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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13

Manzardo

RBI

55

DeLauter

AVG

.276

DeLauter

Team Pitching Leaders

11

Williams

178

Williams

ERA

2.57

Messick

Team Rankings

109

29th

453

29th

1,066

4th

ERA

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	54	.522
Guardians	57	58	.496	3.0
Twins	56	59	.487	4.0
Tigers	55	59	.482	4.5
Royals	48	67	.417	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 8/6	NYM	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Fri 8/7	CLE	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Sat 8/8	CLE	@	CWS	7:15 PM
Sun 8/9	CLE	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM

Last Game

Mets

49 - 66

Final

Guardians

57 - 58

Wed 5 Aug 2026

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HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Caminero

33

Goodman

RBI Leaders

88

Abrams

86

Stewart

85

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.329

Alvarez

.324

Arraez

.320

Lopez

Hit Leaders

142

Lopez

139

Arraez

136

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

78

Crow-Armstrong

78

Alvarez

OBP Leaders

.442

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.399

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.640

Alvarez

.560

García

.559

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

30

Simpson

30

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

178

Williams

174

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.63

Misiorowski

2.08

Sale

2.26

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.73

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

6.10

Rasmussen

5.52

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

24

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,989.6

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,609.1

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,384.6

Ohtani

1,234

Wood

1,209

Crow-Armstrong

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Best Record ATS

67-46

67-49

65-49

62-51

63-52

62-53

Worst Record ATS

43-72

46-69

49-66

51-64

52-62

53-62

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	69	45	.605
Phillies	61	54	.530	8.5
Marlins	58	57	.504	11.5
Nationals	56	60	.483	14.0
Mets	49	66	.426	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	71	43	.623
Cubs	66	49	.574	5.5
Cardinals	57	58	.496	14.5
Pirates	57	59	.491	15.0
Reds	55	58	.487	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	46	.600
Diamondbacks	61	54	.530	8.0
Padres	59	56	.513	10.0
Giants	48	67	.417	21.0
Rockies	45	70	.391	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	68	46	.596
Yankees	64	51	.557	4.5
Red Sox	62	51	.549	5.5
Orioles	56	58	.491	12.0
Blue Jays	54	61	.470	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	54	.522
Guardians	57	58	.496	3.0
Twins	56	59	.487	4.0
Tigers	55	59	.482	4.5
Royals	48	67	.417	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	59	57	.509
Rangers	57	58	.496	1.5
Mariners	56	59	.487	2.5
Athletics	45	69	.395	13.0
Angels	43	71	.377	15.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	5-3
Wed 7/22	BAL	@	BOS	3-6
Wed 7/22	NYM	@	MIL	3-4
Wed 7/22	WSH	@	COL	8-0
Wed 7/22	CIN	@	SEA	5-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 8/6	LAA	@	BAL	12:35 PM
Thu 8/6	ATH	@	CIN	12:40 PM
Thu 8/6	NYM	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Thu 8/6	PIT	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Thu 8/6	TOR	@	CHC	2:20 PM

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88

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85

.329

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.320

142

139

136

100

78

78

.442

.408

.399

.640

.560

.559

40

30

30

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

14

14

13

195

178

174

1.63

2.08

2.26

0.73

0.88

0.93

13.82

13.12

11.53

6.72

6.10

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20

20

24

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1,609.1

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