which pitcher had the most pitcher strikeouts vs kc this season

Framber Valdez has struck out the most hitters versus the Royals this season, with 12 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	12	2025	HOU	2	0	1	.000	2	1.69	1	0	0	16.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	58	0	6.75	1.69	4.00	0.56	20.7	5.2	0.75	.195	1.69	5.06
2	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	11	2025	DET	2	0	0		2	1.50	0	0	0	12.0	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	44	0	8.25	0.75	11.00	0.00	25.0	2.3	0.83	.281	1.50	6.75
3	Max Fried M. Fried	11	2025	NYY	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.63	0	0	0	13.2	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	54	0	7.24	1.32	5.50	1.32	20.4	3.7	0.95	.231	2.63	7.24
4	Pablo López P. López	11	2025	MIN	2	0	0		2	0.87	0	0	0	10.1	10	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	45	0	9.58	0.87	11.00	0.00	24.4	2.2	1.06	.323	1.74	8.71
5	Shane Baz S. Baz	10	2025	TBR	2	1	1	.500	2	4.61	0	0	0	13.2	12	7	7	1	4	0	0	0	55	0	6.59	2.63	2.50	0.66	18.2	7.3	1.17	.275	4.61	7.90
6	Luis L. Ortiz L. L. Ortiz	10	2025	CLE	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.59	0	0	0	5.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	20	0	15.88	3.18	5.00	1.59	50.0	10.0	0.53	.000	1.59	1.59
7	Jacob Lopez J. Lopez	9	2025	ATH	1	1	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	23	0	13.50	1.50	9.00	0.00	39.1	4.3	0.67	.250	0.00	4.50
8	Zebby Matthews Z. Matthews	9	2025	MIN	1	0	0		1	4.50	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	18	0	20.25	2.25	9.00	0.00	50.0	5.6	1.50	.625	4.50	11.25
9	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	9	2025	BOS	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	11.57	1.29	9.00	0.00	31.0	3.4	1.14	.368	1.29	9.00
10	Davis Martin D. Martin	9	2025	CWS	2	0	1	.000	2	5.23	0	0	0	10.1	12	6	6	2	1	1	0	0	44	0	7.84	0.87	9.00	1.74	20.5	2.3	1.26	.323	5.23	10.45
11	Hunter Brown H. Brown	9	2025	HOU	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.50	0	0	0	6.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	24	0	13.50	1.50	9.00	0.00	37.5	4.2	1.33	.500	1.50	10.50
12	Clarke Schmidt C. Schmidt	9	2025	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.31	0	0	0	11.2	6	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	45	0	6.94	3.86	1.80	0.00	20.0	11.1	0.94	.194	2.31	4.63
13	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	8	2025	TBR	2	1	1	.500	2	2.70	0	0	0	10.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	39	0	7.20	2.70	2.67	0.90	20.5	7.7	1.10	.259	2.70	7.20
14	Tomoyuki Sugano T. Sugano	8	2025	BAL	2	1	1	.500	2	2.38	0	0	0	11.1	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	46	1	6.35	2.38	2.67	1.59	17.4	6.5	1.06	.219	2.38	7.15
15	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	8	2025	MIL	1	0	0		1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	30.8	0.0	0.25	.111	1.13	2.25
16	Ben Lively B. Lively	8	2025	CLE	2	0	1	.000	2	5.73	0	0	0	11.0	11	7	7	2	2	0	0	0	43	0	6.55	1.64	4.00	1.64	18.6	4.7	1.18	.290	5.73	9.00
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	7	2025	SFG	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	0	9.00	1.29	7.00	0.00	26.9	3.8	1.00	.333	0.00	7.71
18	Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	7	2025	STL	2	0	1	.000	2	7.20	0	0	0	10.0	14	8	8	2	2	1	0	0	47	0	6.30	1.80	3.50	1.80	14.9	4.3	1.60	.343	7.20	12.60
19	Casey Mize C. Mize	7	2025	DET	2	1	0	1.000	2	3.48	0	0	0	10.1	12	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	47	0	6.10	2.61	2.33	1.74	14.9	6.4	1.45	.286	3.48	10.45
20	Bailey Ober B. Ober	7	2025	MIN	2	0	0		2	1.42	0	0	0	12.2	12	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	51	0	4.97	1.42	3.50	0.00	13.7	3.9	1.11	.286	1.42	8.53
21	Adrian Houser A. Houser	6	2025	CWS	1	1	0	1.000	1	1.50	0	0	0	6.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	23	1	9.00	1.50	6.00	1.50	26.1	4.3	1.17	.333	1.50	9.00
22	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	6	2025	STL	2	1	0	1.000	2	2.25	0	0	0	12.0	10	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	48	0	4.50	2.25	2.00	0.75	12.5	6.3	1.08	.237	2.25	7.50
23	Andre Pallante A. Pallante	6	2025	STL	2	1	0	1.000	2	7.15	0	0	0	11.1	14	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	48	1	4.76	0.00		2.38	12.5	0.0	1.24	.282	7.15	11.12
24	Hunter Dobbins H. Dobbins	6	2025	BOS	1	0	0		1	0.00	0	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	27.3	0.0	0.83	.313	0.00	7.50
25	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	6	2025	TBR	2	1	1	.500	2	1.32	0	0	0	13.2	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	50	0	3.95	2.63	1.50	0.00	12.0	8.0	0.80	.175	1.32	4.61