The first-ever National League Reliever of the Year was not an Arizona Diamondbacks player, though the team at least had one name represented.

To no surprise, Mason Miller was the unanimous winner, and he'll forever go down in history as not just the first NL winner, but also the first unanimous honoree in MLB history.

Each and every year, the Baseball Writers' Association of America comes together to vote for some of the most prestigious awards in the sport.

Here in 2026, a new award was created, and it's one that saw Brandyn Garcia's name featured in the ballot.

Garcia, 26, wasn't a finalist alongside Miller, Jhoan Duran, or Trevor Megill, but he received a fourth-place vote to finish as one of two players with two points.

The D-backs reliever was one of 13 players featured in the ballot, and while he was tied second to last alongside Abner Uribe, he still finished ahead of Emilio Pagan, who had just one fifth-place vote.

Arizona knows this bullpen needs some work if the team wants to end its postseason drought, and that starts with Garcia picking up right where he left off in 2027.

With the BBWAA ballots being public, it didn't take long at all to find out that the San Francisco Standard's John Shea was the one to vote for Garcia.

The southpaw finished his 2026 season with a 1.93 ERA and stellar 0.74 WHIP. It's hard to find a WHIP that competitive in all of baseball, so the vote he received was well deserved.

Garcia picked up five saves this season. Previously, he had just four holds, though this was his first full season in the big leagues.

After heading to the D-backs for 12 games last season, Garcia was a -0.2 overall WAR player. He turned that around in a big way, finishing the '26 campaign with 1.9 WAR.

For what it's worth, Garcia still doesn't have a blown save in his career. In addition to his five saves, he ended the year with 18 holds which increased his overall total to 20.

Garcia averaged just 3.677 pitches per batter faced, an incredible milestone for someone only in their second season at the major league level. 

If that's not impressive enough, opponents hit just .156 against him. Garcia only allowed seven extra base hits all year and finished with an incredible 5.5 K/BB ratio.