relief pitcher with most strikeouts 2026

Mason Miller has struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 66 strikeouts.

	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	66	2026	SDP	32	2	1	.667	0	0.79	0	0	21	34.0	14	3	5	0	13	0	28	0	129	3	17.47	3.44	5.08	0.00	51.2	10.1	0.79	.280	1.32	3.71
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	62	2026	MIL	36	10	1	.909	0	2.93	0	0	0	46.0	37	15	19	4	24	2	5	1	197	4	12.13	4.70	2.58	0.78	31.5	12.2	1.33	.314	3.72	7.24
3	Louis Varland L. Varland	59	2026	TOR	39	3	2	.600	0	0.82	0	0	16	44.0	29	4	9	1	12	0	25	1	168	2	12.07	2.45	4.92	0.20	35.1	7.1	0.93	.292	1.84	5.93
4	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	58	2026	TOR	39	5	5	.500	0	4.71	0	0	5	36.1	40	19	23	4	14	4	15	4	165	3	14.37	3.47	4.14	0.99	35.2	8.5	1.49	.424	5.70	9.91
5	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	55	2026	CWS	27	3	1	.750	0	3.22	0	0	2	36.1	34	13	18	3	12	0	7	0	155	3	13.62	2.97	4.58	0.74	35.5	7.7	1.27	.365	4.46	8.42
6	Cade Smith C. Smith	55	2026	CLE	34	2	1	.667	0	3.22	0	0	24	36.1	33	13	15	3	10	0	30	1	149	5	13.62	2.48	5.50	0.74	36.9	6.7	1.18	.370	3.72	8.17
7	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	52	2026	DET	27	3	3	.500	0	4.68	0	0	2	42.1	41	22	24	7	16	2	8	1	184	2	11.06	3.40	3.25	1.49	28.3	8.7	1.35	.318	5.10	8.72
8	Brad Lord B. Lord	51	2026	WSH	25	5	1	.833	0	3.31	0	0	1	54.1	44	20	21	6	18	5	4	2	228	2	8.45	2.98	2.83	0.99	22.4	7.9	1.14	.257	3.48	7.29
9	AJ Blubaugh	50	2026	HOU	33	4	2	.667	0	3.52	0	0	0	53.2	38	21	22	5	29	1	5	0	226	4	8.39	4.86	1.72	0.84	22.1	12.8	1.25	.234	3.69	6.37
10	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	49	2026	LAA	31	3	3	.500	0	4.42	0	0	2	36.2	20	18	20	3	28	6	12	3	164	1	12.03	6.87	1.75	0.74	29.9	17.1	1.31	.218	4.91	4.91
11	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	49	2026	SDP	38	6	1	.857	0	3.43	0	0	1	42.0	35	16	17	2	7	2	5	0	168	0	10.50	1.50	7.00	0.43	29.2	4.2	1.00	.306	3.64	7.50
12	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	48	2026	PIT	34	5	2	.714	0	3.89	0	0	1	44.0	31	19	22	4	25	8	8	8	192	3	9.82	5.11	1.92	0.82	25.0	13.0	1.27	.252	4.50	6.34
13	Hogan Harris H. Harris	47	2026	ATH	41	3	0	1.000	0	3.58	0	0	6	37.2	35	15	16	4	25	3	10	2	174	0	11.23	5.97	1.88	0.96	27.0	14.4	1.59	.326	3.82	8.36
14	Spencer Miles S. Miles	46	2026	TOR	21	3	0	1.000	0	2.20	0	0	0	45.0	31	11	13	3	13	0	5	0	178	1	9.20	2.60	3.54	0.60	25.8	7.3	0.98	.241	2.60	6.20
15	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	46	2026	NYY	38	4	2	.667	0	2.08	0	0	1	34.2	22	8	9	2	20	2	3	1	144	2	11.94	5.19	2.30	0.52	31.9	13.9	1.21	.270	2.34	5.71
16	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	46	2026	SEA	32	3	4	.429	0	4.91	0	0	15	29.1	26	16	17	4	13	1	24	0	129	1	14.11	3.99	3.54	1.23	35.7	10.1	1.33	.338	5.22	7.98
17	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	45	2026	NYM	14	1	1	.500	0	5.02	0	0	0	43.0	45	24	25	5	17	4	6	0	192	1	9.42	3.56	2.65	1.05	23.4	8.9	1.44	.331	5.23	9.42
18	Sean Newcomb S. Newcomb	44	2026	CWS	30	0	1	.000	0	2.70	0	0	2	46.2	35	14	15	1	14	5	4	2	187	0	8.49	2.70	3.14	0.19	23.5	7.5	1.05	.276	2.89	6.75
19	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	44	2026	PHI	29	1	3	.250	0	1.63	0	0	20	27.2	21	5	6	1	5	0	28	0	106	2	14.31	1.63	8.80	0.33	41.5	4.7	0.94	.357	1.95	6.83
20	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	43	2026	MIA	33	1	1	.500	0	3.09	0	0	1	35.0	23	12	14	2	13	2	4	1	141	0	11.06	3.34	3.31	0.51	30.5	9.2	1.03	.259	3.60	5.91
21	Luis Medina L. Medina	43	2026	ATH	26	1	1	.500	0	4.29	0	0	0	35.2	35	17	21	4	19	1	9	1	159	2	10.85	4.79	2.26	1.01	27.0	11.9	1.51	.337	5.30	8.83
22	Evan Sisk E. Sisk	42	2026	PIT	30	1	0	1.000	0	1.80	0	0	0	35.0	28	7	7	2	12	5	5	0	144	1	10.80	3.09	3.50	0.51	29.2	8.3	1.14	.313	1.80	7.20
23	Dylan Lee D. Lee	42	2026	ATL	37	4	0	1.000	0	0.99	0	0	0	36.1	18	4	5	1	5	0	1	0	132	0	10.40	1.24	8.40	0.25	31.8	3.8	0.63	.202	1.24	4.46
24	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	42	2026	NYY	40	4	1	.800	0	1.62	0	0	0	39.0	32	7	8	2	16	0	3	1	162	2	9.69	3.69	2.63	0.46	25.9	9.9	1.23	.294	1.85	7.38
25	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	41	2026	CLE	27	2	1	.667	0	2.86	0	0	0	22.0	10	7	7	1	14	0	1	0	90	4	16.77	5.73	2.93	0.41	45.6	15.6	1.09	.265	2.86	4.09

