highest k/9 among relief pitchers

5 pitchers are tied for the highest K/9 by a relief pitcher this season, with 27.00 per nine innings. The first three are Eury Pérez, Félix Bautista and Clarke Schmidt.

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NAMEK/9SEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Eury Pérez
E. Pérez
27.00
2026
1
0
0
0
0.00
3
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0.00
0.00
100.0
0.0
0.00
0.00
0.00
2Félix Bautista
F. Bautista
27.00
2026
1
0
0
0
13.50
2
0
0
0
0.2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
13.50
2.00
0.00
40.0
20.0
4.50
1.000
13.50
27.00
3Clarke Schmidt
C. Schmidt
27.00
2026
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
4Joe La Sorsa
J. La Sorsa
27.00
2026
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
5Yunior Marte
Y. Marte
27.00
2026
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
6José Buttó
J. Buttó
22.50
2026
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
7Roki Sasaki
R. Sasaki
18.00
2026
1
0
0
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
1.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0.00
0.00
40.0
0.0
2.00
.667
0.00
18.00
8Tony Gonsolin
T. Gonsolin
16.88
2026
1
0
0
0
16.88
5
0
0
0
2.2
4
5
5
1
3
0
0
0
15
0
10.13
1.67
3.38
33.3
20.0
2.63
.500
16.88
13.50
9Daniel Espino
D. Espino
16.55
2026
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
10Mason Miller
M. Miller
16.52
2026
63
5
2
.714
0
1.21
123
0
0
37
67.0
33
9
12
3
23
2
54
1
255
5
3.09
5.35
0.40
48.2
9.0
0.84
.288
1.61
4.43
11Carl Edwards Jr.
C. Edwards Jr.
16.50
2026
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
12Manuel Rodríguez
M. Rodríguez
15.43
2026
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
13Emmet Sheehan
E. Sheehan
15.19
2026
1
0
0
0
0.00
9
0
0
0
5.1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
18
0
1.69
9.00
0.00
50.0
5.6
0.38
.125
0.00
1.69
14Ty Johnson
T. Johnson
14.85
2026
7
0
0
0
4.05
11
0
0
0
6.2
5
3
3
1
3
0
1
0
28
1
4.05
3.67
1.35
39.3
10.7
1.20
.308
4.05
6.75
15Spencer Bivens
S. Bivens
14.40
2026
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
16Brendon Little
B. Little
14.35
2026
28
0
3
.000
0
6.84
42
0
0
0
26.1
28
20
23
5
24
0
4
5
124
0
8.20
1.75
1.71
33.9
19.4
1.97
.434
7.86
9.57
17Erik Sabrowski
E. Sabrowski
14.18
2026
58
5
2
.714
0
2.72
73
0
0
1
46.1
25
14
17
3
30
2
5
2
195
5
5.83
2.43
0.58
37.4
15.4
1.19
.253
3.30
4.86
18Andrés Muñoz
A. Muñoz
13.97
2026
61
5
6
.455
0
4.24
89
0
0
28
57.1
46
27
29
9
24
1
48
0
240
2
3.77
3.71
1.41
37.1
10.0
1.22
.316
4.55
7.22
19Jeff Hoffman
J. Hoffman
13.91
2026
TOT
71
6
8
.429
0
3.55
102
0
0
6
66.0
57
26
33
4
30
7
23
5
292
4
4.09
3.40
0.55
34.9
10.3
1.32
.356
4.50
7.77
20Drew Sommers
D. Sommers
13.85
2026
42
2
4
.333
0
3.69
60
0
0
0
39.0
35
16
20
4
13
3
3
2
166
1
3.00
4.62
0.92
36.1
7.8
1.23
.360
4.62
8.08
21Samy Natera Jr.
S. Natera Jr.
13.64
2026
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
22Kris Bubic
K. Bubic
13.50
2026
3
1
0
1.000
0
0.00
4
0
0
0
2.2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
11
0
0.00
0.00
36.4
0.0
0.75
.286
0.00
6.75
23Brendan Cellucci
B. Cellucci
13.50
2026
4
0
0
0
0.00
8
0
0
0
5.1
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
19
0
3.38
4.00
0.00
42.1
10.5
0.56
.111
0.00
1.69
24Austin Peterson
A. Peterson
13.50
2026
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
25Joe Boyle
J. Boyle
13.50
2026
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
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92
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.586
87
70
.554
5.0
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15.0
74
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Wed
9/23
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7:40 PM
Thu
9/24
@
2:20 PM
Fri
9/25
@
7:10 PM
Sat
9/26
@
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@
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NL EastWLPCTGB
92
65
.586
87
70
.554
5.0
77
80
.490
15.0
74
84
.468
18.5
72
85
.459
20.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
98
59
.624
87
70
.554
11.0
80
77
.510
18.0
76
81
.484
22.0
73
84
.465
25.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
97
60
.618
87
70
.554
10.0
83
74
.529
14.0
65
93
.411
32.5
57
100
.363
40.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
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96
61
.611
90
67
.573
6.0
84
73
.535
12.0
77
80
.490
19.0
76
81
.484
20.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
82
75
.522
81
76
.516
1.0
74
84
.468
8.5
74
84
.468
8.5
67
90
.427
15.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
78
79
.497
78
79
.497
73
84
.465
5.0
62
95
.395
16.0
60
97
.382
18.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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Mon
9/7
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9/7
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4-6
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9/7
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9/23
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9/23
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9/23
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9/23
@
6:40 PM