Quote from LynchMob on April 12, 2026, 11:30 am

Joe Posnanski says ...

Mason Miller is bananas

San Diego reliever Mason Miller is on a 26-inning scoreless streak going back to last year, which is obviously incredible, but I have an even more incredible statistic to share with you.

Miller has faced 21 batters this year.

He has struck out 16 of them.

The incomparable Sarah Langs tells us that his 76.2% strikeout rate over six appearances is tied for the all-time record.

Mason Miller is tied with … Mason Miller, who did it in 2024.

I think what makes this even more astonishing, at least to me, is that it’s not astonishing at all. If you watch Mason Miller pitch, you know: Nobody can touch him. How could they touch him? No, you can’t fairly compare a relief pitcher to Pedro or Gibson or Big Unit or whatever, but over one inning, I don’t think there has ever been a more unittable force than Mason Miller, right now. He throws a 103-mph fastball, and that’s not even close to his best pitch.

Do you know what the whiff percentage is on Miller’s slider so far — that is to say, do you know how often batters swing and miss that slider?

It’s 81%. When the very best hitters on planet earth swing at Miller’s slider, they miss FOUR OUT OF FIVE TIMES.

Only one batter all year — ONE BATTER — has put a Mason Miller slider in play. That was Detroit’s Riley Greene on Opening Day. He hit a routine fly ball to left.

Quote from Randy Manese on April 19, 2026, 5:42 am

Miller was Suarez-like last night, giving up a hit, a walk and facing the tying run at the plate.  Fortunately, he got that weak grounder to Croney to end the game so if this is the occasional off-night for Miller, I'll gladly take it!

Quote from LynchMob on May 2, 2026, 7:39 am

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7244775/2026/05/01/mason-miller-stats-padres-closer-mlb-history/

Is Padres closer Mason Miller the most unhittable pitcher who ever lived?