Austin Joseph Puckett (born May 27, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization.
[3] In 2016, his junior year, Puckett pitched 45+2⁄3 innings without allowing a run, the third-longest scoreless streak in NCAA Division I history.
[10] The Royals traded Puckett and Andre Davis to the Chicago White Sox for Melky Cabrera on July 30, 2017.
[12] He missed the entire 2018 season with elbow pain, and elected to undergo Tommy John surgery on March 13, 2019.
[14] On December 10, 2020, the Atlanta Braves selected Puckett in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.
[17] In 47 appearances split between the Double–A Arkansas Travelers and Triple–A Tacoma Rainiers, he accumulated a 6–4 record and 4.52 ERA with 54 strikeouts across 63+2⁄3 innings pitched.