which new york yankee relief pitcher has the most strikeout

Fernando Cruz has fanned the most batters by a Yankees relief pitcher this season, with 37 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
Which new york yankee relief pitcher has the most strikeout this regular season?
NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Fernando Cruz
F. Cruz
37
2026
32
3
1
.750
0
1.84
0
0
1
29.1
19
6
7
2
15
2
2
1
120
2
11.35
4.60
2.47
0.61
30.8
12.5
1.16
.266
2.15
5.83
2Brent Headrick
B. Headrick
35
2026
32
4
1
.800
0
2.03
0
0
0
31.0
28
7
8
2
13
0
3
1
132
1
10.16
3.77
2.69
0.58
26.5
9.8
1.32
.317
2.32
8.13
3David Bednar
D. Bednar
33
2026
27
2
3
.400
0
3.90
0
0
13
27.2
27
12
15
2
12
1
25
1
123
0
10.73
3.90
2.75
0.65
26.8
9.8
1.41
.333
4.88
8.78
4Jake Bird
J. Bird
22
2026
24
1
1
.500
0
4.74
0
0
0
19.0
20
10
10
2
7
3
2
0
85
0
10.42
3.32
3.14
0.95
25.9
8.2
1.42
.353
4.74
9.47
5Paul Blackburn
P. Blackburn
21
2026
19
2
1
.667
0
3.07
0
0
0
29.1
30
10
11
2
9
0
10
0
122
0
6.44
2.76
2.33
0.61
17.2
7.4
1.33
.311
3.38
9.20
6Camilo Doval
C. Doval
21
2026
29
2
0
1.000
0
5.47
0
0
1
24.2
25
15
15
4
4
0
6
0
103
2
7.66
1.46
5.25
1.46
20.4
3.9
1.18
.284
5.47
9.12
7Ryan Yarbrough
R. Yarbrough
16
2026
13
0
0
0
3.38
0
0
1
21.1
15
8
8
1
9
2
10
1
90
0
6.75
3.80
1.78
0.42
17.8
10.0
1.13
.226
3.38
6.33
8Tim Hill
T. Hill
13
2026
32
3
2
.600
0
4.10
0
0
0
26.1
26
12
14
3
6
2
5
1
111
0
4.44
2.05
2.17
1.03
11.7
5.4
1.22
.264
4.78
8.89
9Yerry De los Santos
Y. De los Santos
6
2026
2
0
0
0
1.69
0
0
0
5.1
4
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
21
0
10.13
5.06
2.00
1.69
28.6
14.3
1.31
.273
1.69
6.75
10Yovanny Cruz
Y. Cruz
3
2026
2
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
2.1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
9
0
11.57
0.00
0.00
33.3
0.0
0.43
.200
0.00
3.86
11Angel Chivilli
A. Chivilli
3
2026
2
0
0
0
3.86
0
0
0
2.1
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
0
13
0
11.57
11.57
1.00
3.86
23.1
23.1
2.14
.200
3.86
7.71
12Kervin Castro
K. Castro
2
2026
1
0
0
0
4.50
0
0
0
2.0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
8
0
9.00
0.00
0.00
25.0
0.0
1.00
.333
4.50
9.00
13Brendan Beck
B. Beck
1
2026
1
0
0
0
6.00
0
0
0
3.0
2
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
13
0
3.00
9.00
0.33
3.00
7.7
23.1
1.67
.125
6.00
6.00
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