A.J. Puk

#35 - Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	4/25/1995 (28)
Height, Weight	6'7", 248 lb
Hometown	Cedar Rapids, IA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	6	15.2	2.87	1.21	31.9%	4.3%	37.9%

	30^th 1 Sv	214^th 19 IP	99^th 4.46 ERA	133^rd 1.39 WHIP	36^th 23.4% K%	27^th 10.1% BB%	2^nd 29.3% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	95.6	16.7%	20.6%	47.6%	5.33	2.23

	83^rd 93.5 FB MPH	35^th 12.3% SwStr%	93^rd 25.2% HC%	137^th 45.7% GB%	35^th 5.06 PLV	21^st 4.41 xERA

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Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2019	OAK	10	0	11.1	2	0	3.18	-	3.40	-	1.32	7.9	27.7%	10.6%	.321	-	-	0.79	-	80.9%	14.4%	31.7%	-
2021	OAK	12	0	13.1	0	3	6.08	3.57	3.33	3.37	1.80	12.2	24.6%	9.2%	.415	32.8%	53.7%	0.68	14.3%	67.8%	10.7%	28.4%	4.97
2022	OAK	62	0	66.1	4	3	3.12	3.74	3.69	3.71	1.15	7.2	27.0%	8.2%	.286	21.5%	48.5%	0.95	12.5%	77.4%	13.9%	31.8%	4.96
2023	MIA	16	0	15.2	3	1	2.87	2.15	2.88	3.26	1.21	9.2	31.9%	4.3%	.350	20.6%	47.6%	1.15	11.1%	75.6%	16.7%	37.9%	5.33
RP MLB Percentile		44	0	38	88	27	71	94	78	78	61	33	90	91	21	73	60	41	53	60	90	99	88
RP MLB AVG		17	0	19.0	1	1	4.46	4.41	4.35	4.27	1.39	8.5	23.4%	10.1%	.294	25.2%	45.7%	-	13.5%	72.3%	12.3%	29.3%	5.06
4 Years		100	0	106.2	9	7	3.46	-	-	-	1.26	8.2	27.5%	8.0%	.319	22.1%	49.2%	0.93	13.6%	75.8%	13.9%	32.2%	5.03

Repertoire

Slider | 48%
Four-Seamer | 48%
Changeup | 3%
Sinker | 1%
Curveball | 0%
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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	89.6	18.8%	-	-	18.4%	7.9%	26.3%	60.5%	52.6%	-	-	.273	.335	.286	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	86.7	29.6%	26.2%	41.7%	19.4%	12.5%	31.9%	56.9%	48.6%	55.6%	0.0%	.316	.316	.600	-	.238	.262	36.8%	2,220
2022	86.9	38.1%	38.6%	49.3%	20.1%	17.2%	37.3%	70.6%	65.7%	37.7%	36.1%	.202	.255	.298	13.6%	.180	.256	19.2%	2,234
2023	84.3	48.5%	38.9%	43.8%	18.0%	17.2%	35.2%	68.8%	64.8%	31.6%	63.2%	.192	.243	.211	8.3%	.158	.199	16.0%	2,327
RP MLB Percentile	49	84	81	66	70	63	75	86	90	28	86	57	56	68	49	71	77	65	39
RP MLB AVG	84.1	32.5%	28.8%	40.3%	14.3%	15.2%	29.4%	59.5%	54.3%	41.1%	36.9%	.230	.290	.290	12.8%	.223	.287	21.9%	2,404

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	.238	.262	.475	.477	36.8%	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	98.4	-	1.9	1.7	0.8	2.6	5.6	6.8	2,220
2022	.180	.256	.228	.386	19.2%	11.5%	44.3%	26.0%	86.8	84.1	16.5	1.0	0.8	3.2	5.5	7.0	2,234
2023	.158	.199	.170	.262	16.0%	0.0%	20.0%	15.4%	88.9	86.1	27.6	3.4	3.5	3.3	5.2	7.1	2,327
RP MLB Percentile	71	77	78	72	65	54	91	81	37	61	15	52	89	99	16	95	39
RP MLB AVG	.223	.287	.271	.357	21.9%	6.9%	39.7%	26.4%	86.7	86.6	15.2	3.9	1.1	-0.9	5.6	6.4	2,404

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	38	11	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	23	15	.273	.545	.335
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	72	20	5	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	41	31	.316	.368	.316
2022	408	104	12	4	1	3	39	2	2	1	288	120	.202	.354	.255
2023	128	26	2	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	88	40	.192	.385	.243
RP MLB Percentile	76	68	38	8	5	9	61	60	20	24	80	32	57	40	56
RP MLB AVG	85	21	3	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	53	32	.230	.381	.290