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14

Machado

RBI

43

Machado

AVG

.285

Tatis

Team Pitching Leaders

6

Vásquez

78

King

ERA

1.77

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Team Rankings

23rd

316

30th

663

20th

ERA

3.82

9th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	52	30	.634
Padres	43	37	.538	8.0
Diamondbacks	41	40	.506	10.5
Giants	33	48	.407	18.5
Rockies	32	50	.390	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/27	LAD	@	SDP	8:40 PM
Sun 6/28	LAD	@	SDP	4:10 PM
Mon 6/29	SDP	@	CHC	8:05 PM
Tue 6/30	SDP	@	CHC	8:05 PM
Wed 7/1	SDP	@	CHC	2:20 PM

Last Game

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52 - 30

Final

Padres

43 - 37

Fri 26 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

29

Schwarber

25

Alvarez

25

Buxton

RBI Leaders

64

Kurtz

58

Pages

58

Dingler

Batting Average Leaders

.335

Lopez

.334

Díaz

.327

Lee

Hit Leaders

107

Lopez

97

Díaz

97

Arraez

Run Leaders

70

Wood

58

Kurtz

58

Turang

OBP Leaders

.427

Alvarez

.426

Kurtz

.416

Díaz

SLG Leaders

.619

Alvarez

.590

Schwarber

.588

Buxton

SB Leaders

31

Nuñez

28

Witt

24

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

10

Ashby

9

Misiorowski

9

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

146

Misiorowski

128

Cease

127

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.45

Misiorowski

1.62

Schlittler

2.00

Burns

WHIP Leaders

0.77

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.88

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Cease

13.27

Misiorowski

11.03

Skenes

K/BB Leaders

6.05

Sánchez

5.93

Rasmussen

5.90

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

15

Rasmussen

17

Yamamoto

17

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,556.2

Ohtani

1,157.5

Wood

1,147.6

Kurtz

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,065.5

Ohtani

862

Wood

846

Kurtz

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51-32

47-32

47-34

46-34

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Worst Record ATS

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32-50

34-48

35-46

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	49	31	.613
Phillies	46	36	.561	4.0
Marlins	43	39	.524	7.0
Nationals	41	42	.494	9.5
Mets	34	48	.415	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	50	29	.633
Cubs	44	38	.537	7.5
Cardinals	42	37	.532	8.0
Pirates	41	41	.500	10.5
Reds	38	42	.475	12.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	52	30	.634
Padres	43	37	.538	8.0
Diamondbacks	41	40	.506	10.5
Giants	33	48	.407	18.5
Rockies	32	50	.390	20.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	48	34	.585
Rays	46	33	.582	0.5
Blue Jays	39	44	.470	9.5
Orioles	39	44	.470	9.5
Red Sox	35	46	.432	12.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	43	38	.531
Guardians	42	40	.512	1.5
Twins	39	44	.470	5.0
Tigers	35	48	.422	9.0
Royals	34	50	.405	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	42	41	.506
Rangers	41	42	.494	1.0
Athletics	40	42	.488	1.5
Astros	41	44	.482	2.0
Angels	34	49	.410	8.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 6/12	MIA	@	PIT	8-3
Fri 6/12	SEA	@	WSH	10-2
Fri 6/12	SDP	@	BAL	3-7
Fri 6/12	TEX	@	BOS	1-10
Fri 6/12	ATL	@	NYM	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/27	WSH	@	BAL	7:05 PM
Sat 6/27	CHC	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sat 6/27	SEA	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sat 6/27	COL	@	MIN	7:10 PM
Sat 6/27	MIA	@	STL	7:15 PM

Mason Miller has struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 66 strikeouts.

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