what starting pitchers have the most strikeouts per innings pitched in 2026

Juan Mejia has the most strikeouts per inning pitched by a starting pitcher in a season this year, with 3.

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	NAME	SO/IP	SO	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	Juan Mejia J. Mejia	3	2	0.2	2026	COL	1	0	0		1	27.00	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	27.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	4.50	1.000	27.00	40.50
2	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	2.33	7	3.0	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	12.00	0	0	0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	18	0	21.00	3.00	7.00	3.00	38.9	5.6	2.67	.667	12.00	21.00
3	Steven Cruz S. Cruz	2.14	5	2.1	2026	KCR	2	0	0		2	3.86	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	19.29	3.86	5.00	3.86	55.6	11.1	0.86	.000	3.86	3.86
4	Trevor Williams T. Williams	2	2	1.0	2026	TEX	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	66.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
5	Erik Miller E. Miller	2	2	1.0	2026	BOS	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	2	0	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
6	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	2	4	2.0	2026	PIT	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	18.00	4.50	4.00	0.00	50.0	12.5	1.00	.333	0.00	4.50
7	Tanner Banks T. Banks	2	2	1.0	2026	PHI	1	0	1	.000	1	9.00	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	18.00	18.00	1.00	0.00	33.3	33.3	3.00	.500	9.00	9.00
8	Lyon Richardson L. Richardson	2	2	1.0	2026	CIN	1	0	1	.000	1	36.00	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	7	0	18.00	18.00	1.00	9.00	28.6	28.6	3.00	.000	36.00	9.00
9	Tyler Samaniego T. Samaniego	2	2	1.0	2026	BOS	1	0	1	.000	1	36.00	0	0	0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	22.2	0.0	6.00	.857	36.00	54.00
10	Keegan Akin K. Akin	2	4	2.0	2026	BAL	2	0	0		2	4.50	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	18.00	0.00		4.50	57.1	0.0	0.50	.000	4.50	4.50
11	Jovani Morán J. Morán	2	6	3.0	2026	BOS	3	0	2	.000	3	15.00	0	0	0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	18	0	18.00	6.00	3.00	6.00	33.3	11.1	3.00	.625	15.00	21.00
12	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	1.91	7	3.2	2026	BAL	1	0	0		1	2.45	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	17	0	17.18	4.91	3.50	2.45	41.2	11.8	1.64	.429	2.45	9.82
13	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	1.71	4	2.1	2026	MIL	1	0	0		1	7.71	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	15.43	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	1.29	.500	7.71	11.57
14	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	1.6	8	5.0	2026	PIT	5	0	0		5	0.00	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	14.40	5.40	2.67	0.00	38.1	14.3	1.20	.300	0.00	5.40
15	José Suarez J. Suarez	1.6	8	5.0	2026	TOT	2	0	1	.000	2	7.20	0	0	0	5	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	22	0	14.40	5.40	2.67	0.00	36.4	13.6	1.60	.455	7.20	9.00
16	Riley Cornelio R. Cornelio	1.57	12	7.2	2026	WSH	3	0	0		3	0.00	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	28	0	14.09	4.70	3.00	0.00	42.9	14.3	0.78	.167	0.00	2.35
17	Jack Ralston J. Ralston	1.5	2	1.1	2026	MIA	1	0	1	.000	1	20.25	0	0	0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	1	13.50	6.75	2.00	6.75	25.0	12.5	3.00	.500	20.25	20.25
18	Hagen Smith H. Smith	1.5	3	2.0	2026	CWS	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	1.00	.400	0.00	9.00
19	Bryan King B. King	1.5	1	0.2	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	13.50	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	13.50	27.00	0.50	0.00	25.0	50.0	3.00	.000	13.50	0.00
20	Danny Young D. Young	1.5	1	0.2	2026	ATL	1	0	0		1	13.50	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	13.50	27.00	0.50	0.00	20.0	40.0	4.50	.500	13.50	13.50
21	Jack Dreyer J. Dreyer	1.5	6	4.0	2026	LAD	3	0	0		3	4.50	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	0	13.50	2.25	6.00	0.00	40.0	6.7	1.00	.375	4.50	6.75
22	Cionel Pérez C. Pérez	1.5	3	2.0	2026	NYM	2	0	0		2	0.00	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	1.00	.400	0.00	9.00
23	Tyler Gilbert T. Gilbert	1.5	1	0.2	2026	CWS	1	0	0		1	13.50	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	3.00	.667	13.50	27.00
24	Sammy Peralta S. Peralta	1.5	1	0.2	2026	COL	1	0	1	.000	1	27.00	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	7	0	13.50	27.00	0.50	0.00	14.3	28.6	6.00	.667	27.00	27.00
25	Steven Okert S. Okert	1.5	1	0.2	2026	HOU	1	0	0		1	13.50	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	13.50	13.50	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	6.00	.750	13.50	40.50

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