Rich Hill was the oldest starting pitcher in 2025. He was 45 years old.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	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	Rich Hill R. Hill	45	2025	KCR	2	0	2	.000	2	5.00	4	0	0	0	9.0	9	5	7	2	8	0	0	0	43	0	4.00	8.00	0.50	2.00	9.3	18.6	1.89	.241	7.00	9.00
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	42	2025	SFG	29	4	11	.267	29	3.85	137	0	0	0	152.0	155	65	74	16	52	6	0	1	662	2	8.11	3.08	2.63	0.95	20.7	7.9	1.36	.308	4.38	9.18
3	Charlie Morton C. Morton	41	2025	TOT	27	9	10	.474	27	6.09	132	0	0	0	125.2	139	85	86	20	64	14	0	2	584	3	9.45	4.58	2.06	1.43	22.6	11.0	1.62	.336	6.16	9.95
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	40	2025	TOR	17	5	5	.500	17	5.19	82	0	0	0	85.0	87	49	49	19	23	2	0	0	358	2	8.68	2.44	3.57	2.01	22.9	6.4	1.29	.293	5.19	9.21
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	38	2025	SDP	15	5	5	.500	15	5.38	68	0	0	0	72.0	66	43	44	14	19	6	0	0	296	4	8.50	2.38	3.58	1.75	23.0	6.4	1.18	.275	5.50	8.25
6	Wade Miley W. Miley	38	2025	CIN	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.50	7	0	0	0	10.0	9	5	5	2	6	1	0	0	42	0	6.30	5.40	1.17	1.80	16.7	14.3	1.50	.269	4.50	8.10
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	38	2025	TOT	9	2	2	.500	9	6.86	29	0	0	0	40.2	51	31	31	9	16	0	0	0	186	1	6.42	3.54	1.81	1.99	15.6	8.6	1.65	.318	6.86	11.29
8	Ryan Brasier R. Brasier	37	2025	CHC	1	0	0		1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	37	2025	LAD	22	11	2	.846	22	3.39	84	0	0	0	111.2	102	42	46	8	35	2	0	0	460	5	6.77	2.82	2.40	0.64	18.3	7.6	1.23	.284	3.71	8.22
10	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	37	2025	BAL	4	0	3	.000	4	16.78	10	0	0	0	12.1	29	23	23	7	7	0	0	0	73	1	7.30	5.11	1.43	5.11	13.7	9.6	2.92	.449	16.78	21.16
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	37	2025	TEX	30	12	8	.600	30	2.97	185	0	0	0	172.2	122	57	57	26	37	3	0	0	669	3	9.64	1.93	5.00	1.36	27.7	5.5	0.92	.230	2.97	6.36
12	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	36	2025	CHC	4	0	0		4	5.40	4	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	10.80	5.40	2.00	0.00	30.8	15.4	1.20	.286	5.40	5.40
13	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	36	2025	MIL	24	11	7	.611	24	3.96	89	0	0	0	131.2	120	58	65	18	50	5	0	0	556	1	6.08	3.42	1.78	1.23	16.0	9.0	1.29	.259	4.44	8.20
14	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	36	2025	STL	31	8	11	.421	31	4.84	100	0	0	0	156.1	169	84	87	29	37	3	0	1	669	1	5.76	2.13	2.70	1.67	14.9	5.5	1.32	.280	5.01	9.73
15	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	36	2025	TOR	31	11	9	.550	31	3.99	165	1	0	0	169.1	174	75	80	22	52	13	0	0	733	4	8.77	2.76	3.17	1.17	22.5	7.1	1.33	.316	4.25	9.25
16	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	36	2025	TOT	32	12	9	.571	32	3.52	167	0	0	0	184.0	157	72	79	23	48	2	0	0	748	1	8.17	2.35	3.48	1.13	22.3	6.4	1.11	.264	3.86	7.68
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	36	2025	ATL	20	6	5	.545	20	2.63	156	0	0	0	120.0	98	35	37	11	30	11	0	0	488	3	11.70	2.25	5.20	0.83	32.0	6.1	1.07	.311	2.78	7.35
18	Albert Suárez A. Suárez	35	2025	BAL	1	0	0		1	3.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	15.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	41.7	8.3	1.00	.333	3.00	6.00
19	Anthony DeSclafani A. DeSclafani	35	2025	AZ	4	0	2	.000	4	6.59	13	0	0	0	13.2	15	10	10	3	5	3	0	0	64	0	8.56	3.29	2.60	1.98	20.3	7.8	1.46	.300	6.59	9.88
20	Danny Coulombe D. Coulombe	35	2025	MIN	1	0	0		1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	2.00	.667	9.00	18.00
21	Brent Suter B. Suter	35	2025	CIN	3	0	0		3	2.25	4	0	0	0	8.0	9	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	32	0	4.50	1.13	4.00	1.13	12.5	3.1	1.25	.308	3.38	10.13
22	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	35	2025	NYM	3	0	0		3	0.00	5	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	11.25	6.75	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
23	Colin Rea C. Rea	35	2025	CHC	27	10	7	.588	27	4.33	119	0	0	0	143.1	142	69	72	20	43	5	0	0	602	2	7.47	2.70	2.77	1.26	19.8	7.1	1.29	.294	4.52	8.92
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	35	2025	TEX	30	7	10	.412	30	4.32	131	1	0	0	154.1	158	74	76	21	51	3	0	1	657	5	7.64	2.97	2.57	1.22	19.9	7.8	1.35	.304	4.43	9.21
25	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	35	2025	LAA	31	8	10	.444	31	4.76	114	0	0	0	164.2	167	87	92	25	43	5	0	3	695	0	6.23	2.35	2.65	1.37	16.4	6.2	1.28	.280	5.03	9.13

