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Eric Gagne vs. Mason Miller: How the Padres Closer Stacks Up in 2026

Summary by LWOSports
The San Diego Padres have possessed some of the greatest closers in Major League Baseball history, from Trevor Hoffman to Rollie Fingers. However, they may have unleashed something even more terrifying, a closer whose absurd metrics are challenging the dominance of Eric Gagne, the last reliever to win the Cy Young Award back in 2003. As San Diego closer Mason Miller obliterates scoreboards and Padres records, comparisons to Gagne’s iconic 2003 s…
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Translated by Carlos Marcano. Mason Miller, as you've probably heard, has had a pretty remarkable start to the season. Checking our pitching standings through Sunday's games, he leads all pitchers (minimum 12 innings pitched) in ERA and RA9, K%, DRA, FIP (-0.42, ha!), cFIP, WHIP, DRA-, Whiff%, Putaway%, Contact-O%, Contact-Z%, Contact% (obviously), Strike%, Ball%, and OBP and SLG allowed; most by a wide margin. Ben Clemens expressed amazement; B…

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LWOSports broke the news on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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