A.J. Puk or Paul Blackburn

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A.J. Puk or Paul Blackburn Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	61

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	84.0

Wins	‐	7

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	4

Holds	‐	11

Hits Allowed	‐	57

Earned Runs	‐	15

Home Runs Allowed	‐	7

Strikeouts	‐	68

Walks	‐	32

ERA	‐	1.61

WHIP	‐	1.06

A.J. Puk or Paul Blackburn Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	34	43

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	34.6	61.4

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	29	62

Earned Runs	15	31

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	40	52

Walks	12	20

ERA	3.96	4.55

WHIP	1.17	1.33

A.J. Puk or Paul Blackburn Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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A.J. Puk or Paul Blackburn Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#216	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#160	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#207
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#225
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#185
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#50	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#250
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#235	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#235
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#329	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#340	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#313	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#203	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#229
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#26	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#253
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#165
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#68
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#297	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-1)	#272	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#169	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#165	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#144
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#47
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#249	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#143
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#287	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#57
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342