mlb relievers by highest (k - bb) in 2025

Cade Smith had the most strikeouts - walks allowed by a relief pitcher in 2025, with 85.

	NAME	(SO-BB)	SO	BB	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Cade Smith C. Smith	85	104	19	2025	CLE	76	8	5	.615	0	2.93	0	0	16	73.2	55	24	31	4	4	30	3	300	3	12.71	2.32	5.47	0.49	34.7	6.3	1.00	.302	3.79	6.72
2	Jeremiah Estrada J. Estrada	81	108	27	2025	SDP	77	4	5	.444	0	3.45	0	0	3	73.0	58	28	31	12	3	7	2	304	3	13.32	3.33	4.00	1.48	35.5	8.9	1.16	.299	3.82	7.15
3	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	77	98	21	2025	NYM	62	6	3	.667	0	1.63	0	0	28	66.1	37	12	14	4	8	48	0	258	7	13.30	2.85	4.67	0.54	38.0	8.1	0.87	.260	1.90	5.02
4	Griffin Jax G. Jax	77	97	20	2025	TOT	71	1	7	.125	0	4.36	0	0	0	64.0	61	31	33	7	1	6	3	274	0	13.64	2.81	4.85	0.98	35.4	7.3	1.27	.362	4.64	8.58
5	Edwin Uceta E. Uceta	76	103	27	2025	TBR	70	10	3	.769	0	3.79	0	0	1	76.0	62	32	33	11	8	11	3	321	0	12.20	3.20	3.81	1.30	32.1	8.4	1.17	.297	3.91	7.34
6	Mason Miller M. Miller	76	104	28	2025	TOT	60	1	2	.333	0	2.63	0	0	22	61.2	28	18	19	5	1	37	2	234	3	15.18	4.09	3.71	0.73	44.4	12.0	0.91	.240	2.77	4.09
7	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	74	105	31	2025	HOU	70	3	4	.429	0	2.28	0	0	7	71.0	51	18	18	4	4	19	0	296	4	13.31	3.93	3.39	0.51	35.5	10.5	1.15	.309	2.28	6.46
8	Gabe Speier G. Speier	71	82	11	2025	SEA	76	4	3	.571	0	2.61	0	0	0	62.0	43	18	19	5	5	4	1	243	1	11.90	1.60	7.45	0.73	33.7	4.5	0.87	.271	2.76	6.24
9	Ronny Henriquez R. Henriquez	71	98	27	2025	MIA	69	7	1	.875	0	2.22	0	0	7	73.0	53	18	23	8	4	9	2	303	2	12.08	3.33	3.63	0.99	32.3	8.9	1.10	.271	2.84	6.53
10	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	70	85	15	2025	BOS	67	5	3	.625	0	1.17	0	0	32	61.1	28	8	9	3	0	43	0	228	6	12.47	2.20	5.67	0.44	37.3	6.6	0.70	.200	1.32	4.11
11	David Bednar D. Bednar	67	86	19	2025	TOT	64	6	5	.545	0	2.30	0	0	27	62.2	46	16	18	4	1	51	2	251	4	12.35	2.73	4.53	0.57	34.3	7.6	1.04	.298	2.59	6.61
12	Garrett Whitlock G. Whitlock	67	91	24	2025	BOS	62	7	3	.700	0	2.25	0	0	1	72.0	54	18	21	2	5	9	2	293	3	11.38	3.00	3.79	0.25	31.1	8.2	1.08	.304	2.63	6.75
13	Bryan Baker B. Baker	66	83	17	2025	TOT	73	4	4	.500	0	4.06	0	0	3	68.2	59	31	33	13	0	12	0	274	2	10.88	2.23	4.88	1.70	30.3	6.2	1.11	.286	4.33	7.73
14	Devin Williams D. Williams	65	90	25	2025	NYY	67	4	6	.400	0	4.79	0	0	18	62.0	45	33	37	5	4	29	1	259	4	13.06	3.63	3.60	0.73	34.7	9.7	1.13	.296	5.37	6.53
15	Garrett Cleavinger G. Cleavinger	64	82	18	2025	TBR	67	2	6	.250	0	2.35	0	0	2	61.1	40	16	17	9	7	9	0	243	1	12.03	2.64	4.56	1.32	33.7	7.4	0.95	.244	2.49	5.87
16	Abner Uribe A. Uribe	63	90	27	2025	MIL	75	3	2	.600	0	1.67	0	0	7	75.1	51	14	18	4	6	15	2	298	5	10.75	3.23	3.33	0.48	30.2	9.1	1.04	.275	2.15	6.09
17	Steven Okert S. Okert	63	82	19	2025	HOU	67	3	2	.600	0	2.96	0	0	1	70.0	44	23	24	6	2	7	1	270	0	10.54	2.44	4.32	0.77	30.4	7.0	0.90	.236	3.09	5.66
18	Dylan Lee D. Lee	62	76	14	2025	ATL	74	2	4	.333	0	3.29	0	0	2	68.1	53	25	27	13	0	6	1	266	3	10.01	1.84	5.43	1.71	28.6	5.3	0.98	.245	3.56	6.98
19	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	61	80	19	2025	TOT	72	7	6	.538	0	2.06	0	0	32	70.0	58	16	19	3	3	55	4	287	3	10.29	2.44	4.21	0.39	27.9	6.6	1.10	.302	2.44	7.46
20	Josh Hader J. Hader	60	76	16	2025	HOU	48	6	2	.750	0	2.05	0	0	28	52.2	29	12	16	8	2	41	1	206	2	12.99	2.73	4.75	1.37	36.9	7.8	0.85	.202	2.73	4.96
21	Emilio Pagán E. Pagán	59	81	22	2025	CIN	70	2	4	.333	0	2.88	0	0	32	68.2	41	22	26	10	2	56	0	270	1	10.62	2.88	3.68	1.31	30.0	8.1	0.92	.200	3.41	5.37
22	Robert Suarez R. Suarez	59	75	16	2025	SDP	70	4	6	.400	0	2.97	0	0	40	69.2	47	23	24	6	2	56	2	269	1	9.69	2.07	4.69	0.78	27.9	5.9	0.90	.241	3.10	6.07
23	Bryan King B. King	58	69	11	2025	HOU	68	5	4	.556	0	2.78	0	0	2	68.0	60	21	21	10	4	11	0	275	3	9.13	1.46	6.27	1.32	25.1	4.0	1.04	.276	2.78	7.94
24	Phil Maton P. Maton	58	81	23	2025	TOT	63	4	5	.444	0	2.79	0	0	5	61.1	42	19	21	3	7	22	2	248	1	11.89	3.38	3.52	0.44	32.7	9.3	1.06	.291	3.08	6.16
25	Alex Vesia A. Vesia	58	80	22	2025	LAD	68	4	2	.667	0	3.02	0	0	5	59.2	37	20	21	9	5	11	3	237	3	12.07	3.32	3.64	1.36	33.8	9.3	0.99	.231	3.17	5.58

