Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for A.J. Minter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 234	‐
VBR	# 466	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.65	‐
WHIP	1.22	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 440

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	16.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	8	5

Hits Allowed	31	24

Earned Runs	9	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	36	13

Walks	7	11

ERA	2.01	10.26

WHIP	0.94	2.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
News
	A.J. Minter struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Guardians. Matthew Adam Sun, Sep 13th	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Aaron Bummer allowed three earned runs on two hits and a walk while recording one out in Thursday's loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 7th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Royals signed Aaron Bummer to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#308
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#232
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#282
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#313
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#182
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for A.J. Minter (2026)

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