Closer Carlos Estévez of the Los Angeles Angels has been voted the American League Reliever of the Month for June, and closer Ryan Helsley of the St. Louis Cardinals has been named the National League Reliever of the Month for June. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.

Estévez earned his first career Reliever of the Month Award, becoming the fourth different Angels reliever to win the award (fifth time overall), and the first since Raisel Iglesias in July 2021. Other Angels winners include Mike Mayers (September 2020) and Francisco Rodríguez (June 2008 and August 2006). Helsley claimed his second career award after previously winning for March/April this year. He is the first multi-time winner in Cardinals’ history following honors to Ryan Franklin in August 2009 and Jason Isringhausen in May 2006.

Carlos Estévez, Los Angeles Angels (@carlosestevez28)
• The 31-year-old went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/10.0 IP), converting all eight of his save opportunities across 10 appearances in which he allowed two hits with no walks, 10 strikeouts, a 0.20 WHIP, a .065 opponents’ average and 9.00 strikeouts per 9.0 innings. His eight saves were tied for third-most in the Majors during June, while the Angels went 10-0 in games that he toed the rubber.
• Estévez, in his eighth Major League season, has converted each of his last 10 save opportunities since May 20th and was one of 11 relief pitchers in June with at least five save opportunities to not blow a save.
• The Dominican Republic native retired 26 consecutive batters from May 28th-June 25th, tied for the second-longest streak by an Angels reliever with Iglesias (2021) behind a franchise-record 27-batter streak by Hansel Robles in 2019, per Elias. His appearance on June 25th marked his only appearance of the month in which he did not face the minimum.
• The 2023 All-Star converted back-to-back saves twice during the month, accomplishing the feat on June 3rd-4th against San Diego and on June 14th and 15th at San Francisco. Across the four games he tallied five strikeouts.
• The right-hander has not allowed a walk in 11 straight games since May 28th, marking the third-longest streak of his career behind a pair of 12 game streaks in 2021 and 2022, and a 15-game streak that spanned the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Overall, Estévez has not allowed a walk in 24 of his 27 appearances this season and his 1.00 walks per 9.0 innings is the fourth-best mark among relievers this season.

Ryan Helsley, St. Louis Cardinals (@ryanhelsley14)
• The 29-year-old posted a 2.77 ERA (4 ER/13.0 IP), converting all 12 of his save opportunities across 13 appearances in which he allowed 13 hits with 10 walks, 21 strikeouts, a 1.23 WHIP, a .136 opponents’ average and 14.54 strikeouts per 9.0 innings. His 12 saves in June and 30 saves in 2024 are the best marks in the Majors.
• The Oklahoma native had the second-most strikeouts as a reliever in June behind only Michael Soroka’s 24 punchouts, while the Cardinals played to a 12-1 record in games
that he appeared. Overall, St. Louis is 34-4 in games in which Helsley appears in this season and 106-19 since he took over the closing duties to begin the 2022 season.
• The Northeastern State product converted back-to-back saves on June 23rd against San Francisco and June 24th against Atlanta as he picked up two strikeouts in both games. He has converted saves on back-to-back days five times this year after also doing so on 4/15-4/16, 4/26-4/27, 5/20-5/21 and 5/25-5/26.
• The fifth-round selection in the 2015 Draft struck out at least two batters in eight of his 13 appearances and had at least one strikeout in all 13 appearances. His 13 straight games with a strikeout marks the second-longest streak of his career behind a 22-game streak that spanned from July 25, 2021 through May 30, 2022.
• The right-hander retired each of the first nine batters he faced in June and finished the month by retiring each of the last seven batters he faced.

Others receiving votes for NL Reliever of the Month included Trevor Megill (0.73 ERA, 13 G, 9/9 SV, 12.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 12 SO), Bryan Hudson (0.00 ERA, 8 G, 12.0 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 14 SO) and Bryse Wilson (2-1, 1.59 ERA, 3 G, 17.0 IP, 12 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 11 SO) of the Milwaukee Brewers; Paul Sewald (0.00 ERA, 11 G, 7/7 SV, 9.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 8 SO) of the Arizona Diamondbacks; Jesse Chavez (0.87 ERA, 8 G, 10.1 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 12 SO) of the Atlanta Braves; Sam Moll (0.96 ERA, 11 G, 9.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 SO) of the Cincinnati Reds; Tanner Scott (2-1, 1.38 ERA, 12 G, 5/6 SV, 13.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 5 BB, 15 SO) of the Miami Marlins; Adrian Houser (1.08 ERA, 7 G, 1/1 SV, 16.2 IP, 16 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 11 SO) of the New York Mets; and José Alvarado (0-1, 2.79 ERA, 10 G, 3/4 SV, 9.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 13 SO) of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Others receiving votes for AL Reliever of the Month included Emmanuel Clase (1.64 ERA, 11 G, 8/8 SV, 11.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 12 BB, 10 SO) and Hunter Gaddis (0-1, 0.79 ERA, 12 G, 11.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 13 SO) of the Cleveland Guardians; Kenley Jansen (2-0, 0.84 ERA, 10 G, 7/7 SV, 10.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 10 SO) of the Boston Red Sox; John Brebbia (0-1, 1.32 ERA, 15 G, 1/2 SV, 13.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 20 SO) of the Chicago White Sox; Mason Miller (1-1, 1.69 ERA, 10 G, 3/4 SV, 10.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 13 SO) of the Oakland Athletics; Michael Tonkin (2-0, 1.10 ERA, 13 G, 1/1 SV, 16.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 6 BB, 19 SO) of the New York Yankees; José Ureña (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 G, 1/1 SV, 11.1 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 7 SO) of the Texas Rangers; Colin Poche (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 11 G, 10.2 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 10 SO) of the Tampa Bay Rays; and Keegan Akin (1-0, 1.56 RA, 11 G, 0/1 SV, 17.1 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 20 SO) of the Baltimore Orioles.