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Martínez

RBI

30

DeLauter

AVG

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Rocchio

Team Pitching Leaders

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Williams

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Williams

ERA

2.24

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	32	25	.561
White Sox	27	27	.500	3.5
Twins	27	28	.491	4.0
Royals	22	33	.400	9.0
Tigers	21	34	.382	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/27	WSH	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Fri 5/29	BOS	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sat 5/30	BOS	@	CLE	4:10 PM
Sun 5/31	BOS	@	CLE	1:40 PM
Tue 6/2	CLE	@	NYY	7:05 PM

Last Game

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29 - 27

Final

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32 - 25

Tue 26 May 2026

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HR Leaders

21

Schwarber

19

Murakami

18

Alvarez

RBI Leaders

49

Pages

46

Abrams

44

Hicks

Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

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Marsh

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Johnston

Hit Leaders

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Lopez

64

Witt

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Edwards

Run Leaders

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Wood

43

Turang

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Judge

OBP Leaders

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Kurtz

.414

Alvarez

.413

Wood

SLG Leaders

.631

Alvarez

.615

Rice

.606

Schwarber

SB Leaders

22

Nuñez

20

Ramírez

17

Cruz

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Win Leaders

8

Ashby

7

Schlittler

7

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

100

Misiorowski

92

Cease

86

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.50

Schlittler

1.51

Martinez

1.62

Sánchez

WHIP Leaders

0.82

Skenes

0.83

Misiorowski

0.85

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

14.06

Misiorowski

13.35

Cease

11.01

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K/BB Leaders

7.22

Skenes

6.23

Schlittler

6.10

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Walk Leaders

9

Skenes

10

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Gausman

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Ohtani

844.3

Wood

738.7

Judge

DraftKings Points Leaders

683.9

Ohtani

627

Wood

553

Alvarez

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34-20

34-21

32-20

33-21

31-21

Worst Record ATS

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21-32

22-33

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	37	18	.673
Nationals	29	27	.518	8.5
Phillies	28	27	.509	9.0
Marlins	26	30	.464	11.5
Mets	22	33	.400	15.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	32	20	.615
Cardinals	29	24	.547	3.5
Reds	29	25	.537	4.0
Pirates	29	26	.527	4.5
Cubs	29	26	.527	4.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	35	20	.636
Padres	31	23	.574	3.5
Diamondbacks	30	24	.556	4.5
Giants	22	33	.400	13.0
Rockies	20	36	.357	15.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	34	18	.654
Yankees	33	22	.600	2.5
Blue Jays	26	29	.473	9.5
Orioles	25	30	.455	10.5
Red Sox	22	31	.415	12.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	32	25	.561
White Sox	27	27	.500	3.5
Twins	27	28	.491	4.0
Royals	22	33	.400	9.0
Tigers	21	34	.382	10.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	27	28	.491
Mariners	27	29	.482	0.5
Rangers	25	29	.463	1.5
Astros	24	32	.429	3.5
Angels	21	34	.382	6.0

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 5/12	LAA	@	CLE	2-3
Tue 5/12	PHI	@	BOS	2-1
Tue 5/12	TBR	@	TOR	7-6
Tue 5/12	SDP	@	MIL	4-6
Tue 5/12	MIA	@	MIN	0-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/27	MIA	@	TOR	1:07 PM
Wed 5/27	WSH	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Wed 5/27	STL	@	MIL	1:40 PM
Wed 5/27	SEA	@	ATH	3:05 PM
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