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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