A.J. Puk ARI RP L

Born: 04/25/1995 Age: 29

FanGraphs Player Page

Signed By

The Pittsburgh Pirates for $13

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (MIA) Jul'24

Wed 3/26	Thu 3/27	Fri 3/28
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Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $6.15 Median $6.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $5.91 Median $6.00

Roster%
99.08%
Change
7Day 3.07%
30Day 24.85%

March 20, 2025 8:13 AM : Arizona manager Torey Lovullo may not name a closer before the start of the regular season, leaving Puk, Justin Martinez and Kevin Ginkel as candidates to earn saves, Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports reports.
Analysis: Lovullo insists that his preference is to have one primary closer, but he feels all three candidates are throwing the ball well. He wants to take more time, possibly into the regular season, to evaluate options. Lovullo also mentioned Joe Mantiply while musing on various matchup scenarios for the late innings.

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2019	ATH	10	0	11.1	0	2	13	10	5	0	1	5.7	64.57
2021	ATH	12	0	13.1	0	0	16	18	6	1	1	3.79	50.57
2022	ATH	62	0	66.1	4	20	76	53	23	10	7	6.33	419.97
2023	MIA	58	0	56.2	15	2	78	54	13	2	10	6.18	349.93
2024	MIA	32	4	44.0	1	7	45	36	23	1	3	5.59	246.10
2024	ARI	30	0	27.1	2	7	43	15	5	1	2	8.95	244.67

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	SV	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2016	OAK (A-)	10	10	32.2	0	0	40	23	12	0	0	6.92	225.93
2017	OAK (A+)	14	11	61.0	0	0	98	44	23	4	1	7.21	439.70
2017	OAK (AA)	13	13	64.0	0	0	86	64	25	3	2	5.79	370.60
2019	OAK (A+)	3	3	6.0	0	0	9	5	4	0	2	2.13	12.80
2019	OAK (AA)	6	1	8.1	0	1	13	9	3	0	2	4.16	34.67
2019	OAK (AAA)	9	0	11.0	0	1	16	7	3	1	3	4.57	50.30
2021	OAK (AAA)	29	4	48.2	1	2	58	61	19	2	12	2.46	119.93
2023	MIA (AA)	3	0	2.2	0	0	4	3	1	0	1	1.74	4.63
2024	MIA (CPX)	1	0	1.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	15.4	15.40
2024	MIA (A)	2	0	1.2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	3.32	5.53
2024	MIA (AAA)	1	0	1.0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	13.4	13.40

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	HLD	K	H	BB	HBP	HR	P/IP	Pts
2017	OAK (ST)	2	0	2.0	2	5	1	2	0	1	5.95	11.90
2018	OAK (ST)	4	3	10.2	0	7	7	6	0	0	5.32	56.73
2020	OAK (ST)	2	2	3.0	0	2	2	1	0	0	6	18.00
2021	OAK (ST)	3	2	7.2	0	8	6	3	1	1	4.28	32.83
2022	OAK (ST)	6	0	9.2	2	8	10	7	0	1	3.75	36.23
2023	MIA (ST)	6	0	6.2	0	10	5	3	0	0	7.1	47.33
2024	MIA (ST)	4	4	13.2	0	23	12	4	0	0	7.6	103.93
2025	ARI (ST)	8	0	8.0	4	12	5	3	0	1	8.11	64.90

Date	Team	Opponent	Save	Hold	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HR	Pts
Sep 28, 2024	ARI	SDP	0	0	0.1	4	3	3	3	0	0	2	-29.93
Sep 27, 2024	ARI	SDP	0	0	1.0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.80
Sep 25, 2024	ARI	SFG	0	1	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	15.40
Sep 21, 2024	ARI	@MIL	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	11.40
Sep 20, 2024	ARI	@MIL	1	0	1.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	15.80
Sep 19, 2024	ARI	@MIL	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	11.40
Sep 16, 2024	ARI	@COL	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.40
Sep 15, 2024	ARI	MIL	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.40
Sep 13, 2024	ARI	MIL	0	0	1.0	6	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.80
Sep 10, 2024	ARI	TEX	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	13.40
Totals			1	1	9.1	37	3	3	6	15	3	2	58.87

