starting pitchers with a minimum of 8 starts with the most strikeouts per 9 the last 75 days

Between April 2, 2025 and June 16, 2025, Cole Ragans has the best K/9 by a starting pitcher when starting 8+ games, with 15.05 per nine innings.

NAME K/9 GS G W L W% 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
1 Cole Ragans
C. Ragans
15.05
9
9
2
3
.400
5.15
73
0
0
0
43.2
42
25
26
5
14
2
0
0
187
3
2.89
5.21
1.03
39.0
7.5
1.28
.398
5.36
8.66
2 Chris Sale
C. Sale
12.10
12
12
4
3
.571
2.42
95
0
0
0
70.2
63
19
21
6
24
5
0
0
295
2
3.06
3.96
0.76
32.2
8.1
1.23
.345
2.67
8.02
3 Tylor Megill
T. Megill
11.79
13
13
4
5
.444
4.12
83
0
0
0
63.1
57
29
36
6
32
7
0
0
286
2
4.55
2.59
0.85
29.0
11.2
1.41
.323
5.12
8.10
4 MacKenzie Gore
M. Gore
11.73
14
14
3
6
.333
3.10
106
0
0
0
81.1
76
28
28
10
23
3
0
0
336
5
2.55
4.61
1.11
31.5
6.8
1.22
.340
3.10
8.41
5 Will Warren
W. Warren
11.64
13
13
4
3
.571
4.97
75
0
0
0
58.0
56
32
34
5
25
1
0
0
257
2
3.88
3.00
0.78
29.2
9.7
1.40
.338
5.28
8.69
6 Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
11.50
13
13
7
1
.875
1.69
109
1
1
0
85.1
58
16
16
4
8
3
0
0
317
1
0.84
13.63
0.42
34.4
2.5
0.77
.280
1.69
6.12
7 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
11.23
13
13
2
5
.286
4.16
89
0
0
0
71.1
65
33
35
7
27
1
0
1
302
2
3.41
3.30
0.88
29.5
8.9
1.29
.326
4.42
8.20
8 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
11.20
13
13
7
2
.778
2.85
102
0
0
0
82.0
57
26
27
9
17
2
0
0
318
1
1.87
6.00
0.99
32.1
5.3
0.90
.255
2.96
6.26
9 Garrett Crochet
G. Crochet
11.14
14
14
6
4
.600
2.17
113
0
0
0
91.1
66
22
25
9
26
0
0
0
361
0
2.56
4.35
0.89
31.3
7.2
1.01
.268
2.46
6.50
10 Hunter Brown
H. Brown
11.03
13
13
8
2
.800
1.80
98
1
0
0
80.0
50
16
16
6
23
2
0
0
302
0
2.59
4.26
0.68
32.5
7.6
0.91
.254
1.80
5.63
11 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10.88
13
13
5
7
.417
4.09
85
0
0
0
70.1
55
32
33
13
26
1
0
0
288
0
3.33
3.27
1.66
29.5
9.0
1.15
.258
4.22
7.04
12 Hunter Greene
H. Greene
10.70
10
10
4
3
.571
2.63
65
0
0
0
54.2
41
16
16
8
13
2
0
0
218
1
2.14
5.00
1.32
29.8
6.0
0.99
.254
2.63
6.75
13 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
10.67
14
14
7
5
.583
3.09
100
0
0
0
84.1
53
29
32
9
30
2
0
0
334
2
3.20
3.33
0.96
29.9
9.0
0.98
.228
3.42
5.66
14 Grant Holmes
G. Holmes
10.53
13
13
3
5
.375
3.75
87
0
0
0
74.1
55
31
32
13
30
3
0
0
305
2
3.63
2.90
1.57
28.5
9.8
1.14
.244
3.87
6.66
15 Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
10.45
13
13
6
2
.750
3.73
84
0
0
0
72.1
60
30
32
9
22
1
0
0
297
0
2.74
3.82
1.12
28.3
7.4
1.13
.282
3.98
7.47
16 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
10.42
13
13
7
1
.875
2.37
88
0
0
0
76.0
55
20
22
4
32
0
0
0
307
4
3.79
2.75
0.47
28.7
10.4
1.14
.279
2.61
6.51
17 Ben Brown
B. Brown
10.35
11
11
2
4
.333
6.31
64
0
0
0
55.2
68
39
39
7
17
3
0
0
252
1
2.75
3.76
1.13
25.4
6.7
1.53
.379
6.31
10.99
18 Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
10.29
12
12
7
2
.778
2.83
80
0
0
0
70.0
47
22
23
9
15
7
0
0
275
0
1.93
5.33
1.16
29.1
5.5
0.89
.232
2.96
6.04
19 Logan Webb
L. Webb
10.28
13
13
5
5
.500
2.51
94
0
0
0
82.1
75
23
27
5
17
1
0
0
335
1
1.86
5.53
0.55
28.1
5.1
1.12
.321
2.95
8.20
20 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
10.23
9
9
3
5
.375
6.53
47
0
0
0
41.1
49
30
31
7
23
4
0
0
198
1
5.01
2.04
1.52
23.7
11.6
1.74
.359
6.75
10.67
21 Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
10.02
13
13
5
2
.714
4.28
82
0
0
0
73.2
81
35
38
5
22
1
0
0
315
1
2.69
3.73
0.61
26.0
7.0
1.40
.371
4.64
9.90
22 Luis L. Ortiz
L. L. Ortiz
10.01
13
13
3
7
.300
4.06
79
0
0
0
71.0
63
32
33
10
35
1
0
0
305
0
4.44
2.26
1.27
25.9
11.5
1.38
.294
4.18
7.99
23 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
10.01
12
12
5
5
.500
2.63
76
0
0
0
68.1
47
20
23
6
27
2
0
0
274
4
3.56
2.81
0.79
27.7
9.9
1.08
.252
3.03
6.19
24 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
9.98
13
13
6
4
.600
3.36
92
2
0
0
83.0
66
31
31
6
26
3
0
0
333
4
2.82
3.54
0.65
27.6
7.8
1.11
.291
3.36
7.16
25 Edward Cabrera
E. Cabrera
9.91
11
11
2
2
.500
4.10
58
0
0
0
52.2
54
24
26
7
23
2
0
0
232
3
3.93
2.52
1.20
25.0
9.9
1.46
.331
4.44
9.23
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HR

