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Arizona closer Tony Pluta returning for senior season in 2026

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Closer Tony Pluta is returning for his senior season, as announced by the Arizona baseball program social media accounts on Tuesday. Pluta earned the 2025 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 2025 Stopper of the Year.

Pluta finished 3-0 with a 1.46 earned run average and an Arizona single-season record 14 saves in 2025. In 37.0 innings, Pluta allowed 28 hits with seven walks and 34 strikeouts. The only extra base hits Pluta allowed during the 2025 season were three doubles.

Plutla enters the 2026 season with 16 career saves. Pluta needs 13 saves to tie the Arizona record of 29 set by Jason Stoffel from 2007-09.