RELIEVERS: Best of the best in June 2023

This week, who crushed June? Lots and lots of relievers did, so we have to restrict it to those who had a 30+% K%-BB%, which is ridiculously good. Plenty of relievers don't make this list but are still elite skill sets.

Let's start at the top with 30+% K%-BB% over the past 30 days and 30+% K%-BB% year-to-date:

L30                     Sv  IP  xERA WHIP K% K%-BB% hr/9 xERA'
=====================   == ==== ==== ==== == ====== ==== ====
F.Bautista (BAL)         9 11.7 1.23 0.34 60   60    0.8 1.98
C.Murphy (BOS) (L)       0  8.0 2.17 0.63 37   33    0.0 2.17
M.Brash (SEA)            0 10.3 1.89 0.97 41   37    0.0 2.21
A.Munoz (SEA)            0  6.7 1.19 0.60 54   42    0.0 1.92

Félix​ Bautista (RHP, BAL) has been the best reliever in...

Almost!

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