46

30th

R

237

29th

SO

583

16th

ERA

3.44

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
46
27
.630
Twins Twins
36
35
.507
9.0
Guardians Guardians
35
35
.500
9.5
Royals Royals
34
38
.472
11.5
White Sox White Sox
23
49
.319
22.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/17
KCR KCR
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Wed
6/18
KCR KCR
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Thu
6/19
KCR KCR
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Fri
6/20
KCR KCR
@
SDP SDP
9:40 PM
Sat
6/21
KCR KCR
@
SDP SDP
7:15 PM
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34 - 38

2

Final

3

ATH Athletics

29 - 44

Sun 15 Jun 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
42
28
.600
Rays Rays
39
32
.549
3.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
46
27
.630
Twins Twins
36
35
.507
9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
41
30
.577
Mariners Mariners
36
34
.514
4.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
45
27
.625
Phillies Phillies
42
29
.592
2.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
44
28
.611
Brewers Brewers
39
34
.534
5.5
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
43
29
.597
Giants Giants
41
31
.569
2.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
5/31
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
5-2
Sat
5/31
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
3-1
Sat
5/31
CWS CWS
@
BAL BAL
2-3
Sat
5/31
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
4-8
Sat
5/31
LAA LAA
@
CLE CLE
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/16
PHI PHI
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Mon
6/16
COL COL
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Mon
6/16
LAA LAA
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Mon
6/16
BAL BAL
@
TBR TBR
7:35 PM
Mon
6/16
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM