Joey Gerber and José Buttó are tied for the highest K/9 by a relief pitcher this season, with 22.50 per nine innings.

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strikeouts per 9 leaders relievers 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
1	Joey Gerber J. Gerber	22.50	2026	NYM	1	0	0		0	0.00	5	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	0	4.50	5.00	0.00	55.6	11.1	1.50	.667	0.00	9.00
2	José Buttó J. Buttó	22.50	2026	SFG	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
3	Alec Gamboa A. Gamboa	18.00	2026	BOS	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00		0.00	66.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Tayler Saucedo T. Saucedo	18.00	2026	LAA	2	0	0		0	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0.00		0.00	50.0	0.0	0.00	.000	9.00	0.00
5	Mason Miller M. Miller	17.87	2026	SDP	22	1	1	.500	0	0.79	45	0	0	15	22.2	10	2	3	0	9	0	20	0	87	3	3.57	5.00	0.00	51.7	10.3	0.84	.303	1.19	3.97
6	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	16.71	2026	CLE	25	2	1	.667	0	1.71	39	0	0	0	21.0	7	4	4	1	13	0	1	0	83	3	5.57	3.00	0.43	47.0	15.7	0.95	.200	1.71	3.00
7	Carl Edwards Jr. C. Edwards Jr.	16.50	2026	NYM	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
8	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	15.43	2026	SEA	1	0	1	.000	0	7.71	4	0	0	0	2.1	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	11	0	7.71	2.00	0.00	36.4	18.2	1.29	.250	7.71	3.86
9	Jared Koenig J. Koenig	15.43	2026	MIL	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
10	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	15.43	2026	SEA	20	3	3	.500	0	4.82	32	0	0	8	18.2	18	10	11	3	7	0	15	0	81	1	3.38	4.57	1.45	39.5	8.6	1.34	.385	5.30	8.68
11	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	15.14	2026	TOR	24	2	3	.400	0	5.32	37	0	0	4	22.0	29	13	16	3	8	2	14	3	105	1	3.27	4.63	1.23	35.2	7.6	1.68	.473	6.55	11.86
12	Luis Mey L. Mey	15.12	2026	CIN	6	0	0		0	5.40	14	0	0	0	8.1	6	5	5	2	7	2	0	0	40	2	7.56	2.00	2.16	35.0	17.5	1.56	.267	5.40	6.48
13	Paul Gervase P. Gervase	15.00	2026	LAD	1	0	0		0	3.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	14	0	3.00	5.00	0.00	35.7	7.1	1.67	.500	3.00	12.00
14	Eric Cerantola E. Cerantola	15.00	2026	KCR	2	0	0		0	9.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	2	3	3	1	4	0	1	0	14	0	12.00	1.25	3.00	35.7	28.6	2.00	.250	9.00	6.00
15	Alan Rangel A. Rangel	15.00	2026	PHI	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
16	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	15.00	2026	LAD	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
17	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	14.92	2026	PHI	13	1	1	.500	0	1.42	21	0	0	8	12.2	8	2	3	0	5	0	12	0	50	1	3.55	4.20	0.00	42.0	10.0	1.03	.333	2.13	5.68
18	Brendon Little B. Little	14.73	2026	TOR	5	0	2	.000	0	24.55	6	0	0	0	3.2	10	10	11	3	3	0	1	1	24	0	7.36	2.00	7.36	25.0	12.5	3.55	.583	27.00	24.55
19	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	14.61	2026	CWS	15	1	0	1.000	0	2.21	33	0	0	1	20.1	20	5	8	0	8	0	2	0	89	1	3.54	4.13	0.00	37.1	9.0	1.38	.417	3.54	8.85
20	Pete Fairbanks P. Fairbanks	14.40	2026	MIA	11	1	2	.333	0	7.20	16	0	0	5	10.0	8	8	9	1	4	1	8	1	43	0	3.60	4.00	0.90	37.2	9.3	1.20	.333	8.10	7.20
21	Ryan Fernandez R. Fernandez	14.29	2026	STL	4	1	0	1.000	0	1.59	9	0	0	0	5.2	7	1	3	0	2	0	3	0	26	0	3.18	4.50	0.00	34.6	7.7	1.59	.467	4.76	11.12
22	Garrett Cleavinger G. Cleavinger	14.04	2026	TBR	11	1	1	.500	0	5.40	13	0	0	1	8.1	11	5	6	1	6	1	1	1	42	1	6.48	2.17	1.08	31.0	14.3	2.04	.476	6.48	11.88
23	Grant Wolfram G. Wolfram	13.85	2026	BAL	16	1	1	.500	0	4.85	20	0	0	0	13.0	19	7	10	0	1	3	0	1	62	0	0.69	20.00	0.00	32.3	1.6	1.54	.500	6.92	13.15
24	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	13.83	2026	MIL	21	8	0	1.000	0	2.30	42	0	0	0	27.1	24	7	8	1	16	0	1	1	118	3	5.27	2.63	0.33	35.6	13.6	1.46	.390	2.63	7.90
25	Kirby Yates K. Yates	13.50	2026	LAA	6	0	0		0	5.06	8	0	0	0	5.1	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	25	0	5.06	2.67	1.69	32.0	12.0	1.31	.250	5.06	6.75

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