Reports: Marlins Dish Off Another Vet, Shipping Lefty Reliever Puk To Diamondbacks For Two Prospects

ESPN’s Jeff Passan was the first to report on Thursday night that the Miami Marlins had traded left-handed relief pitcher A.J. Puk to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two prospects. According to Passan, the Marlins got 21-year-old power-hitting prospect Deyvison De Los Santos, a corner infielder, and 23-year-old center fielder Andrew Pintar in return. De Los Santos, who turned 21 on June 21, has had a big year in Double-A and Triple-A this season, crushing 28 home runs in 342 at-bats and piling up a 1.011 on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) to go with his .325 batting average. In 551 career at-bats in the minor leagues, Pintar has hit .266 with a .768 OPS. Puk, 29, hasn’t allowed an earned run in his past 16 2/3 innings, and while his 4.30 ERA looks pedestrian, it was decimated in the first month of the year when, miscast as a starting pitcher, he opened games for his first four appearances of the season, getting hammered for 14 earned runs in those 13 2/3 innings (9.22 ERA). Since then, Puk has a 2.08 ERA in 30 2/3 innings. In two seasons in Miami, Puk had a 4.11 ERA in 100 2/3 innings.