highest k/9 last season al central by player relievers

Evan Sisk had the best K/9 by an AL Central relief pitcher in 2025, with 18.56 per nine innings in his rookie season.

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	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	Evan Sisk E. Sisk	18.56	2025	KCR	5	0	0		0	1.69	11	0	0	0	5.1	5	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	26	1	8.44	2.20	0.00	42.3	19.2	1.88	.500	1.69	8.44
2	Doug Nikhazy D. Nikhazy	18.00	2025	CLE	1	0	0		0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.00		0.00	66.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
3	Logan Allen L. Allen	18.00	2025	CLE	1	1	0	1.000	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00		0.00	66.7	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Griffin Jax G. Jax	14.09	2025	MIN	50	1	5	.167	0	4.50	72	0	0	0	46.0	46	23	24	4	13	1	3	2	198	0	2.54	5.54	0.78	36.4	6.6	1.28	.389	4.70	9.00
5	Andrew Walters A. Walters	13.50	2025	CLE	2	0	0		0	13.50	2	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.00		6.75	33.3	0.0	1.50	.333	13.50	13.50
6	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	13.24	2025	CWS	34	2	3	.400	0	4.67	51	0	0	6	34.2	35	18	18	0	14	0	10	1	148	5	3.63	3.64	0.00	34.5	9.5	1.41	.422	4.67	9.09
7	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	12.89	2025	CLE	33	0	1	.000	0	1.84	42	0	0	0	29.1	14	6	8	2	21	3	3	0	121	0	6.44	2.00	0.61	34.7	17.4	1.19	.226	2.45	4.30
8	Cade Smith C. Smith	12.71	2025	CLE	76	8	5	.615	0	2.93	104	0	0	16	73.2	55	24	31	4	19	4	30	3	300	3	2.32	5.47	0.49	34.7	6.3	1.00	.302	3.79	6.72
9	Mick Abel M. Abel	12.60	2025	MIN	2	0	1	.000	0	12.60	7	0	0	0	5.0	8	7	8	0	4	0	1	0	28	0	7.20	1.75	0.00	25.0	14.3	2.40	.471	14.40	14.40
10	Noah Davis N. Davis	12.60	2025	MIN	4	0	1	.000	0	16.20	7	0	0	0	5.0	12	9	10	4	1	3	1	0	30	1	1.80	7.00	7.20	23.3	3.3	2.60	.533	18.00	21.60
11	José Urquidy J. Urquidy	11.57	2025	DET	2	0	0		0	7.71	3	0	0	0	2.1	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	14	0	11.57	1.00	0.00	21.4	21.4	3.00	.500	7.71	15.43
12	Bryan Hudson B. Hudson	11.57	2025	CWS	4	0	0		0	5.79	6	0	0	0	4.2	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	21	0	1.93	6.00	3.86	28.6	4.8	1.71	.417	5.79	13.50
13	Kyle Finnegan K. Finnegan	11.50	2025	DET	16	3	0	1.000	0	1.50	23	0	0	4	18.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	4	0	66	1	2.00	5.75	0.50	34.8	6.1	0.72	.211	1.50	4.50
14	Fraser Ellard F. Ellard	11.48	2025	CWS	15	1	2	.333	0	5.40	17	0	0	0	13.1	6	8	8	1	12	1	5	0	54	2	8.10	1.42	0.68	31.5	22.2	1.35	.217	5.40	4.05
15	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	11.44	2025	CLE	21	1	0	1.000	0	3.81	36	0	0	1	28.1	25	12	17	5	14	0	10	0	123	2	4.45	2.57	1.59	29.3	11.4	1.38	.294	5.40	7.94
16	Jordan Leasure J. Leasure	11.37	2025	CWS	67	5	6	.455	0	3.84	80	0	0	7	63.1	48	27	29	11	30	1	17	1	265	3	4.26	2.67	1.56	30.2	11.3	1.23	.259	4.12	6.82
17	Sean Burke S. Burke	11.27	2025	CWS	6	0	2	.000	0	2.97	38	0	0	0	30.1	25	10	12	3	10	2	0	0	130	0	2.97	3.80	0.89	29.2	7.7	1.15	.286	3.56	7.42
18	Wikelman González W. González	11.07	2025	CWS	16	1	0	1.000	0	2.66	25	0	0	0	20.1	13	6	9	1	12	0	6	0	87	0	5.31	2.08	0.44	28.7	13.8	1.23	.245	3.98	5.75
19	Brock Stewart B. Stewart	10.85	2025	MIN	39	2	1	.667	0	2.38	41	0	0	0	34.0	26	9	9	3	11	3	2	2	139	1	2.91	3.73	0.79	29.5	7.9	1.09	.284	2.38	6.88
20	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	10.80	2025	CWS	1	0	1	.000	0	2.70	4	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	0	5.40	2.00	0.00	26.7	13.3	1.50	.333	2.70	8.10
21	Codi Heuer C. Heuer	10.80	2025	DET	2	0	0		0	5.40	4	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	16	1	5.40	2.00	5.40	25.0	12.5	1.50	.125	5.40	8.10
22	Brooks Kriske B. Kriske	10.50	2025	MIN	12	0	1	.000	0	11.25	14	0	0	0	12.0	18	15	15	1	10	0	4	0	64	1	7.50	1.40	0.75	21.9	15.6	2.33	.436	11.25	13.50
23	Jorge Alcala J. Alcala	10.36	2025	MIN	22	0	2	.000	0	8.88	28	0	0	0	24.1	29	24	25	5	15	1	8	0	114	3	5.55	1.87	1.85	24.6	13.2	1.81	.369	9.25	10.73
24	Luinder Avila L. Avila	10.29	2025	KCR	13	1	1	.500	0	1.29	16	0	0	0	14.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	9	0	56	0	3.86	2.67	0.00	28.6	10.7	0.93	.206	1.29	4.50
25	Cam Booser C. Booser	10.16	2025	CWS	39	2	4	.333	0	5.52	35	0	0	1	31.0	28	19	22	8	19	2	10	1	143	3	5.52	1.84	2.32	24.5	13.3	1.52	.253	6.39	8.13

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
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