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A.J. Puk for Dennis Santana (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Dennis Santana RP - FA  | A.J. Puk RP - ARI  | |
Expert |
75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts |
25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 194 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 947 | # 740 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 4 | 8 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.50 | 3.53 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.23 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | FA | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 124 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 132 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 426 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 273 | # 214 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | A.J. Puk RP - ARI | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 44 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 41.2 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Losses | 5 | ‐ |
| Saves | 2 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 2 | ‐ |
| Holds | 5 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 42 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 28 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 37 | ‐ |
| Walks | 21 | ‐ |
| ERA | 6.05 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.51 | ‐ |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | A.J. Puk RP - ARI | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 4 | 7 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 3.7 | 6.9 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 4 | 6 |
| Earned Runs | 2 | 3 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 4 | 8 |
| Walks | 2 | 2 |
| ERA | 4.50 | 3.53 |
| WHIP | 1.42 | 1.23 |
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | A.J. Puk RP - ARI | |
| News | ||
| Pirates RHP Dennis Santana elected free agency. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th | Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th | |
| The Pirates designated RHP Dennis Santana for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd | 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 | |
| Dennis Santana recorded only two outs in the top of the ninth inning on Monday, but not before he allowed four runs on four hits and two walks in his second blown save of the year. The Cardinals won, 4-2. David Leisering Mon, Apr 27th | 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 | |
| Dennis Santana earned his second save of the season on Wednesday, pitching around a one-out hit batter, to help the Pirates to a 2-0 win over the Nationals. David Leisering Thu, Apr 16th | A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th | |
| Dennis Santana allowed a run on one hit and two walks in the bottom of the ninth for his first blown save of the season on Saturday. The Pirates won the game anyway, 4-3, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th | A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Dennis Santana RP - FA | A.J. Puk RP - ARI | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6) | #11 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-7) | #48 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs DET | Justin Verlander (0-1) | #268 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #46 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (7-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (4-3) | #84 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #137 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (6-6) | #133 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (6-6) | #224 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #38 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ NYM | David Peterson (6-7) | #67 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (7-7) | #28 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #12 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | ||||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ PHI | Zach Pop | ||||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer (1-4) | #92 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (6-7) | #72 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-9) | #49 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (3-3) | #178 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-4) | #150 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-10) | #30 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CWS | Sean Burke (7-5) | #71 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (7-5) | #205 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-5) | #82 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #357 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SD | Michael King (6-7) | #58 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (5-4) | #117 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (3-6) | #141 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Fri, May 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea (8-7) | #176 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (7-8) | #25 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (6-1) | #32 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (3-8) | #106 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #3 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (6-7) | #121 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (7-7) | #28 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #116 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (5-2) | #180 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TEX | Jakob Junis | ||||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (6-9) | #37 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (4-8) | #88 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (2-10) | #375 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4) | #434 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #433 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (9-6) | #102 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #61 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (3-9) | #74 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs COL | Zach Agnos | ||||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4) | #434 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #433 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #430 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #61 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (3-9) | #74 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | #278 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ SEA | George Kirby (8-9) | #22 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (7-7) | #13 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ SEA | Bryce Miller (4-5) | #39 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-7) | #48 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (6-5) | #370 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (11-2) | #90 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (12-2) | #51 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs WSH | Zack Littell (7-8) | #201 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (8-4) | #52 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (9-1) | #77 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto (0-2) | #198 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips (2-5) | #285 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (3-2) | #118 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-7) | #287 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-6) | #108 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (6-7) | #318 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (3-7) | #36 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs LAA | Sam Aldegheri (3-4) | #426 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (3-5) | #98 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-4) | #50 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs MIN | Mike Paredes (0-3) | #316 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #115 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #103 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-8) | #125 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (10-2) | #95 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ TB | Cole Sulser | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (9-5) | #20 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (3-9) | #74 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-9) | #61 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | #278 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #47 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (3-6) | #141 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (6-5) | #217 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #357 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ SD | Michael King (6-7) | #58 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (2-9) | #172 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ LAD | Kyle Hurt | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6) | #11 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-7) | #48 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #87 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #55 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #115 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-10) | #219 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs ATH | Jack Perkins (2-6) | #101 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (4-6) | #93 | |||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #87 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ WSH | Carson Palmquist (0-1) | #323 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (12-2) | #51 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (3-7) | #304 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (6-7) | #121 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (3-8) | #106 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (2-2) | #40 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-10) | #56 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CLE | Parker Messick (8-6) | #45 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (10-6) | #21 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SD | Griffin Canning (2-9) | #172 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #357 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs SD | JP Sears (3-3) | #158 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (6-5) | #217 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-7) | #48 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (11-2) | #90 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs COL | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs COL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ ATL | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ ATL | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ BOS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BOS | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BOS | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs CIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs CIN | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs CIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CHC | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CHC | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CHC | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ SF | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ SF | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs PHI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs PHI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ HOU | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ HOU | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ HOU | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ KC | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ KC | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs TEX | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs NYY | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs NYY | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ COL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ COL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SD | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SD | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SD | |||||
