most strikeouts by a rookie starting pitcher

Nolan McLean has fanned the most hitters by a rookie starting pitcher this season, with 64 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts by a rookie starting pitcher this 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	Nolan McLean N. McLean	64	2026	NYM	9	2	2	.500	9	2.92	0	0	0	52.1	35	17	19	4	15	3	0	0	203	1	11.01	2.58	4.27	0.69	31.5	7.4	0.96	.265	3.27	6.02
2	Parker Messick P. Messick	58	2026	CLE	9	5	1	.833	9	2.35	0	0	0	53.2	39	14	14	5	14	1	0	0	205	1	9.73	2.35	4.14	0.84	28.3	6.8	0.99	.268	2.35	6.54
3	Chase Burns C. Burns	55	2026	CIN	9	5	1	.833	9	1.87	0	0	0	53.0	35	11	11	6	18	0	0	0	207	0	9.34	3.06	3.06	1.02	26.6	8.7	1.00	.227	1.87	5.94
4	Foster Griffin F. Griffin	49	2026	WSH	9	4	2	.667	9	3.53	0	0	0	51.0	40	20	24	8	18	3	0	0	213	1	8.65	3.18	2.72	1.41	23.0	8.5	1.14	.237	4.24	7.06
5	Connelly Early C. Early	45	2026	BOS	9	3	2	.600	9	3.21	0	0	0	47.2	39	17	17	7	18	5	0	0	199	3	8.50	3.40	2.50	1.32	22.6	9.0	1.20	.258	3.21	7.36
6	Roki Sasaki R. Sasaki	39	2026	LAD	8	2	3	.400	8	5.09	0	0	0	40.2	43	23	23	9	16	4	0	0	181	4	8.63	3.54	2.44	1.99	21.5	8.8	1.45	.301	5.09	9.52
7	Bubba Chandler B. Chandler	36	2026	PIT	9	1	5	.167	9	5.14	0	0	0	42.0	33	24	26	7	31	1	0	1	189	2	7.71	6.64	1.16	1.50	19.0	16.4	1.52	.228	5.57	7.07
8	Payton Tolle P. Tolle	30	2026	BOS	5	2	2	.500	5	2.05	0	0	0	30.2	17	7	11	3	7	1	0	0	115	0	8.80	2.05	4.29	0.88	26.1	6.1	0.78	.189	3.23	4.99
9	Andrew Painter A. Painter	30	2026	PHI	8	1	4	.200	8	6.28	0	0	0	38.2	48	27	27	7	13	2	0	0	175	1	6.98	3.03	2.31	1.63	17.1	7.4	1.58	.333	6.28	11.17
10	Connor Prielipp C. Prielipp	29	2026	MIN	5	1	2	.333	5	2.88	0	0	0	25.0	15	8	12	4	9	2	0	0	102	0	10.44	3.24	3.22	1.44	28.4	8.8	0.96	.190	4.32	5.40
11	Brandon Sproat B. Sproat	29	2026	MIL	6	1	1	.500	6	5.65	0	0	0	28.2	27	18	18	7	14	1	0	0	122	1	9.10	4.40	2.07	2.20	23.8	11.5	1.43	.282	5.65	8.48
12	Rhett Lowder R. Lowder	27	2026	CIN	8	3	3	.500	8	5.40	0	0	0	38.1	36	23	24	2	18	0	0	0	166	0	6.34	4.23	1.50	0.47	16.3	10.8	1.41	.286	5.63	8.45
13	Noah Schultz N. Schultz	26	2026	CWS	6	2	2	.500	6	4.91	0	0	0	29.1	19	16	17	2	21	0	0	0	125	1	7.98	6.44	1.24	0.61	20.8	16.8	1.36	.224	5.22	5.83
14	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	24	2026	LAA	5	1	3	.250	5	3.51	0	0	0	25.2	17	10	10	2	14	0	0	0	104	1	8.42	4.91	1.71	0.70	23.1	13.5	1.21	.234	3.51	5.96
15	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	23	2026	MIL	4	1	1	.500	4	3.50	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	2	3	0	0	0	71	1	11.50	1.50	7.67	1.00	32.4	4.2	1.06	.326	3.50	8.00
16	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	21	2026	TOR	4	1	1	.500	4	1.40	0	0	0	19.1	17	3	3	0	8	1	0	0	81	3	9.78	3.72	2.63	0.00	25.9	9.9	1.29	.333	1.40	7.91
17	Christian Scott C. Scott	20	2026	NYM	4	0	0		4	3.45	0	0	0	15.2	13	6	7	1	9	3	0	0	70	0	11.49	5.17	2.22	0.57	28.6	12.9	1.40	.324	4.02	7.47
18	Mick Abel M. Abel	19	2026	MIN	3	1	1	.500	3	2.12	0	0	0	17.0	14	4	4	0	6	3	0	0	73	0	10.06	3.18	3.17	0.00	26.0	8.2	1.18	.311	2.12	7.41
19	Trevor McDonald T. McDonald	17	2026	SFG	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.37	0	0	0	19.0	16	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	76	0	8.05	1.42	5.67	0.95	22.4	3.9	1.00	.269	2.37	7.58
20	JR Ritchie	17	2026	ATL	4	1	0	1.000	4	3.32	0	0	0	21.2	16	8	9	4	15	1	0	0	93	0	7.06	6.23	1.13	1.66	18.3	16.1	1.43	.214	3.74	6.65
21	Tatsuya Imai T. Imai	16	2026	HOU	4	1	1	.500	4	9.24	0	0	0	12.2	12	13	13	2	14	3	0	0	65	1	11.37	9.95	1.14	1.42	24.6	21.5	2.05	.333	9.24	8.53
22	Kai-Wei Teng K. Teng	10	2026	HOU	3	1	2	.333	3	4.09	0	0	0	11.0	12	5	5	0	5	2	0	0	49	0	8.18	4.09	2.00	0.00	20.4	10.2	1.55	.375	4.09	9.82
23	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	7	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	12.00	0	0	0	3.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	18	0	21.00	3.00	7.00	3.00	38.9	5.6	2.67	.667	12.00	21.00
24	Coleman Crow C. Crow	7	2026	MIL	2	0	0		2	2.61	0	0	0	10.1	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	40	0	6.10	0.87	7.00	0.00	17.5	2.5	0.77	.226	2.61	6.10
25	Ryan Weiss R. Weiss	7	2026	HOU	2	0	0		2	5.14	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	4	2	8	0	0	0	35	0	9.00	10.29	0.88	2.57	20.0	22.9	2.29	.333	5.14	10.29

