4 pitchers are tied for the best K/9 by a relief pitcher in a season this year, with 27.00 per nine innings. The first three are Eury Pérez, Clarke Schmidt and Joe La Sorsa.
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Pérez | 27.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 2 | | C. Schmidt | 27.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.00 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 27.00 | |||
| 3 | | 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 | ||||
| 4 | | 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 | ||
| 5 | | 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 | ||
| 6 | | A. Cornielle | 18.00 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.00 | 9.00 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 4.00 | .667 | 18.00 | 27.00 | ||
| 7 |  | R. Sasaki | 18.00 | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.67 | .400 | 0.00 | 6.00 | |||
| 8 | | T. Gonsolin | 16.88 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10.13 | 1.67 | 3.38 | 33.3 | 20.0 | 2.63 | .500 | 16.88 | 13.50 | ||
| 9 |  | M. Miller | 16.59 | 2026 | 66 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0 | 1.67 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 70.0 | 37 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 272 | 6 | 3.34 | 4.96 | 0.39 | 47.4 | 9.6 | 0.90 | .304 | 2.06 | 4.76 | |
| 10 | | 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 | ||
| 11 | | F. Bautista | 16.20 | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.40 | 3.00 | 5.40 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | .600 | 16.20 | 21.60 | ||
| 12 | | D. Espino | 15.88 | 2026 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 3.18 | 5.00 | 1.59 | 41.7 | 8.3 | 1.24 | .364 | 3.18 | 7.94 | ||
| 13 | | E. Sheehan | 15.19 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1.69 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 50.0 | 5.6 | 0.38 | .125 | 0.00 | 1.69 | ||
| 14 | | E. Sabrowski | 14.15 | 2026 | 60 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0 | 2.61 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.1 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 203 | 5 | 5.77 | 2.45 | 0.56 | 37.4 | 15.3 | 1.18 | .253 | 3.17 | 4.84 | |
| 15 | | S. Bivens | 14.09 | 2026 | TOT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 7.04 | 2.00 | 1.17 | 28.6 | 14.3 | 2.48 | .522 | 11.74 | 15.26 | |
| 16 | | D. Sommers | 14.07 | 2026 | 43 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 3.63 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 | 35 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 169 | 1 | 3.18 | 4.43 | 0.91 | 36.7 | 8.3 | 1.24 | .360 | 4.54 | 7.94 | |
| 17 | | B. Little | 13.98 | 2026 | 30 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 6.35 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 132 | 0 | 7.94 | 1.76 | 1.59 | 33.3 | 18.9 | 1.91 | .414 | 7.31 | 9.21 | |
| 18 |  | A. Muñoz | 13.97 | 2026 | 61 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 0 | 4.24 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 57.1 | 46 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 240 | 2 | 3.77 | 3.71 | 1.41 | 37.1 | 10.0 | 1.22 | .316 | 4.55 | 7.22 | |
| 19 | | J. Hoffman | 13.91 | 2026 | TOT | 71 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 0 | 3.55 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.0 | 57 | 26 | 33 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 292 | 4 | 4.09 | 3.40 | 0.55 | 34.9 | 10.3 | 1.32 | .356 | 4.50 | 7.77 |
| 20 | | M. Montgomery | 13.71 | 2026 | 65 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 0 | 3.11 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 63.2 | 42 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 257 | 2 | 3.25 | 4.22 | 0.85 | 37.7 | 8.9 | 1.02 | .277 | 3.25 | 5.94 | |
| 21 | | S. Natera Jr. | 13.64 | 2026 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 3.13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31.2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 131 | 3 | 3.69 | 3.69 | 0.28 | 36.6 | 9.9 | 1.11 | .313 | 3.13 | 6.25 | |
| 22 | | K. Harrison | 13.50 | 2026 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 13.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2.70 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 25.0 | 5.0 | 2.70 | .615 | 13.50 | 21.60 | |
| 23 | | M. Rodríguez | 13.50 | 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 10.80 | 1.25 | 1.35 | 28.6 | 22.9 | 2.10 | .333 | 4.05 | 8.10 | ||
| 24 | | J. Boyle | 13.50 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8.10 | 1.67 | 0.00 | 33.3 | 20.0 | 1.50 | .286 | 5.40 | 5.40 | ||
| 25 | | H. Waldrep | 13.50 | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 18.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 25.0 | 33.3 | 3.00 | .400 | 0.00 | 9.00 | ||
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