Griffin Jax or Justin Topa
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| Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB  | Justin Topa RP - MIN  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 17 | 23 |
| Games Started | 6 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 30.0 | 19.0 |
| Wins | 1 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 2 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 2 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 26 | 27 |
| Earned Runs | 11 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 27 | 12 |
| Walks | 15 | 11 |
| ERA | 3.30 | 8.05 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 2.00 |
| Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB | Justin Topa RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 67 | 57 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 65.0 | 58.9 |
| Wins | 4 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 15 | 4 |
| Blown Saves | 3 | 1 |
| Holds | 12 | 12 |
| Hits Allowed | 53 | 60 |
| Earned Runs | 23 | 28 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 83 | 50 |
| Walks | 19 | 19 |
| ERA | 3.16 | 4.22 |
| WHIP | 1.10 | 1.34 |
| Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB | Justin Topa RP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Griffin Jax will start for the Rays on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st | The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| The Rays say Griffin Jax is day-to-day with a back contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th | Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th | |
| Griffin Jax was lifted from Tuesday's start after two innings after he was hit in the back by a comeback line drive. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th | Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th | |
| Griffin Jax allowed one run on three hits and one walk while striking out six across five innings in Tuesday’s 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th | ||
| Griffin Jax allowed no earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out one over five innings in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 14th | ||
| Notes | ||
| He has elite stuff and massive strikeout upside, and his biggest threat to the closer's role, Uceta, is already hurt. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | ||
| Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB | Justin Topa RP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | ||||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #309 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #118 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs BOS | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ LAA | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ LAA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ LAA | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs WSH | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs WSH | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs WSH | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs KC | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs KC | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs KC | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ARI | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ARI | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ARI | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ KC | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ KC | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ HOU | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ HOU | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ HOU | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs NYY | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs NYY | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs NYY | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs SEA | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TOR | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TOR | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TOR | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | @ CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CLE | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CLE | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CLE | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TEX | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TEX | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs TEX | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ COL | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ COL | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATH | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATH | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs BAL | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs TOR | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ BAL | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ BAL | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ DET | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ DET | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ DET | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SD | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SD | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SD | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYM | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYM | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYM | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs HOU | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs ATH | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs BOS | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs BOS | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs BOS | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ NYY | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ NYY | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ PHI | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ PHI | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ PHI | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
