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MIA A.J. Puk
Miami Marlins
Pitcher
2024 Projected Value: $7
2024 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $-7
Based on 10-team NL-only league

Estimated Return From Injury: 5/15/24 Injury

Player Stats      Daily Log
Year W L Sv Hold IP H BB SO ER ERA WHIP Rate
2024 proj 7 7 0 0 113.0 110 30 122 46 3.66 1.239 31.1
2024 0 4 0 0 13.7 19 17 12 14 9.22 2.634 -49.5
2023 6 5 16 2 56.7 54 13 78 25 3.97 1.182 37.8
2022 4 3 4 18 66.3 53 23 76 23 3.12 1.146 27.8
2021 0 3 0 0 13.3 18 6 16 9 6.08 1.800 -3.7
2019 2 0 0 1 11.3 10 5 13 4 3.18 1.324 6.2

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4/25/24 Marlins Officially Pull Plug on Failed Rotation Experiment. © Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Marlins Officially Pull Plug on Failed Rotation Experiment The Miami Marlins are making a change to their rotation Author: Lindsay Crosby Apr 25, 2024 In this story: Miami Marlins A.J. Puk Injury updates The Miami Marlins are getting healthier. Plagued by injuries to both their rotation and position player corps this season, the team's already starting to get some good news with the returns of Edward Cabrera (shoulder) to the rotation and catcher Christian Bethancourt (illness) to the lineup. And because there are more options now than there was a few weeks ago, the Marlins can finally correct a failed experiment - starter A.J. Puk , who was moved into the rotation
Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/marlins/news/miami-marlins-...
4/20/24 Marlins lefty A.J. Puk lands on injured list with shoulder fatigue. The Miami Marlins placed left-hander A.J. Puk on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with left shoulder fatigue. Puk was tagged for seven runs and seven hits in three innings during an 8-3 loss at the Chicago Cubs on Friday. “A.J.’s been dealing with a little bit since the cramping in the hand and grip issues he had a few games ago,” manager Skip Schumaker said.
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/marlins-lefty-j-puk-lan...
3/29/24 Marlins' A.J. Puk faces Pirates in first career start. After 142 relief appearances, Miami Marlins left-hander A.J. Puk is set to make his first career start. Puk, who has a 3.72 career ERA, will take the mound Friday night when the Marlins play host to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates beat the Marlins 6-5 in 12 innings on Thursday during the season opener for both clubs.
Source: https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274212299/marl...
3/29/24 Marlins' A.J. Puk faces Pirates in first career start. After 142 relief appearances, Miami Marlins left-hander A.J. Puk is set to make his first career start. Puk, who has a 3.72 career ERA, will take the mound Friday night when the Marlins play host to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Source: https://deadspin.com/marlins-a-j-puk-faces-pirates...
3/10/24 How Marlins’ A.J. Puk has adjusted to starting role. Plus a signing and injury updates. Puk has made three starts so far this spring training and has not given up a run over 8 1/3 innings, allowing just six hits and four walks while striking out 15.
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/marlins-j-puk-adjusted-...
3/08/24 Former A's reliever looking like a lock for Miami Marlins rotation. Former A's reliever looking like a lock for Miami Marlins rotation The plan for the A's was to have him in their rotation last year, but then they traded him instead Author: Jason Burke Publish date: Mar 9, 2024 7:00 AM EST The talk heading into spring training last year was that the Oakland A's were going to stretch out reliever A.J. Puk and give him a go in the starting rotation. Then the team traded him to the Miami Marlins in exchange for outfielder JJ Bleday. Puk had a good first season with the Marlins, posting a 3.97 ERA across 56 2/3 innings and collected 15 saves in the process. Outside of a fairly disastrous July where he held a 10.24 ERA in 11 appearances, Puk was one of the better
Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/news/former-as-re...
12/21/23 [SB Nation: Athletics Nation] - 2023 Athletics Season in Review: JJ Bleday. The former top pick has the skillset to make good on the A.J. Puk trade.
Source: https://sportspyder.com/mlb/oakland-athletics/arti...
7/19/23 Arenado's game-ending 3-run homer in 10th lifts Cardinals to 5-2 win over Marlins. Nolan Arenado’s three-run homer in the 10th inning lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the slumping Miami Marlins. Arenado’s homer off A.J. Puk (4-4) was his first game-ending homer since Aug. 14, 2019 and the fourth of his career. JoJo Romero (2-0) pitched a perfect 10th for the Cardinals, who have won four straight games. The Marlins have lost five straight, matching a season high from May 2-6. Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery threw 92 pitches in his first appearance since a July 7 start was cut short by right hamstring tightness. He allowed one run and six hits, struck out five and walked two.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/arenado-s-gam...
7/18/23 Arenado's game-ending 3-run homer in 10th lifts Cardinals to 5-2 win over Marlins. Nolan Arenado’s three-run homer in the 10th inning lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the slumping Miami Marlins. Arenado’s homer off A.J. Puk (4-4) was his first game-ending homer since Aug. 14, 2019 and the fourth of his career. JoJo Romero (2-0) pitched a perfect 10th for the Cardinals, who have won four straight games. The Marlins have lost five straight, matching a season high from May 2-6. Cardinals starter Jordan Montgomery threw 92 pitches in his first appearance since a July 7 start was cut short by right hamstring tightness. He allowed one run and six hits, struck out five and walked two.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/arenado-s-gam...
