Joe La Sorsa and Yunior Marte are tied for the best K/9 by a relief pitcher this season, with 27.00 per nine innings.
Interpreted as:
most strikeouts per 9 innings in MLB relievers minimum 50 innings this regular season| NAME | K/9 | SEASON | TM | G | W | L | W% | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | BB/9 | K/BB | HR/9 | K% | BB% | WHIP | BABIP | RA | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | J. La Sorsa | 27.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.00 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | ||||
| 2 | | Y. Marte | 27.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 27.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 12.00 | 1.000 | 108.00 | 81.00 | ||
| 3 | | J. Buttó | 22.50 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18.00 | 1.25 | 9.00 | 31.3 | 25.0 | 5.00 | .800 | 22.50 | 27.00 | ||
| 4 | | D. Espino | 18.00 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 1.50 | .500 | 9.00 | 13.50 | |||
| 5 | | M. Rucker | 18.00 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 50.0 | 8.3 | 1.00 | .000 | 6.00 | 6.00 | ||
| 6 |  | M. Miller | 17.70 | 2026 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0.90 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30.0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 114 | 3 | 3.60 | 4.92 | 0.00 | 51.8 | 10.5 | 0.80 | .279 | 1.20 | 3.60 | |
| 7 | | D. Rom | 16.88 | 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.75 | 2.50 | 1.69 | 38.5 | 15.4 | 1.88 | .455 | 3.38 | 10.13 | ||
| 8 | | E. Sabrowski | 16.88 | 2026 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0 | 2.53 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 5.91 | 2.86 | 0.42 | 46.5 | 16.3 | 1.03 | .226 | 2.53 | 3.38 | |
| 9 | | C. Edwards Jr. | 16.50 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.00 | 2.75 | 1.50 | 44.0 | 16.0 | 1.17 | .222 | 1.50 | 4.50 | ||
| 10 | | D. Sandlin | 16.20 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.10 | 2.00 | 5.40 | 37.5 | 18.8 | 1.80 | .200 | 8.10 | 8.10 | ||
| 11 | | A. Gamboa | 16.20 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | .000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| 12 | | R. Fernandez | 15.83 | 2026 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1.86 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4.66 | 3.40 | 0.93 | 39.5 | 11.6 | 1.34 | .350 | 5.59 | 7.45 | |
| 13 | | L. Allen | 15.75 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2.25 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 36.8 | 5.3 | 1.50 | .455 | 4.50 | 11.25 | ||
| 14 | | E. Cerantola | 15.75 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.75 | 4.50 | 38.9 | 22.2 | 1.75 | .200 | 9.00 | 6.75 | ||
| 15 | | J. Koenig | 15.43 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7.71 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 30.8 | 15.4 | 2.14 | .429 | 7.71 | 11.57 | ||
| 16 | | L. VanWey | 15.00 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.33 | .200 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |||
| 17 | | A. Rangel | 15.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 1.00 | .429 | 3.00 | 9.00 | |||
| 18 |  | E. DÃaz | 15.00 | 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 10.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 7.50 | 2.00 | 1.50 | 30.3 | 15.2 | 2.33 | .500 | 10.50 | 13.50 | |
| 19 | | J. Hoffman | 14.75 | 2026 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 5.29 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.1 | 38 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 147 | 2 | 3.06 | 4.82 | 1.11 | 36.1 | 7.5 | 1.52 | .447 | 6.12 | 10.58 | |
| 20 | | L. Mey | 14.54 | 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 10.38 | 1.40 | 2.08 | 30.4 | 21.7 | 1.96 | .294 | 7.27 | 7.27 | ||
| 21 | | C. Yoho | 14.40 | 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3.60 | 4.00 | 1.80 | 40.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | .222 | 1.80 | 5.40 | ||
| 22 |  | J. Hader | 14.14 | 2026 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1.29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1.29 | 11.00 | 1.29 | 45.8 | 4.2 | 0.43 | .091 | 1.29 | 2.57 | |
| 23 | | D. Williams | 14.05 | 2026 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0 | 5.18 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24.1 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 109 | 0 | 5.55 | 2.53 | 0.74 | 34.9 | 13.8 | 1.56 | .389 | 5.18 | 8.51 | |
| 24 | | T. Guerrero | 13.94 | 2026 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 4.35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0.87 | 16.00 | 1.74 | 36.4 | 2.3 | 1.16 | .375 | 4.35 | 9.58 | |
| 25 | | M. Lazar | 13.50 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.50 | .250 | 0.00 | 4.50 | |||
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47 | 27 | .635 | ||
40 | 35 | .533 | 7.5 | |
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