who has most strikeouts per nine this year for a relief pitcher

Clarke Schmidt, Joe La Sorsa and Yunior Marte are tied for the best K/9 by a relief pitcher this season, with 27.00 per nine innings.

Regular season

	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Clarke Schmidt C. Schmidt	27.00	2026	NYY	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00		0.00	50.0	0.0	3.00	1.000	0.00	27.00
2	Joe La Sorsa J. La Sorsa	27.00	2026	BOS	1	0	0		0	27.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.00		27.00	50.0	0.0	3.00		27.00	27.00
3	Yunior Marte Y. Marte	27.00	2026	CIN	1	0	0		0	108.00	1	0	0	0	0.1	3	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	6	0	27.00	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	12.00	1.000	108.00	81.00
4	José Buttó J. Buttó	22.50	2026	SFG	3	0	0		0	22.50	5	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	5	2	4	0	1	0	16	0	18.00	1.25	9.00	31.3	25.0	5.00	.800	22.50	27.00
5	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	18.00	2026	LAD	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.00		0.00	50.0	0.0	1.00	.500	0.00	9.00
6	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	18.00	2026	CLE	1	0	0		0	0.00	8	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	15	0	2.25	8.00	0.00	53.3	6.7	0.50	.200	0.00	2.25
7	Mason Miller M. Miller	16.65	2026	SDP	61	5	2	.714	0	1.12	119	0	0	37	64.1	32	8	11	2	23	2	53	1	246	5	3.22	5.17	0.28	48.4	9.3	0.85	.300	1.54	4.48
8	Daniel Espino D. Espino	16.55	2026	CLE	10	0	0		0	3.48	19	0	0	0	10.1	10	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	45	0	3.48	4.75	1.74	42.2	8.9	1.35	.400	3.48	8.71
9	Carl Edwards Jr. C. Edwards Jr.	16.50	2026	NYM	2	0	0		0	1.50	11	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	25	0	6.00	2.75	1.50	44.0	16.0	1.17	.222	1.50	4.50
10	Brendan Cellucci B. Cellucci	16.20	2026	TOR	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.00		0.00	60.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
11	Cooper Hjerpe C. Hjerpe	16.20	2026	STL	2	1	0	1.000	0	7.20	9	0	0	0	5.0	2	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	23	0	7.20	2.25	0.00	39.1	17.4	1.20	.250	7.20	3.60
12	Manuel Rodríguez M. Rodríguez	15.43	2026	TBR	4	0	0		0	3.86	8	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	2	1	4	1	0	1	24	0	7.71	2.00	1.93	33.3	16.7	1.93	.400	3.86	9.64
13	Ty Johnson T. Johnson	15.00	2026	TBR	4	0	0		0	6.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	15	1	9.00	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	2.00	.429	6.00	9.00
14	Spencer Bivens S. Bivens	14.40	2026	SFG	4	0	0		0	14.40	8	0	0	0	5.0	11	8	10	1	4	0	1	0	30	2	7.20	2.00	1.80	26.7	13.3	3.00	.588	18.00	19.80
15	Brendon Little B. Little	14.03	2026	TOR	27	0	3	.000	0	7.01	40	0	0	0	25.2	27	20	22	5	22	0	4	5	118	0	7.71	1.82	1.75	33.9	18.6	1.91	.431	7.71	9.47
16	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	13.99	2026	TOT	68	6	8	.429	0	3.53	99	0	0	5	63.2	57	25	32	4	26	6	22	4	280	4	3.68	3.81	0.57	35.4	9.3	1.30	.366	4.52	8.06
17	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	13.98	2026	SEA	59	5	6	.455	0	4.18	87	0	0	27	56.0	44	26	28	8	23	1	47	0	234	2	3.70	3.78	1.29	37.2	9.8	1.20	.313	4.50	7.07
18	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	13.90	2026	CLE	57	5	2	.714	0	2.78	70	0	0	1	45.1	25	14	17	3	29	2	5	2	191	5	5.76	2.41	0.60	36.6	15.2	1.19	.253	3.38	4.96
19	Samy Natera Jr. S. Natera Jr.	13.64	2026	LAA	28	1	2	.333	0	3.13	48	0	0	3	31.2	22	11	11	1	13	2	8	0	131	3	3.69	3.69	0.28	36.6	9.9	1.11	.313	3.13	6.25
20	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	13.58	2026	PIT	59	6	3	.667	0	2.97	87	0	0	13	57.2	38	19	20	5	20	1	25	2	232	2	3.12	4.35	0.78	37.5	8.6	1.01	.277	3.12	5.93
21	Austin Peterson A. Peterson	13.50	2026	CLE	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	0.50	.200	0.00	4.50
22	Joe Boyle J. Boyle	13.50	2026	TBR	1	0	0		0	5.40	5	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	15	0	8.10	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	1.50	.286	5.40	5.40
23	Hurston Waldrep H. Waldrep	13.50	2026	ATL	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	12	0	18.00	0.75	0.00	25.0	33.3	3.00	.400	0.00	9.00
24	Josh White J. White	13.50	2026	MIA	1	0	0		0	67.50	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	5	5	1	4	1	0	0	8	0	54.00	0.25	13.50	12.5	50.0	7.50	.000	67.50	13.50
25	Jackson Rutledge J. Rutledge	13.50	2026	WSH	1	0	0		0	47.25	2	0	0	0	1.1	6	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	12	0	13.50	1.00	0.00	16.7	16.7	6.00	.750	47.25	40.50

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