PJ Poulin
29-Year-Old
2025 Stats
W-L
2-1
ERA
2.78
WHIP
1.37
K
23
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year contract with the Tigers in July of 2025. Waived by the Tigers in August of 2025. Claimed off waivers by the Nationals in August of 2025.
Secures first career save
Poulin struck out one in a perfect 11th inning Saturday to record his first career save in a 5-3 win over the Mets. He struck out one.
Analysis
After Daylen Lile broke open a 3-3 tie in the top of the 11th with an inside-the-park homer, Poulin got the call in the bottom of the frame to face the Mets' 9-1-2 hitters, which included Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto. The rookie left-hander didn't flinch, firing seven of 12 pitches for strikes and getting Soto on a called strike three to end it. Jose Ferrer had worked the eighth and ninth just to get the game to extras, and Poulin isn't likely to get more closing chances this season, but through his first 22.2 MLB innings he's delivered a 2.78 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 23:11 K:BB with two wins and five holds in addition to Saturday's save.
After Daylen Lile broke open a 3-3 tie in the top of the 11th with an inside-the-park homer, Poulin got the call in the bottom of the frame to face the Mets' 9-1-2 hitters, which included Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto. The rookie left-hander didn't flinch, firing seven of 12 pitches for strikes and getting Soto on a called strike three to end it. Jose Ferrer had worked the eighth and ninth just to get the game to extras, and Poulin isn't likely to get more closing chances this season, but through his first 22.2 MLB innings he's delivered a 2.78 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 23:11 K:BB with two wins and five holds in addition to Saturday's save.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
12
Last 5 Games
11
How many pitches does PJ Poulin generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does PJ Poulin generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-10%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-10%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .250 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .226 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .250 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .226 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-43%
ERA on Road
2025
-43%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.38 | 1.35 | 13.1 | 9.5 | 3.4 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 1.93 | 1.39 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 5.8 | ||||
| 2025Home | 3.38 | 1.35 | 13.1 | 9.5 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2025Away | 1.93 | 1.39 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 5.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does PJ Poulin compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.09K/9
9.1BB/9
4.4HR/9
0.8Fastball
90.7 mphERA
2.78WHIP
1.37BABIP
.305GB/FB
1.18Left On Base
85.1%Exit Velocity
80.9 mphBarrels/BBE
3.8%Spin Rate
2063 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.0%Swinging Strike
10.2%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Nabs first MLB win
Poulin (1-1) picked up the win over the Phillies on Friday, striking out three over two perfect innings of relief.
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Heading to majors
The Nationals will recall Poulin from Triple-A Rochester, Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post reports.
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Claimed by Washington
The Nationals claimed Poulin off waivers from the Tigers on Sunday.
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Added to 40-man roster
The Tigers selected Poulin's contract and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo on Sunday.
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