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	32	15	.681
Phillies	25	23	.521	7.5
Nationals	23	24	.489	9.0
Marlins	21	26	.447	11.0
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Tue 5/19	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 5/20	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Thu 5/21	NYM	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Fri 5/22	NYM	@	MIA	7:10 PM
Sat 5/23	NYM	@	MIA	4:10 PM

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RBI Leaders

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Hicks

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Strikeout Leaders

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Schwarber

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	32	15	.681
Phillies	25	23	.521	7.5
Nationals	23	24	.489	9.0
Marlins	21	26	.447	11.0
Mets	20	26	.435	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Cubs	29	18	.617
Brewers	26	18	.591	1.5
Cardinals	27	19	.587	1.5
Pirates	24	23	.511	5.0
Reds	24	24	.500	5.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	29	18	.617
Padres	28	18	.609	0.5
Diamondbacks	22	23	.489	6.0
Giants	20	27	.426	9.0
Rockies	18	29	.383	11.0

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Yankees	28	19	.596	3.5
Blue Jays	21	25	.457	10.0
Orioles	21	27	.438	11.0
Red Sox	20	27	.426	11.5
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White Sox	24	22	.522	1.0
Twins	21	26	.447	4.5
Tigers	20	27	.426	5.5
Royals	20	28	.417	6.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	23	23	.500
Rangers	22	24	.478	1.0
Mariners	22	26	.458	2.0
Astros	19	29	.396	5.0
Angels	16	31	.340	7.5

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Sun 5/3	CIN	@	PIT	0-1
Sun 5/3	PHI	@	MIA	7-2

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Mon 5/18	ATH	@	LAA	9:38 PM
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