Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Justin Topa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.25
WHIP	‐	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	24

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	21.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	2

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	4

Hits Allowed	‐	29

Earned Runs	‐	17

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	12

ERA	‐	7.29

WHIP	‐	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.9

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.25

WHIP	‐	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	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	The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 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	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Justin Topa RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs BOS	Raymond Burgos
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th				@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 30th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Justin Topa (2026)

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