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Justin Topa

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: March 7, 1991 in Binghamton, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 33rd round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 17th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY).

High School: Chenango Valley HS (Binghamton, NY)

School: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2026 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2026): 5.044 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Justin Robert Topa

Pronunciation: \TOE-puh\

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.7

0.7

ERA

8.05

4.27

172

19.0

168.2

141

WHIP

2.000

1.405

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	20		Long Island	NEC	NCAA					4.35	6.59		11			0		68.1	68	50	33		21		53					1.302	9.0		2.8	7.0	2.52

2013	22	1.5	Long Island	NEC	NCAA		8	6	.571	4.05	4.59	14	14			0	0	100.0	94	51	45	4	29	1	81	9	0	1	423	1.230	8.5	0.4	2.6	7.3	2.79
2013	22	0.7	Jamestown	NYPL	A-	PIT	5	2	.714	2.19	2.68	19	0	2	0	0	0	37.0	33	11	9	1	10	0	33	0	1	1	149	1.162	8.0	0.2	2.4	8.0	3.30
2014	23	1.3	West Virginia	SALL	A	PIT	4	8	.333	6.09	6.64	25	14	2	0	0	1	81.1	109	60	55	8	20	0	50	8	0	2	364	1.586	12.1	0.9	2.2	5.5	2.50

