most strikeouts for a relief pitcher mlb

Mason Miller has fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 69 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts for a relief pitcher MLB 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	Mason Miller M. Miller	69	2026	SDP	36	2	1	.667	0	0.96	0	0	23	37.2	17	4	6	0	13	1	32	0	142	3	16.49	3.11	5.31	0.00	48.6	9.2	0.80	.288	1.43	4.06
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	67	2026	MIL	42	12	1	.923	0	2.98	0	0	0	51.1	44	17	21	4	28	2	5	1	224	5	11.75	4.91	2.39	0.70	29.9	12.5	1.40	.325	3.68	7.71
3	Louis Varland L. Varland	66	2026	TOR	43	3	3	.500	0	0.94	0	0	18	48.0	32	5	10	1	13	0	29	1	184	3	12.38	2.44	5.08	0.19	35.9	7.1	0.94	.298	1.88	6.00
4	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	63	2026	TOR	42	5	5	.500	0	4.35	0	0	5	39.1	40	19	23	4	15	4	15	4	175	3	14.42	3.43	4.20	0.92	36.0	8.6	1.40	.404	5.26	9.15
5	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	60	2026	CWS	30	4	2	.667	0	3.32	0	0	3	40.2	35	15	20	4	15	0	9	0	172	3	13.28	3.32	4.00	0.89	34.9	8.7	1.23	.333	4.43	7.75
6	Cade Smith C. Smith	59	2026	CLE	39	2	1	.667	0	2.83	0	0	26	41.1	36	13	16	3	11	1	33	1	170	5	12.85	2.40	5.36	0.65	34.7	6.5	1.14	.344	3.48	7.84
7	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	58	2026	LAA	36	4	3	.571	0	3.89	0	0	2	41.2	22	18	20	3	31	7	13	3	184	1	12.53	6.70	1.87	0.65	31.5	16.8	1.27	.224	4.32	4.75
8	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	56	2026	DET	31	3	3	.500	0	4.75	0	0	2	47.1	48	25	28	9	16	4	9	1	208	3	10.65	3.04	3.50	1.71	26.9	7.7	1.35	.317	5.32	9.13
9	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	56	2026	PIT	38	5	2	.714	0	3.51	0	0	1	48.2	37	19	22	4	30	9	8	8	216	6	10.36	5.55	1.87	0.74	25.9	13.9	1.38	.282	4.07	6.84
10	AJ Blubaugh	56	2026	HOU	35	4	2	.667	0	3.57	0	0	0	58.0	43	23	24	6	29	1	5	0	244	4	8.69	4.50	1.93	0.93	23.0	11.9	1.24	.243	3.72	6.67
11	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	54	2026	SDP	41	6	2	.750	0	3.52	0	0	1	46.0	40	18	20	3	11	2	5	1	189	0	10.57	2.15	4.91	0.59	28.6	5.8	1.11	.311	3.91	7.83
12	Hogan Harris H. Harris	52	2026	ATH	43	3	0	1.000	0	3.38	0	0	6	40.0	36	15	16	4	26	4	11	2	184	0	11.70	5.85	2.00	0.90	28.3	14.1	1.55	.327	3.60	8.10
13	Spencer Miles S. Miles	51	2026	TOR	22	4	0	1.000	0	2.06	0	0	0	48.0	32	11	13	3	14	0	5	0	189	1	9.56	2.63	3.64	0.56	27.0	7.4	0.96	.240	2.44	6.00
14	Dylan Lee D. Lee	51	2026	ATL	43	4	0	1.000	0	1.52	0	0	0	41.1	21	7	8	1	7	0	1	0	151	0	11.10	1.52	7.29	0.22	33.8	4.6	0.68	.217	1.74	4.57
15	Brad Lord B. Lord	51	2026	WSH	26	5	2	.714	0	4.04	0	0	1	55.2	48	25	26	7	19	5	4	2	237	2	8.25	3.07	2.68	1.13	21.5	8.0	1.20	.265	4.20	7.76
16	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	49	2026	SEA	36	3	4	.429	0	4.32	0	0	16	33.1	29	16	17	4	14	1	27	0	144	1	13.23	3.78	3.50	1.08	34.0	9.7	1.29	.329	4.59	7.83
17	Tanner Scott T. Scott	49	2026	LAD	40	1	3	.250	0	2.63	0	0	13	37.2	25	11	11	4	5	1	20	1	141	1	11.71	1.19	9.80	0.96	34.8	3.5	0.80	.256	2.63	5.97
18	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	49	2026	NYY	45	4	1	.800	0	1.42	0	0	0	44.1	33	7	8	2	16	0	6	1	180	2	9.95	3.25	3.06	0.41	27.2	8.9	1.11	.274	1.62	6.70
19	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	48	2026	MIA	38	1	1	.500	0	2.93	0	0	1	40.0	24	13	15	3	15	2	4	1	158	1	10.80	3.38	3.20	0.68	30.4	9.5	0.98	.233	3.38	5.40
20	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	48	2026	NYY	42	4	3	.571	0	2.35	0	0	1	38.1	27	10	12	2	22	2	4	1	162	3	11.27	5.17	2.18	0.47	29.6	13.6	1.28	.284	2.82	6.34
21	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	48	2026	CLE	34	3	1	.750	0	3.33	0	0	0	27.0	16	10	11	2	19	0	2	1	115	4	16.00	6.33	2.53	0.67	41.7	16.5	1.30	.304	3.67	5.33
22	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	48	2026	PHI	32	1	3	.250	0	1.47	0	0	22	30.2	23	5	6	1	6	0	31	0	118	2	14.09	1.76	8.00	0.29	40.7	5.1	0.95	.349	1.76	6.75
23	Luis Medina L. Medina	47	2026	ATH	28	1	1	.500	0	3.99	0	0	0	38.1	37	17	21	4	22	2	9	1	172	2	11.03	5.17	2.14	0.94	27.3	12.8	1.54	.340	4.93	8.69
24	Sean Newcomb S. Newcomb	47	2026	CWS	33	0	2	.000	0	2.74	0	0	3	49.1	38	15	17	1	17	5	6	2	201	0	8.57	3.10	2.76	0.18	23.4	8.5	1.11	.282	3.10	6.93
25	Jacob Webb J. Webb	47	2026	CHC	40	3	2	.600	0	3.18	0	0	4	39.2	37	14	17	6	15	0	12	0	171	0	10.66	3.40	3.13	1.36	27.5	8.8	1.31	.301	3.86	8.39