7/07/23 Cristian Pache's HR in ninth propels Phillies past Marlins. Closer A.J. Puk (4-3), who entered in the ninth trying to protect a 3-1 lead, took the loss for the Marlins, who fell to 21-6 in one-run games. The game featured a stellar pitching matchup between Miami's Sandy Alcantara, who won the National League Cy Young Award last year, and Philadelphia's Zach Wheeler, who finished second in 2021.
Source: https://deadspin.com/cristian-paches-hr-in-ninth-p...
6/15/23 Miami’s Jesús Sánchez makes game-saving catch as Marlins top Mariners 4-1. Miami’s Jesús Sánchez made a leaping, game-saving catch at the wall in the bottom of the ninth inning to rob Seattle’s Eugenio Suárez of a grand slam, and the Marlins avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. Seattle loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against A.J. Puk thanks to a pair of errors by Luis Arraez. Suárez lined a 2-1 pitch from Puk deep to right field, but Sánchez quickly tracked his way to the wall and made a leaping grab and pulled back the potential game-tying homer. Rookie Eury Pérez tossed a career-best six shutout innings and Jorge Soler hit his 20th home run of the season for the Marlins.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/miami-s-jes-s...
6/15/23 Miami’s Jesús Sánchez makes game-saving catch as Marlins top Mariners 4-1. Miami’s Jesús Sánchez made a leaping, game-saving catch at the wall in the bottom of the ninth inning to rob Seattle’s Eugenio Suárez of a grand slam, and the Marlins avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. Seattle loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against A.J. Puk thanks to a pair of errors by Luis Arraez. Suárez lined a 2-1 pitch from Puk deep to right field, but Sánchez quickly tracked his way to the wall and made a leaping grab and pulled back the potential game-tying homer. Rookie Eury Pérez tossed a career-best six shutout innings and Jorge Soler hit his 20th home run of the season for the Marlins.
Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/miami-s-jes-s...
6/14/23 Miami's Jesús Sánchez makes game-saving catch as Marlins top Mariners 4-1. SEATTLE (AP) — Miami's Jesús Sánchez made a leaping, game-saving catch at the wall in the bottom of the ninth inning to rob Seattle's Eugenio Suárez of a grand slam, and the Marlins avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Seattle loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against A.J. Puk thanks to a pair of errors by Luis Arraez.
Source: https://www.king5.com/article/sports/mlb/mariners/...
6/02/23 [Last Word on Sports] - A.J. Puk, the Surprising Leader of the Marlins Bullpen. When A.J. Puk was drafted in 2016, he went from starter to reliever in just a few seasons. Now, his role with the Marlins is paying off.
Source: https://sportspyder.com/mlb/oakland-athletics/arti...
4/30/23 What the Cubs' April performance says about their new identity. Marlins closer A.J. Puk retired three straight batters in the ninth inning to solidify the Cubs' 4-3 loss and the series sweep. The series sweep in Miami exposed some weaknesses, namely challenging the Cubs' pitching depth. It featured some sloppy mistakes, like hit batters, a key base running lapse and a timely passed ball.
Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2023/4/30/237057...
4/19/23 A.J. Puk finds immediate sweeping success with Marlins. Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker was reluctant to name a conventional closer coming out of Spring Training. The way he spun it was, “we will use our best guys against their best hitters.” A.J. Puk has quickly made himself Skip's go-to guy. Puk has finished the game in all seven of his Marlins regular season appearances, including three converted saves.
Source: https://www.fishstripes.com/2023/4/19/23688088/aj-...
4/02/23 Pickups of the Day: Puk Luck. George Bissell makes the case for rostering versatile speedster Ji Hwan Bae and potential breakout closer A.J. Puk in the Pickups of the Day … (D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports)
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/pickups-day-puk-luck-0400...
2/28/23 Marlins’ trade addition dealing with injury. And former announcer Geffner lashes out. Marlins’ bullpen addition A.J. Puk dealing with injury
Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/marlins-trade-addition-de...
2/15/23 Oakland A's 2023 preview: A lot of intriguing names, perhaps not a lot of winning. The Oakland A's don't kid around when it comes to roster teardowns. The latest: Former top pitching prospect A.J. Puk was sent to the Miami Marlins last weekend for outfielder JJ Bleday. You can count on one hand the names that remain from the A's last playoff team in 2020. Tony Kemp, traded to the A's in 2019, is the veteran of the squad along with outfielders Ramón Laureano and Seth Brown.
Source: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/02/15/oakland-as...
2/13/23 [MLB: Film Room] - Marlins and A's swap Bleday, Puk | 02/13/2023 | Oakland Athletics. The panel discusses the Marlins and A's trade of former first-round picks, as Miami acquires left-hander A.J. Puk for outfielder JJ Bleday
Source: https://sportspyder.com/mlb/oakland-athletics/arti...