highest k/9 by a pitcher in the 2020's min 700 ip

Dylan Cease has the highest K/9 when pitching at least 700 innings this decade, with 11.25 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.25	1111.1	203	72	57	.558	203	3.53	1,389	4	4	0	884	436	485	117	473	36	0	8	4,663	57	3.83	2.94	0.95	29.8	10.1	1.22	.290	3.93	85	3.39	80	7.16	102.4
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.63	886.0	147	69	37	.651	147	3.19	1,046	6	4	0	708	314	331	124	210	21	0	1	3,537	13	2.13	4.98	1.26	29.6	5.9	1.04	.273	3.36	78	3.40	80	7.19	82.2
3	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.55	936.2	188	67	46	.593	172	3.53	1,098	1	0	0	719	367	388	118	346	50	2	1	3,880	32	3.32	3.17	1.13	28.3	8.9	1.14	.265	3.73	84	3.72	89	6.91	49.2
4	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	10.54	837.1	154	71	44	.617	152	3.41	981	2	1	0	636	317	341	101	287	37	0	1	3,430	37	3.08	3.42	1.09	28.6	8.4	1.10	.264	3.67	83	3.53	84	6.84	62.1
5	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.46	925.1	163	66	44	.600	160	3.02	1,075	1	1	0	740	310	339	104	199	31	1	0	3,676	12	1.94	5.40	1.01	29.2	5.4	1.01	.281	3.30	73	3.03	73	7.20	115.8
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.27	757.2	136	55	37	.598	136	3.56	865	2	0	0	628	300	310	115	196	31	0	1	3,073	18	2.33	4.41	1.37	28.1	6.4	1.09	.275	3.68	86	3.75	89	7.46	40
7	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	10.27	891.1	151	55	33	.625	148	2.92	1,017	0	0	0	671	289	320	88	253	35	2	1	3,574	39	2.55	4.02	0.89	28.5	7.1	1.04	.267	3.23	70	3.14	75	6.78	104
8	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.22	863.1	161	55	46	.545	150	3.95	980	1	1	0	764	379	406	101	286	31	2	3	3,588	36	2.98	3.43	1.05	27.3	8.0	1.22	.303	4.23	93	3.51	83	7.96	68
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	10.15	1141.0	185	83	42	.664	185	2.92	1,287	4	2	0	898	370	397	112	267	51	0	4	4,548	20	2.11	4.82	0.88	28.3	5.9	1.02	.278	3.13	68	3.01	70	7.08	158.9
10	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.14	710.1	143	47	45	.511	137	4.19	800	0	0	0	651	331	356	97	269	42	0	5	3,035	28	3.41	2.97	1.23	26.4	8.9	1.30	.303	4.51	101	4.00	96	8.25	14.2
11	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	10.05	786.0	142	53	46	.535	141	3.79	878	1	1	0	671	331	357	122	179	46	0	0	3,217	11	2.05	4.91	1.40	27.3	5.6	1.08	.276	4.09	93	3.79	92	7.68	27.5
12	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	10.04	855.0	173	53	48	.525	146	4.01	954	1	0	2	724	381	396	130	288	22	4	5	3,548	31	3.03	3.31	1.37	26.9	8.1	1.18	.276	4.17	94	3.99	96	7.62	17.3
13	Charlie Morton C. Morton	9.99	866.1	166	56	47	.544	160	4.23	962	0	0	0	784	407	432	108	351	83	1	6	3,725	19	3.65	2.74	1.12	25.8	9.4	1.31	.304	4.49	101	4.06	99	8.14	5.3
14	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.93	1163.0	202	74	62	.544	200	3.54	1,283	3	2	0	1,050	457	497	129	302	14	1	4	4,789	22	2.34	4.25	1.00	26.8	6.3	1.16	.301	3.85	87	3.20	77	8.13	122.8
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	9.93	816.0	147	54	43	.557	145	3.71	900	1	0	0	678	336	358	128	336	24	0	1	3,404	34	3.71	2.68	1.41	26.4	9.9	1.24	.273	3.95	90	4.29	106	7.48	-23.6
16	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.86	1119.2	191	63	66	.488	191	4.20	1,227	6	4	0	1,030	522	548	171	273	30	0	6	4,606	10	2.19	4.49	1.37	26.6	5.9	1.16	.296	4.40	99	3.76	88	8.28	64.2
17	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	9.74	705.1	139	34	52	.395	136	4.29	763	0	0	0	683	336	363	88	294	28	0	2	3,052	40	3.75	2.60	1.12	25.0	9.6	1.39	.317	4.63	104	3.98	95	8.72	15.3
18	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	9.68	894.0	181	43	54	.443	169	4.32	962	0	0	1	865	429	464	136	336	26	4	4	3,827	34	3.38	2.86	1.37	25.1	8.8	1.34	.308	4.67	106	4.20	101	8.71	-4.9
19	Pablo López P. López	9.66	795.0	141	52	41	.559	141	3.61	853	1	1	0	716	319	341	92	206	38	0	4	3,279	18	2.33	4.14	1.04	26.0	6.3	1.16	.299	3.86	87	3.45	84	8.11	60.1
20	Sonny Gray S. Gray	9.61	1011.0	182	73	47	.608	182	3.49	1,080	1	1	0	887	392	420	104	290	33	0	1	4,159	35	2.58	3.72	0.93	26.0	7.0	1.16	.295	3.74	83	3.31	80	7.90	95.4
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	9.61	727.0	127	52	40	.565	127	3.76	776	0	0	0	610	304	313	99	179	39	0	2	2,950	23	2.22	4.34	1.23	26.3	6.1	1.09	.275	3.87	94	3.70	89	7.55	36.7
22	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	9.60	1021.1	178	59	47	.557	178	3.60	1,089	2	1	0	856	409	429	140	230	32	0	8	4,127	46	2.03	4.73	1.23	26.4	5.6	1.06	.272	3.78	93	3.57	90	7.54	47.2
23	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	9.54	771.2	139	46	43	.517	137	4.18	818	2	1	0	695	358	388	121	293	19	0	4	3,251	30	3.42	2.79	1.41	25.2	9.0	1.28	.287	4.53	99	4.30	100	8.11	1.5
24	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	9.24	902.0	190	50	46	.521	144	4.37	926	2	2	1	843	438	475	134	260	53	11	1	3,800	17	2.59	3.56	1.34	24.4	6.8	1.22	.292	4.74	108	4.07	99	8.41	2.8
25	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.20	1091.2	194	60	68	.469	188	3.78	1,116	1	0	0	998	458	506	138	337	40	4	8	4,568	10	2.78	3.31	1.14	24.4	7.4	1.22	.293	4.17	94	3.79	92	8.23	39.8

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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Dylan Cease has the highest K/9 when pitching at least 700 innings this decade, with 11.25 per nine innings.

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