which relief pitchers leads in strikeouts

Mason Miller has fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 99 strikeouts.

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Which relief pitchers leads in strikeouts this regular season?

	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	Mason Miller M. Miller	99	2026	SDP	52	4	1	.800	0	0.83	0	0	32	54.1	24	5	7	0	19	2	46	1	205	5	16.40	3.15	5.21	0.00	48.3	9.3	0.79	.282	1.16	3.98
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	97	2026	MIL	59	13	2	.867	0	3.10	0	0	2	69.2	61	24	29	5	36	2	7	1	305	8	12.53	4.65	2.69	0.65	31.8	11.8	1.39	.339	3.75	7.88
3	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	85	2026	TOT	58	6	8	.429	0	3.76	0	0	5	55.0	53	23	30	4	24	6	20	4	248	4	13.91	3.93	3.54	0.65	34.3	9.7	1.40	.380	4.91	8.67
4	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	84	2026	CWS	46	6	2	.750	0	2.29	0	0	7	63.0	47	16	22	4	24	1	15	0	258	4	12.00	3.43	3.50	0.57	32.6	9.3	1.13	.297	3.14	6.71
5	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	84	2026	SDP	59	9	2	.818	0	2.74	0	0	2	69.0	55	21	25	4	19	4	8	4	282	1	10.96	2.48	4.42	0.52	29.8	6.7	1.07	.298	3.26	7.17
6	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	83	2026	NYY	67	7	2	.778	0	1.49	0	0	0	66.1	55	11	12	3	20	0	7	1	270	3	11.26	2.71	4.15	0.41	30.7	7.4	1.13	.317	1.63	7.46
7	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	82	2026	TOT	52	4	4	.500	0	4.06	0	0	4	57.2	39	26	29	7	36	9	18	4	256	2	12.80	5.62	2.28	1.09	32.0	14.1	1.30	.262	4.53	6.09
8	Louis Varland L. Varland	82	2026	TOR	60	5	4	.556	0	1.22	0	0	29	66.1	47	9	18	2	18	0	42	1	258	3	11.13	2.44	4.56	0.27	31.8	7.0	0.98	.288	2.44	6.38
9	Cade Smith C. Smith	81	2026	CLE	55	3	1	.750	0	2.33	0	0	33	58.0	44	15	19	5	20	1	47	1	238	6	12.57	3.10	4.05	0.78	34.0	8.4	1.10	.298	2.95	6.83
10	AJ Blubaugh	81	2026	HOU	49	4	2	.667	0	3.29	0	0	1	79.1	60	29	31	10	33	2	8	0	328	7	9.19	3.74	2.45	1.13	24.7	10.1	1.17	.248	3.52	6.81
11	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	78	2026	PIT	51	6	4	.600	0	3.29	0	0	1	68.1	49	25	29	4	41	11	11	9	298	7	10.27	5.40	1.90	0.53	26.2	13.8	1.32	.274	3.82	6.45
12	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	76	2026	PIT	48	5	3	.625	0	3.69	0	0	5	46.1	33	19	20	5	18	0	15	2	192	2	14.76	3.50	4.22	0.97	39.6	9.4	1.10	.301	3.88	6.41
13	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	75	2026	SEA	50	5	5	.500	0	4.37	0	0	23	47.1	39	23	25	7	18	1	39	0	199	2	14.26	3.42	4.17	1.33	37.7	9.0	1.20	.327	4.75	7.42
14	Hogan Harris H. Harris	73	2026	ATH	59	3	2	.600	0	3.72	0	0	12	55.2	51	23	25	6	35	5	20	2	256	2	11.80	5.66	2.09	0.97	28.5	13.7	1.54	.328	4.04	8.25
15	Dylan Lee D. Lee	72	2026	ATL	60	5	0	1.000	0	2.02	0	0	0	58.0	30	13	15	3	14	0	2	1	216	0	11.17	2.17	5.14	0.47	33.3	6.5	0.76	.213	2.33	4.66
16	Luis Medina L. Medina	68	2026	ATH	43	5	3	.625	0	3.86	0	0	0	56.0	54	24	29	7	31	3	13	2	250	3	10.93	4.98	2.19	1.13	27.2	12.4	1.52	.333	4.66	8.68
17	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	67	2026	NYY	60	4	6	.400	0	2.85	0	0	2	53.2	40	17	21	6	31	2	9	2	229	4	11.24	5.20	2.16	1.01	29.3	13.5	1.32	.276	3.52	6.71
18	Gregory Soto G. Soto	67	2026	PIT	55	5	4	.556	0	3.44	0	0	14	55.0	40	21	25	5	23	4	25	2	231	7	10.96	3.76	2.91	0.82	29.0	10.0	1.15	.265	4.09	6.55
19	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	66	2026	ATL	45	5	1	.833	0	2.06	0	0	2	52.1	38	12	12	3	14	2	7	1	208	0	11.35	2.41	4.71	0.52	31.7	6.7	0.99	.285	2.06	6.54
20	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	66	2026	DET	38	4	4	.500	0	4.63	0	0	2	56.1	55	29	32	9	20	4	9	1	246	4	10.54	3.20	3.30	1.44	26.8	8.1	1.33	.313	5.11	8.79
21	David Bednar D. Bednar	65	2026	NYY	53	6	3	.667	0	2.35	0	0	30	57.1	39	15	19	3	18	2	48	2	231	1	10.20	2.83	3.61	0.47	28.1	7.8	0.99	.252	2.98	6.12
22	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	65	2026	PHI	49	1	4	.200	0	1.75	0	0	28	46.1	40	9	10	1	8	3	44	0	185	2	12.63	1.55	8.13	0.19	35.1	4.3	1.04	.361	1.94	7.77
23	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	64	2026	MIA	53	3	3	.500	0	3.52	0	0	1	53.2	36	21	23	5	23	3	4	1	218	1	10.73	3.86	2.78	0.84	29.4	10.6	1.10	.252	3.86	6.04
24	Spencer Miles S. Miles	64	2026	TOR	36	5	0	1.000	0	1.76	0	0	1	66.1	48	13	15	3	17	1	8	1	260	1	8.68	2.31	3.76	0.41	24.6	6.5	0.98	.257	2.04	6.51
25	Tanner Scott T. Scott	64	2026	LAD	56	1	3	.250	0	2.24	0	0	19	52.1	36	13	13	4	11	1	26	3	200	1	11.01	1.89	5.82	0.69	32.0	5.5	0.90	.267	2.24	6.19

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Mon 8/24	PIT	@	SDP	9:40 PM
Tue 8/25	PIT	@	SDP	9:40 PM
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SB Leaders

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Simpson

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Gray

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Mason Miller has fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 99 strikeouts.

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