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	HR
May 10, 2024	AAA	JAX	@OMA	1.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
May 7, 2024	A	JUP	PMB	0.2	6	2	2	3	0	0	1	0
May 6, 2024	CPX	F-MRL	F-CAR	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
May 3, 2024	A	JUP	@SLU	1.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jun 3, 2023	AA	PNS	@BLX	0.2	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
Jun 2, 2023	AA	PNS	@BLX	1.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
May 30, 2023	AA	PNS	@BLX	1.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Totals				6.1	26	3	3	6	11	1	1	1

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	GS	Win	Save	IP	TBF	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	HR
Mar 9, 2024	ST	MIA	@WSH	1	1	0	3.1	16	0	0	5	6	1	0	0
Totals				1	1	0	3.1	16	0	0	5	6	1	0	0

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
June 21, 2017 1:14 PM	add	Yaz We Have No Santanas	$5
July 23, 2017 10:51 PM	move	Acuna Matata (from Yaz We Have No Santanas)	$5
October 7, 2017 1:54 AM	increase	Acuna Matata	$6
January 31, 2018 7:55 PM	cut	Acuna Matata	$3
March 18, 2018 2:18 PM	add	The Musial Suspects	$6
March 31, 2018 10:50 AM	cut	The Musial Suspects	$3
May 3, 2018 4:15 PM	add	Acuna Matata	$3
October 12, 2018 12:54 PM	increase	Acuna Matata	$4
October 4, 2019 4:45 PM	increase	Acuna Matata	$6
September 30, 2020 6:05 PM	increase	Acuna Matata	$8
December 31, 2020 3:56 PM	move	The Musial Suspects (from Acuna Matata)	$8
January 29, 2021 2:50 AM	cut	The Musial Suspects	$0
March 28, 2021 4:49 PM	add	Billy Butler BBQ Hunter	$5
May 24, 2021 6:18 PM	move	The Pittsburgh Pirates (from Billy Butler BBQ Hunter)	$5
October 9, 2021 4:30 AM	increase	The Pittsburgh Pirates	$7
October 14, 2022 1:19 AM	increase	The Pittsburgh Pirates	$9
October 12, 2023 10:59 AM	increase	The Pittsburgh Pirates	$11
October 10, 2024 12:11 AM	increase	The Pittsburgh Pirates	$13

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
March 24, 2025 2:22 PM	88 mph 💨	Rafael Devers BOS 3B L $36 Luke Weaver NYY RP R $3 $16 loan	AKA Big Papi	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $8 Edwin Uceta TBR RP R $4 Ryan Walker SFG RP R $5 Cade Smith CLE RP R $6
February 26, 2025 12:50 PM	Bad News Bears	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $12	Gelof My Lawn	Quinn Mathews STL ST SP L $4 $7 loan
January 31, 2025 6:05 AM	Obviously Dewon Brazelton	Vinnie Pasquantino KCR 1B L $12	Value Over Real People	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $8
January 29, 2025 5:10 PM	Stroman Troopers	Nathan Eovaldi TEX SP R $10	Glenallen Hill Appreciation Society	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $6
January 27, 2025 7:32 PM	Coastal Empire	Luis Robert Jr. CHW OF R $26	Post-Hype Hype Train	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $7
January 27, 2025 4:25 PM	Teddy KGB's Oreos	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $5 Jake McCarthy ARI OF L $3	Lakeshore Titans	Garrett Mitchell MIL OF L $5
January 23, 2025 11:13 AM	MArteeeeEen🐳	Anthony Volpe NYY SS R $9	Mystery Men	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $3
January 21, 2025 8:45 AM	The Big Unit's Mourning Dove	Brandon Nimmo NYM OF L $18 A.J. Puk ARI RP L $6 Xavier Isaac TBR ST 1B L $5	Gator Mike’s Family Fun Park	TJ Friedl CIN OF L $5 Jonathan India KCR 2B R $14
January 15, 2025 9:38 AM	Henry Rowengarter est. 2015	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $7	Willy Adames Never Molested Kids	Rece Hinds CIN OF R $6
January 15, 2025 7:05 AM	Slow Worm	Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B/SS/OF R $8 Ha-seong Kim SDP SS R $7 OUT Lazaro Montes SEA ST OF L $4 Xavier Isaac TBR ST 1B L $3	Coastal Empire	A.J. Puk ARI RP L $7 Randy Arozarena SEA OF R $18

A.J. Puk ARI RP L

Born: 04/25/1995 Age: 29

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Signed By

The Pittsburgh Pirates for $13

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Trade (MIA) Jul'24

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