Relievers, May 2025 skills leaders
Jun 1 2025
This week, we look at BPI leaders among relievers by K%-BB% who have at least fifteen innings pitched. The groupings are filtered to clump similar relievers together.
The first such grouping has the seven relievers with an elite K-BB% greater than 30% through May:
| YTD | SV | HD | IP | xERA | WHIP | K% | K-BB% | HR/9 |
| Jax, Griffin MIN | 0 | 14 | 24.2 | 2.11 | 1.22 | 39% | 35% | 1.1 |
| Miller, Mason ATH | 12 | 0 | 18.2 | 2.39 | 1.39 | 44% | 32% | 1.5 |
| Hader, Josh HOU LHP | 14 | 0 | 24.0 | 2.92 | 0.79 | 38% | 31% | 0.8 |
| Yates, Kirby LA | 1 | 8 | 18.2 | 2.66 | 1.29 | 39% | 31% | 1.5 |
| Speier, Gabe SEA LHP | 0 | 7 | 20.0 | 2.36 | 0.90 | 36% | 31% | 0.9 |
| Estrada, Jeremiah SD | 1 | 9 | 24.1 | 3.03 | 1.07 | 37% | 30% | 1.1 |
| Hoffman, Jeff TOR | 12 | 0 | 24.1 | 2.69 | 1.07 | 36% | 30% | 1.9 |
Athletics closer Mason Miller (RHP, ATH), has a 44% K% and 32% K%-BB% for a 2.39 xERA. That is elite. The combination of sub-par WHIP and 1.5 HR/9, however, gives him...
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