1.43	.382	5.08	8.89
6	Cade Smith C. Smith	86	58	3	1	.750	0	2.36	0	0	35	61.0	45	16	20	5	21	3	50	1	251	6	12.69	3.10	4.10	0.74	34.3	8.4	1.08	.294	2.95	6.64
7	AJ Blubaugh	86	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	6.72
8	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	86	70	7	3	.700	0	1.97	0	0	0	68.2	62	15	16	4	21	0	7	1	285	3	11.27	2.75	4.10	0.52	30.2	7.4	1.21	.333	2.10	8.13
9	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	84	55	4	4	.500	0	3.98	0	0	4	61.0	41	27	30	7	36	9	19	4	267	2	12.39	5.31	2.33	1.03	31.5	13.5	1.26	.260	4.43	6.05
10	Louis Varland L. Varland	84	62	5	4	.556	0	1.18	0	0	31	68.2	49	9	18	2	18	0	44	1	267	3	11.01	2.36	4.67	0.26	31.5	6.7	0.98	.288	2.36	6.42
11	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	82	54	6	4	.600	0	3.18	0	0	2	70.2	50	25	30	4	41	11	13	9	307	7	10.44	5.22	2.00	0.51	26.7	13.4	1.29	.272	3.82	6.37
12	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	81	52	5	3	.625	0	3.38	0	0	7	50.2	34	19	20	5	19	0	18	2	206	2	14.39	3.38	4.26	0.89	39.3	9.2	1.05	.287	3.55	6.04
13	Hogan Harris H. Harris	77	62	3	2	.600	0	3.55	0	0	13	58.1	52	23	25	6	37	5	21	2	266	2	11.88	5.71	2.08	0.93	28.9	13.9	1.53	.326	3.86	8.02
14	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	77	51	5	5	.500	0	4.28	0	0	24	48.1	39	23	25	7	20	1	40	0	204	2	14.34	3.72	3.85	1.30	37.7	9.8	1.22	.323	4.66	7.26
15	Luis Medina L. Medina	75	47	5	3	.625	0	3.60	0	0	0	60.0	55	24	29	7	32	3	13	3	264	3	11.25	4.80	2.34	1.05	28.4	12.1	1.45	.327	4.35	8.25
16	Dylan Lee D. Lee	74	64	5	0	1.000	0	2.52	0	0	0	60.2	38	17	19	3	15	0	2	1	233	0	10.98	2.23	4.93	0.45	31.8	6.4	0.87	.248	2.82	5.64
17	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	70	48	5	1	.833	0	1.88	0	0	3	57.1	42	12	12	3	18	2	8	2	229	0	10.99	2.83	3.89	0.47	30.6	7.9	1.05	.287	1.88	6.59
18	Gregory Soto G. Soto	68	59	6	4	.600	0	3.20	0	0	14	59.0	41	21	25	5	24	4	25	2	245	7	10.37	3.66	2.83	0.76	27.8	9.8	1.10	.250	3.81	6.25
19	Spencer Miles S. Miles	67	37	5	0	1.000	0	1.74	0	0	1	67.1	48	13	15	3	18	1	8	1	264	1	8.96	2.41	3.72	0.40	25.4	6.8	0.98	.257	2.00	6.42
20	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	67	61	4	6	.400	0	3.13	0	0	2	54.2	41	19	23	7	32	2	9	2	234	4	11.03	5.27	2.09	1.15	28.6	13.7	1.34	.270	3.79	6.75
21	Tanner Scott T. Scott	67	59	1	5	.167	0	2.45	0	0	20	55.0	40	15	15	4	12	1	29	4	213	1	10.96	1.96	5.58	0.65	31.5	5.6	0.95	.279	2.45	6.55
22	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	67	51	2	4	.333	0	1.64	0	0	28	49.1	42	9	11	1	9	4	46	1	198	2	12.22	1.64	7.44	0.18	33.8	4.5	1.03	.350	2.01	7.66
23	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	66	56	3	4	.429	0	3.36	0	0	1	56.1	39	21	24	5	26	3	6	1	231	1	10.54	4.15	2.54	0.80	28.6	11.3	1.15	.260	3.83	6.23
24	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	66	54	5	3	.625	0	4.01	0	0	7	51.2	36	23	25	7	38	4	24	0	225	5	11.50	6.62	1.74	1.22	29.3	16.9	1.43	.264	4.35	6.27
25	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	66	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

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24

Machado

RBI

74

Machado

AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

10

Vásquez

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2.59

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	55	.599
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.5
Padres	72	65	.526	10.0
Giants	56	81	.409	26.0
Rockies	52	85	.380	30.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/31	SDP	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Tue 9/1	SDP	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Wed 9/2	SDP	@	CIN	12:40 PM
Fri 9/4	NYY	@	SDP	9:40 PM
Sat 9/5	NYY	@	SDP	7:15 PM

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72 - 64

Final

Rays

81 - 54

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HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

37

Alvarez

37

Olson

RBI Leaders

104

Stewart

100

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.317

Alvarez

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Arraez

.311

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Lopez

163

Arraez

156

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

97

Crow-Armstrong

93

Olson

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.567

Crow-Armstrong

.554

García

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

40

Chisholm

37

Simpson

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Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Griffin

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

5.72

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

25

Rasmussen

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,231.2

Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

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DraftKings Points Leaders

1,568.6

Ohtani

1,478

Crow-Armstrong

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Alvarez

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79-60

77-59

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74-61

75-63

Worst Record ATS

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55-82

58-79

59-78

62-75

63-74

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	82	55	.599
Phillies	77	60	.562	5.0
Marlins	69	68	.504	13.0
Nationals	65	74	.468	18.0
Mets	61	76	.445	21.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	85	52	.620
Cubs	77	59	.566	7.5
Cardinals	68	70	.493	17.5
Pirates	67	71	.486	18.5
Reds	64	72	.471	20.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	82	55	.599
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.5
Padres	72	65	.526	10.0
Giants	56	81	.409	26.0
Rockies	52	85	.380	30.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	82	54	.603
Yankees	78	59	.569	4.5
Red Sox	74	63	.540	8.5
Orioles	68	69	.496	14.5
Blue Jays	68	70	.493	15.0
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