2016	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A+	PIT	2	0	1.000	2.13	2.13	10	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	9	3	3	0	3	0	8	1	0	1	50	0.947	6.4	0.0	2.1	5.7	2.67
2016	25	1.9	Bradenton	FLOR	A+	PIT	0	0		3.86	3.86	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	21	1.500	11.6	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.00
2016	25	4.4	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	2	0	1.000	1.13	1.13	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	29	0.625	3.4	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
2017	26	-0.5	Rockland	CAMA	Ind		14	3	.824	3.50	4.23	20	19	0	1	1	0	110.2	104	52	43	8	26	0	80	3	0	3	457	1.175	8.5	0.7	2.1	6.5	3.08
2018	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	TEX	2	4	.333	6.85	6.85	10	7	0	0	0	0	44.2	60	34	34	6	14	0	38	3	0	4	202	1.657	12.1	1.2	2.8	7.7	2.71
2018	27	2.9	Frisco	TL	AA	TEX	2	3	.400	5.71	5.71	9	6	0	0	0	0	41.0	53	26	26	4	13	0	34	2	0	4	182	1.610	11.6	0.9	2.9	7.5	2.62
2018	27	3.9	Down East	CARL	A+	TEX	0	1	.000	19.64	19.64	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	8	8	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	20	2.182	17.2	4.9	2.5	9.8	4.00
2018	27	0.4	Rockland	CAMA	Ind		1	1	.500	4.43	5.75	4	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	24	13	10	1	4	0	15	0	0	2	87	1.377	10.6	0.4	1.8	6.6	3.75
2019	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	MIL	0	6	.000	3.38	3.83	33	0	11	0	0	3	40.0	36	17	15	1	10	0	41	2	0	2	169	1.150	8.1	0.2	2.3	9.2	4.10
2019	28	3.7	Biloxi	SOUL	AA	MIL	0	3	.000	2.63	3.38	18	0	3	0	0	0	24.0	22	9	7	0	8	0	22	2	0	2	104	1.250	8.3	0.0	3.0	8.3	2.75
2019	28	4.8	Carolina	CARL	A+	MIL	0	3	.000	4.50	4.50	15	0	8	0	0	3	16.0	14	8	8	1	2	0	19	0	0	0	65	1.000	7.9	0.6	1.1	10.7	9.50
2020	29	0.6	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	1	.000	2.35	3.52	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	7	3	2	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	30	0.913	8.2	1.2	0.0	14.1
2021	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-Rk	MIL	1	0	1.000	2.40	2.40	16	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	10	4	4	0	4	0	16	1	0	1	59	0.933	6.0	0.0	2.4	9.6	4.00
2021	30	3.0	Nashville	AAAE	AAA	MIL	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	10	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	9	0	0	1	36	1.000	7.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	4.50
2021	30	5.4	Biloxi	AASO	AA	MIL	0	0		2.25	2.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
2021	30	9.1	Brewers Blue	ACL	Rk	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	8	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5
2021	30	1.1	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		29.70	29.70	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	12	11	11	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	23	3.900	32.4	5.4	2.7	2.7	1.00
2022	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	MIL	3	0	1.000	4.12	4.12	18	0	0	0	0	0	19.2	23	9	9	0	8	0	18	4	0	2	90	1.576	10.5	0.0	3.7	8.2	2.25
2022	31	4.0	Nashville	IL	AAA	MIL	2	0	1.000	4.34	4.34	17	0	0	0	0	0	18.2	23	9	9	0	8	0	17	3	0	2	87	1.661	11.1	0.0	3.9	8.2	2.13
2022	31	9.8	Brewers Gold	ACL	Rk	MIL	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2022	31	1.8	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		4.91	7.36	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	9	6	4	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	35	1.773	11.0	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00
2023	32	4.7	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	11	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	10.1	3.00
2023	32	3.3	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	5	4	.556	2.61	3.39	75	0	14	0	0	3	69.0	61	26	20	4	18	4	61	3	0	0	279	1.145	8.0	0.5	2.3	8.0	3.39
2024	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	MIN	0	0		3.75	4.50	12	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	6	5	1	5	0	17	2	0	0	47	1.167	6.8	0.8	3.8	12.8	3.40
2024	33	6.0	St. Paul	IL	AAA	MIN	0	0		4.09	4.91	11	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	9	6	5	1	4	0	16	2	0	0	44	1.182	7.4	0.8	3.3	13.1	4.00
2024	33	11.1	Fort Myers	FLOR	A	MIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2024	33	4.0	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	7.7
2025	34	4.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	1	5	.167	3.90	4.80	54	1	17	0	0	4	60.0	68	32	26	2	18	3	49	4	0	0	268	1.433	10.2	0.3	2.7	7.4	2.72
2026	35		2 Teams	IL	AAA	TOR-KCR	0	0		2.08	3.46	12	0	6	0	0	1	13.0	15	5	3	1	4	0	6	0	0	1	59	1.462	10.4	0.7	2.8	4.2	1.50
2026	35	7.7	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	0		3.38	4.50	8	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	11	4	3	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	38	1.750	12.4	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.33
2026	35	7.7	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	1.80	4	0	3	0	0	1	5.0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00
2026	35	5.8	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	1	.000	8.05	8.53	23	0	8	0	0	2	19.0	27	18	17	4	11	0	12	1	0	1	92	2.000	12.8	1.9	5.2	5.7	1.09
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		6	11	.353	4.27	5.12	172	1	44	0	0	9	168.2	185	96	80	13	52	9	141	8	0	1	735	1.405	9.9	0.7	2.8	7.5	2.71
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		18	20	.474	4.47	4.86	158	21	26	0	0	5	278.0	306	150	138	18	79	0	230	21	1	15	1200	1.385	9.9	0.6	2.6	7.4	2.91
College (2 seasons)					College		8	6		4.17	5.40	14	25			0	0	168.1	162	101	78	4	50	1	134	9	0	1	423	1.259	8.7		2.7	7.2	2.68
Other (2 seasons)					Other		15	4	.789	3.64	4.47	24	22	0	1	1	0	131.0	128	65	53	9	30	0	95	3	0	5	544	1.206	8.8	0.6	2.1	6.5	3.17
All Levels (14 Seasons)							47	41		4.21	4.97	368	69	70	1	1	14	746.0	781	412	349	44	211	10	600	41	1	22	2902	1.330	9.4		2.5	7.2	2.84

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		4	0	1.000	3.48	3.98	53	0	10	0	0	1	54.1	56	24	21	2	19	0	51	5	0	5	237	1.380	9.3	0.3	3.1	8.4	2.68
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		2	6	.250	4.43	4.70	31	6	3	0	0	0	69.0	77	36	34	4	23	0	58	4	0	6	301	1.449	10.0	0.5	3.0	7.6	2.52
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		0	4	.000	6.66	6.66	20	1	8	0	0	3	24.1	27	18	18	3	4	0	25	2	0	0	106	1.274	10.0	1.1	1.5	9.2	6.25
A (2 seasons)					Minors		4	8	.333	6.01	6.56	26	14	2	0	0	1	82.1	109	60	55	8	21	0	51	8	0	2	367	1.579	11.9	0.9	2.3	5.6	2.43
A- (1 season)					Minors		5	2	.714	2.19	2.68	19	0	2	0	0	0	37.0	33	11	9	1	10	0	33	0	1	1	149	1.162	8.0	0.2	2.4	8.0	3.30
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		3	0	1.000	0.82	0.82	9	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	12	2	0	1	40	0.545	3.3	0.0	1.6	9.8	6.00