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9

Witt

RBI

31

Jensen

AVG

.280

Witt

Team Pitching Leaders

4

Wacha

67

Wacha

ERA

3.32

Kolek

Team Rankings

24th

258

28th

539

17th

ERA

4.41

21st

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	37	31	.544
White Sox	34	31	.523	1.5
Twins	30	37	.448	6.5
Tigers	27	39	.409	9.0
Royals	27	39	.409	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 6/9	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 6/10	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Thu 6/11	TEX	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 6/12	HOU	@	KCR	8:10 PM
Sat 6/13	HOU	@	KCR	7:10 PM

Last Game

Royals

27 - 39

Final

Twins

30 - 37

Sun 7 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

23

Schwarber

22

Alvarez

20

Murakami

RBI Leaders

53

Pages

51

Abrams

48

Kurtz

Batting Average Leaders

.336

Lopez

.333

Lee

.333

Marsh

Hit Leaders

86

Lopez

82

Arraez

79

Clement

Run Leaders

58

Wood

52

Turang

49

Rice

OBP Leaders

.434

Kurtz

.427

Alvarez

.417

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.641

Rice

.639

Alvarez

.573

Schwarber

SB Leaders

23

Witt

23

Ramírez

23

Nuñez

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Williams

9

Ashby

8

Sánchez

Strikeout Leaders

116

Misiorowski

113

Sánchez

99

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.50

Misiorowski

1.54

Sánchez

1.87

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

Schlittler

0.90

Skenes

K/9 Leaders

13.38

Misiorowski

10.90

Sánchez

10.70

Detmers

K/BB Leaders

6.36

Schlittler

6.31

Skenes

6.28

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

12

Rasmussen

13

Skenes

13

Martinez

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,247.3

Ohtani

967.6

Wood

933.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

863.1

Ohtani

719

Wood

698

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

42-25

41-25

38-25

39-26

38-26

37-28

Worst Record ATS

23-43

24-42

26-41

27-37

28-37

29-38

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	45	21	.682
Phillies	36	30	.545	9.0
Nationals	34	33	.507	11.5
Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	41	23	.641
Cardinals	35	28	.556	5.5
Pirates	34	32	.515	8.0
Cubs	34	32	.515	8.0
Reds	31	34	.477	10.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	42	24	.636
Diamondbacks	34	31	.523	7.5
Padres	34	31	.523	7.5
Giants	27	40	.403	15.5
Rockies	24	42	.364	18.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	38	25	.603
Yankees	39	26	.600
Blue Jays	32	35	.478	8.0
Orioles	31	36	.463	9.0
Red Sox	27	37	.422	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	37	31	.544
White Sox	34	31	.523	1.5
Twins	30	37	.448	6.5
Tigers	27	39	.409	9.0
Royals	27	39	.409	9.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	35	32	.522
Rangers	32	33	.492	2.0
Athletics	31	35	.470	3.5
Astros	31	37	.456	4.5
Angels	25	42	.373	10.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/24	SEA	@	KCR	6-8
Sun 5/24	CWS	@	SFG	5-8
Sun 5/24	WSH	@	ATL	2-1
Sun 5/24	COL	@	AZ	1-9
Sun 5/24	DET	@	BAL	4-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 6/9	SEA	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Tue 6/9	AZ	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Tue 6/9	BOS	@	TBR	6:40 PM
Tue 6/9	NYY	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Tue 6/9	MIN	@	DET	6:40 PM

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967.6

933.2

863.1

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698

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