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	55.6%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	-	30.0%	60.0%	10.0%	11.1%	0.0%	44.4%	11.1%	33.3%	11.1%	44.4%
2022	37.7%	26.2%	36.1%	11.5%	13.6%	52.5%	31.1%	16.4%	18.4%	6.6%	21.3%	27.9%	29.5%	3.3%	36.1%
2023	31.6%	10.5%	63.2%	15.8%	8.3%	47.4%	36.8%	15.8%	18.0%	0.0%	31.6%	52.6%	10.5%	10.5%	21.1%
RP MLB Percentile	28	76	86	70	49	50	60	36	78	0	55	86	80	23	83
RP MLB AVG	41.1%	22.1%	36.9%	10.9%	12.8%	46.9%	32.0%	21.1%	14.2%	5.0%	29.6%	28.9%	23.6%	6.0%	35.7%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	-	-	-	-	.273	.335	.286	.375	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	36.8%	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	.316	.316	.600	.600	.238	.262	.475	.477	98.4	-	1.9
2022	19.2%	11.5%	44.3%	26.0%	.202	.255	.298	.333	.180	.256	.228	.386	86.8	84.1	16.5
2023	16.0%	0.0%	20.0%	15.4%	.192	.243	.211	.250	.158	.199	.170	.262	88.9	86.1	27.6
RP MLB Percentile	65	54	91	81	57	56	68	61	71	77	78	72	37	61	15
RP MLB AVG	21.9%	6.9%	39.7%	26.4%	.230	.290	.290	.320	.223	.287	.271	.357	86.7	86.6	15.2

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2019	-	-	18.4%	7.9%	26.3%	60.5%	52.6%	35.0%	52.6%	65.0%	-	-	12.5%	-	40.0%	40.0%
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	26.2%	41.7%	19.4%	12.5%	31.9%	56.9%	48.6%	43.8%	44.4%	56.3%	27.3%	71.4%	16.7%	24.0%	60.0%	53.3%
2022	38.6%	49.3%	20.1%	17.2%	37.3%	70.6%	65.7%	37.6%	53.4%	62.4%	27.5%	82.6%	21.2%	25.4%	70.3%	62.4%
2023	38.9%	43.8%	18.0%	17.2%	35.2%	68.8%	64.8%	34.8%	51.6%	65.2%	50.0%	76.3%	24.7%	31.8%	54.3%	51.4%
RP MLB Percentile	81	66	70	63	75	86	90	55	77	56	38	71	67	65	35	54
RP MLB AVG	28.8%	40.3%	14.3%	15.2%	29.4%	59.5%	54.3%	32.0%	44.3%	68.0%	46.9%	82.5%	21.1%	28.1%	56.1%	48.6%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63.2%	5.3%	31.6%	-	12.5%	25.0%
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	16.7%	30.6%	52.8%	9.7%	18.1%	72.2%	5.6%	27.8%	41.7%	58.3%	6.9%	34.7%	41.7%	14.3%	36.0%
2022	26.5%	25.7%	47.8%	12.0%	21.1%	66.9%	6.9%	37.7%	36.5%	59.1%	7.1%	33.8%	49.3%	13.3%	28.3%
2023	27.3%	19.5%	53.1%	11.7%	18.0%	70.3%	2.3%	30.5%	50.0%	63.3%	2.3%	34.4%	43.8%	7.4%	13.6%
RP MLB Percentile	77	35	35	32	34	72	19	68	46	70	84	53	66	25	27
RP MLB AVG	20.2%	22.3%	57.5%	17.5%	21.6%	60.9%	5.8%	25.4%	52.3%	59.0%	7.4%	33.6%	40.3%	12.4%	20.0%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2019	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	72	5.56	400	54.2%	19.4%	26.4%	27.8%	1.5	2.99	+1
2022	408	5.28	1,875	47.0%	24.5%	28.5%	18.6%	0.0	2.74	-2
2023	128	5.52	706	56.3%	39.1%	4.7%	51.6%	0.1	2.23	+4
RP MLB Percentile	76	75	79	79	94	88	88	57	-	12
RP MLB AVG	85	5.22	448	48.1%	22.5%	29.4%	18.7%	0.7	-	+1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	97.1	51.5%	-	-	12.5%	22.1%	34.6%	66.3%	62.5%	-	-	.190	.226	.308	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	94.9	36.2%	17.1%	53.4%	9.1%	19.3%	28.4%	63.6%	56.8%	42.9%	28.6%	.300	.351	.429	0.0%	.241	.312	32.0%	2,219
2022	96.7	46.9%	22.9%	52.3%	11.1%	19.3%	30.4%	64.4%	59.4%	46.8%	41.8%	.217	.313	.273	12.1%	.233	.329	26.5%	2,276
2023	95.6	47.7%	35.3%	59.5%	15.9%	25.4%	41.3%	75.4%	67.5%	61.9%	28.6%	.294	.329	.474	16.7%	.214	.261	25.0%	2,231
RP MLB Percentile	76	63	83	93	85	89	97	95	91	91	27	34	51	16	40	65	80	61	44
RP MLB AVG	93.0	42.3%	25.4%	48.8%	10.2%	17.6%	27.8%	63.8%	58.0%	36.5%	39.2%	.264	.358	.299	15.6%	.267	.368	29.8%	2,231

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	.241	.312	.344	.307	32.0%	0.0%	50.0%	28.0%	94.4	90.3	15.2	5.8	8.4	2.3	5.7	6.9	2,219
2022	.233	.329	.295	.387	26.5%	7.6%	42.0%	25.4%	87.8	85.2	14.5	8.2	7.2	3.2	5.4	7.1	2,276
2023	.214	.261	.348	.350	25.0%	4.8%	38.1%	20.0%	85.3	83.1	9.8	7.3	7.9	3.2	5.3	7.1	2,231
RP MLB Percentile	65	80	31	63	61	63	66	77	89	87	80	89	17	99	14	93	44
RP MLB AVG	.267	.368	.303	.419	29.8%	10.8%	45.1%	29.1%	91.1	89.3	17.3	5.0	9.1	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,231

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	104	23	3	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	69	35	.190	.238	.226
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	88	25	6	0	0	0	6