Slate Summary
MLB Leaderboards — August 17, 2026
Graded results for the August 17, 2026 MLB slate: 0 tracked hitters and 22 tracked starting pitchers. Every leaderboard below ranks actual recorded outcomes — hits, home runs, total bases, RBI, strikeouts, and innings. See the full graded slate results for this date.
Strikeouts
Most Strikeout-Dominant Starts
| Rank | Pitcher | Opponent | Strikeouts | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Shota Imanaga (Chicago Cubs) | vs Chicago White Sox | 10 | 6.0 |
| #2 | Quinn Mathews (St. Louis Cardinals) | vs Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 4.0 |
| #3 | Cristopher Sánchez (Philadelphia Phillies) | vs Miami Marlins | 6 | 6.0 |
| #4 | Andre Pallante (St. Louis Cardinals) | vs Cincinnati Reds | 5 | 6.0 |
| #5 | Blake Snell (Los Angeles Dodgers) | vs Colorado Rockies | 5 | 6.0 |
| #6 | Framber Valdez (Detroit Tigers) | vs Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 5.2 |
| #7 | Rhett Lowder (Cincinnati Reds) | vs St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 6.2 |
| #8 | Bailey Ober (Minnesota Twins) | vs Atlanta Braves | 4 | 4.1 |
| #9 | Kent Emanuel (Cincinnati Reds) | vs St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 5.0 |
| #10 | Walker Buehler (San Diego Padres) | vs New York Mets | 4 | 6.0 |
Innings
Top Pitching Workloads
Deepest tracked starts on this slate by innings recorded.
| Rank | Pitcher | Opponent | IP | Strikeouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Rhett Lowder (Cincinnati Reds) | vs St. Louis Cardinals | 6.2 | 5 |
| #2 | Shota Imanaga (Chicago Cubs) | vs Chicago White Sox | 6.0 | 10 |
| #3 | Cristopher Sánchez (Philadelphia Phillies) | vs Miami Marlins | 6.0 | 6 |
| #4 | Andre Pallante (St. Louis Cardinals) | vs Cincinnati Reds | 6.0 | 5 |
| #5 | Blake Snell (Los Angeles Dodgers) | vs Colorado Rockies | 6.0 | 5 |
| #6 | Walker Buehler (San Diego Padres) | vs New York Mets | 6.0 | 4 |
| #7 | Nolan McLean (New York Mets) | vs San Diego Padres | 6.0 | 3 |
| #8 | Framber Valdez (Detroit Tigers) | vs Pittsburgh Pirates | 5.2 | 5 |
| #9 | Kent Emanuel (Cincinnati Reds) | vs St. Louis Cardinals | 5.0 | 4 |
| #10 | Martín Pérez (Atlanta Braves) | vs Minnesota Twins | 5.0 | 3 |
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