Drew Steckenrider was Miami’s eighth-round pick in 2012, and after that, the 6-foot-5 right-hander started striking out opponents at will. In 239 1/3 minor league innings, he whiffed 9.7 batters per nine innings, a number that would actually increase slightly at the major league level with the Marlins.
Steckenrider made his major league debut and later spent his rookie status in 2017, pitching 34 2/3 innings and striking out 54 for a 14.0 K/9. Its a figure that would easily have led the team if he had pitched the requisite amount of innings to qualify for the leaderboard, besting noted strikeout specialist Kyle Barraclough by a wide margin.