which pitcher has the most career innings pitched in the playoffs after 2019

Since 2020, Framber Valdez has pitched the most innings in the postseason, with 85 innings.

	NAME	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	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	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	85.0	17	7	6	.538	16	4.34	95	0	0	0	82	41	45	14	34	4	1	0	360	0	10.06	3.60	2.79	1.48	26.4	9.4	1.36	.319	4.76	8.68
2	Blake Snell B. Snell	77.1	15	7	4	.636	14	3.38	95	0	0	0	55	29	29	9	36	1	0	0	311	5	11.06	4.19	2.64	1.05	30.5	11.6	1.18	.271	3.38	6.40
3	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	70.1	12	4	3	.571	11	2.18	77	0	0	0	37	17	19	5	14	5	0	0	264	1	9.85	1.79	5.50	0.64	29.2	5.3	0.73	.196	2.43	4.73
4	Max Fried M. Fried	70.0	14	2	6	.250	14	5.14	66	0	0	0	88	40	42	10	19	2	0	0	314	3	8.49	2.44	3.47	1.29	21.0	6.1	1.53	.359	5.40	11.31
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	67.2	12	5	2	.714	12	2.93	78	0	0	0	59	22	30	10	20	3	0	1	287	1	10.37	2.66	3.90	1.33	27.2	7.0	1.17	.278	3.99	7.85
6	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	60.0	14	2	4	.333	11	4.05	78	0	0	1	49	27	30	10	33	0	1	0	259	7	11.70	4.95	2.36	1.50	30.1	12.7	1.37	.283	4.50	7.35
7	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	58.1	13	3	3	.500	12	3.24	70	0	0	1	52	21	23	6	26	1	1	1	250	2	10.80	4.01	2.69	0.93	28.0	10.4	1.34	.313	3.55	8.02
8	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	57.1	11	7	2	.778	10	3.61	66	0	0	0	50	23	23	5	15	1	0	3	240	0	10.36	2.35	4.40	0.78	27.5	6.3	1.13	.294	3.61	7.85
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	56.0	10	7	1	.875	9	2.25	48	2	0	0	35	14	16	5	12	4	1	0	218	1	7.71	1.93	4.00	0.80	22.0	5.5	0.84	.201	2.57	5.63
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	55.2	11	5	4	.556	11	3.88	61	0	0	0	53	24	25	8	11	3	0	0	231	0	9.86	1.78	5.55	1.29	26.4	4.8	1.15	.304	4.04	8.57
11	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	46.1	10	2	5	.286	8	4.08	45	0	0	0	29	21	21	6	18	0	1	3	185	0	8.74	3.50	2.50	1.17	24.3	9.7	1.01	.198	4.08	5.63
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	46.1	8	3	4	.429	8	2.91	37	0	0	0	35	15	15	10	11	5	0	1	182	1	7.19	2.14	3.36	1.94	20.3	6.0	0.99	.210	2.91	6.80
13	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	45.1	11	1	3	.250	10	4.76	45	0	0	1	40	24	24	11	16	2	1	1	189	3	8.93	3.18	2.81	2.18	23.8	8.5	1.24	.252	4.76	7.94
14	Cristian Javier C. Javier	43.2	17	6	2	.750	5	2.68	60	0	0	0	22	13	13	7	23	3	0	0	177	1	12.37	4.74	2.61	1.44	33.9	13.0	1.03	.179	2.68	4.53
15	Julio Urías J. Urías	43.0	11	6	1	.857	5	3.14	50	0	0	1	32	15	16	8	7	0	2	1	168	2	10.47	1.47	7.14	1.67	29.8	4.2	0.91	.233	3.35	6.70
16	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	42.2	11	4	1	.800	8	1.48	44	0	0	1	32	7	8	3	13	1	1	0	173	0	9.28	2.74	3.38	0.63	25.4	7.5	1.05	.259	1.69	6.75
17	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	40.2	8	1	3	.250	8	4.20	50	0	0	0	41	19	24	13	9	4	0	0	174	1	11.07	1.99	5.56	2.88	28.7	5.2	1.23	.286	5.31	9.07
18	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	40.0	10	1	4	.200	8	5.40	36	0	0	0	39	24	25	7	22	1	0	0	175	0	8.10	4.95	1.64	1.58	20.6	12.6	1.53	.294	5.63	8.78
19	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	39.2	6	2	1	.667	6	2.04	56	0	0	0	23	9	9	3	6	2	0	1	148	0	12.71	1.36	9.33	0.68	37.8	4.1	0.73	.247	2.04	5.22
20	Charlie Morton C. Morton	38.2	9	3	3	.500	9	3.49	48	0	0	0	33	15	16	4	16	4	0	0	169	2	11.17	3.72	3.00	0.93	28.4	9.5	1.27	.299	3.72	7.68
21	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	38.2	39	3	2	.600	0	3.72	42	0	0	5	37	16	16	2	11	2	10	2	165	2	9.78	2.56	3.82	0.47	25.5	6.7	1.24	.324	3.72	8.61
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	38.1	7	3	1	.750	7	4.46	39	0	0	0	39	19	19	6	14	2	0	0	166	0	9.16	3.29	2.79	1.41	23.5	8.4	1.38	.314	4.46	9.16
23	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	38.1	9	4	2	.667	7	5.40	43	0	0	0	41	23	24	8	9	0	0	1	158	1	10.10	2.11	4.78	1.88	27.2	5.7	1.30	.337	5.63	9.63
24	Jordan Montgomery J. Montgomery	37.2	8	3	1	.750	6	2.63	24	0	0	0	42	11	12	3	11	0	0	2	163	1	5.73	2.63	2.18	0.72	14.7	6.7	1.41	.312	2.87	10.04
25	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	36.2	8	3	2	.600	7	4.42	40	0	0	0	38	18	19	7	12	0	1	0	159	2	9.82	2.95	3.33	1.72	25.2	7.5	1.36	.310	4.66	9.33

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Astros	76	75	.503
Rangers	75	76	.497	1.0
Mariners	70	82	.461	6.5
Athletics	61	90	.404	15.0
Angels	58	93	.384	18.0

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Wed 9/16	KCR	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 9/17	KCR	@	HOU	7:15 PM
Fri 9/18	ATL	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Sat 9/19	ATL	@	HOU	7:10 PM
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Braves	89	63	.586
Phillies	83	68	.550	5.5
Marlins	75	77	.493	14.0
Nationals	71	81	.467	18.0
Mets	69	82	.457	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	94	57	.623
Cubs	84	68	.553	10.5
Pirates	75	76	.497	19.0
Cardinals	75	77	.493	19.5
Reds	70	81	.464	24.0
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Rays - x	91	59	.607
Yankees - x	88	63	.583	3.5
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Blue Jays	75	77	.493	17.0
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Twins	70	81	.464	7.0
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Astros	76	75	.503
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Athletics	61	90	.404	15.0
Angels	58	93	.384	18.0

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Tue 9/1	SFG	@	PIT	12-13
Tue 9/1	TOR	@	CLE	1-6
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Tue 9/1	ATL	@	WSH	5-9
Tue 9/1	SEA	@	BOS	9-6

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Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	1:10 PM
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