The Boston Red Sox have been one of the best teams in baseball at striking out opposing hitters, as they rank third in the American League in strikeouts.
Chris Sale and Craig Kimbrel lead in both statistical categories of total strikeouts and K/9 rate for their respected positions. Sale is on pace to challenge the franchise record for strikeouts in a season, while leading the majors with 216 strikeouts and a 12.68 K/9. Kimbrel has been even more dominant, posting a major league best 16.43 K/9.
While our Red Sox have shown that they are capable of striking out as many hitters as possible, I wanted to see how our best strikeout pitcher ranked against the other pitchers in this league.