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18

Machado

RBI

51

Machado

AVG

.284

Tatis

Team Pitching Leaders

6

King

92

King

ERA

2.33

Peralta

Team Rankings

22nd

362

30th

749

20th

ERA

4.21

14th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	33	.649
Padres	46	46	.500	14.0
Diamondbacks	45	47	.489	15.0
Giants	38	54	.413	22.0
Rockies	38	56	.404	23.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 7/9	AZ	@	SDP	9:40 PM
Fri 7/10	TOR	@	SDP	9:40 PM
Sat 7/11	TOR	@	SDP	8:40 PM
Sun 7/12	TOR	@	SDP	4:10 PM
Fri 7/17	SDP	@	KCR	8:10 PM

Last Game

Diamondbacks

45 - 47

Final

Padres

46 - 46

Wed 8 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

32

Schwarber

29

Alvarez

27

Goodman

RBI Leaders

70

Walker

68

García

67

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.345

Lopez

.327

Díaz

.324

Arraez

Hit Leaders

126

Lopez

112

Arraez

107

Díaz

Run Leaders

85

Wood

64

Neto

64

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.416

Alvarez

.410

Soto

.409

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.614

Alvarez

.575

Buxton

.575

Schwarber

SB Leaders

33

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Ashby

11

Burns

10

Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

137

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.62

Misiorowski

2.01

Schlittler

2.25

Rodriguez

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.90

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.55

Cease

13.54

Misiorowski

10.91

deGrom

K/BB Leaders

6.24

Schlittler

6.19

Misiorowski

5.71

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

17

Rasmussen

18

Martinez

20

Woo

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,731.4

Ohtani

1,403.5

Wood

1,254.9

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,186.6

Ohtani

1,041

Wood

944

Crow-Armstrong

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-37

54-37

53-37

52-39

52-42

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Worst Record ATS

35-58

37-56

39-53

40-53

41-52

41-51

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	53	38	.582
Phillies	51	42	.548	3.0
Marlins	51	42	.548	3.0
Nationals	48	46	.511	6.5
Mets	39	54	.419	15.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	58	34	.630
Cubs	52	40	.565	6.0
Cardinals	48	43	.527	9.5
Pirates	47	46	.505	11.5
Reds	42	49	.462	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	33	.649
Padres	46	46	.500	14.0
Diamondbacks	45	47	.489	15.0
Giants	38	54	.413	22.0
Rockies	38	56	.404	23.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	54	36	.600
Yankees	50	42	.543	5.0
Blue Jays	44	49	.473	11.5
Red Sox	42	48	.467	12.0
Orioles	42	51	.452	13.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	47	44	.516
Guardians	47	46	.505	1.0
Twins	46	47	.495	2.0
Tigers	42	50	.457	5.5
Royals	38	55	.409	10.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	47	46	.505
Rangers	46	46	.500	0.5
Astros	46	49	.484	2.0
Athletics	41	51	.446	5.5
Angels	37	56	.398	10.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 6/24	TEX	@	MIA	2-4
Wed 6/24	CLE	@	CWS	4-3
Wed 6/24	BOS	@	COL	6-8
Wed 6/24	BAL	@	LAA	6-7
Wed 6/24	NYY	@	DET	4-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 7/9	BOS	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Thu 7/9	SEA	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Thu 7/9	ATH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 7/9	PHI	@	CIN	7:10 PM
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Mason Miller has fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 69 strikeouts.

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