Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for A.J. Puk (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	FA	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 440	‐

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


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	10.26	‐

WHIP	2.10	‐

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


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Blown Saves	‐	‐

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Earned Runs	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	The Royals signed Aaron Bummer to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st		vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 9th		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Sun, Apr 19th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Tue, Apr 21st		vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Apr 23rd		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 25th		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 26th		vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Thu, Apr 30th		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, May 2nd		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 3rd		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Tue, May 5th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, May 6th		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, May 7th		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, May 9th		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 10th		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Mon, May 11th		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Wed, May 13th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Fri, May 15th		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, May 16th		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, May 17th		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, May 18th		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, May 19th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, May 20th		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Thu, May 21st		vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Fri, May 22nd		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, May 23rd		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, May 24th		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Tue, May 26th		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, May 27th		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, May 30th		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sat, Jun 6th		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Sun, Jun 7th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Fri, Jun 12th		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Mon, Jun 15th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th		vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393
Fri, Jun 19th		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Mon, Jun 22nd		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Wed, Jul 8th		@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Fri, Jul 10th		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Mon, Jul 20th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jul 21st		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Fri, Jul 24th		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sat, Jul 25th		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, Jul 26th		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd		vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th		vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 7th		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Tue, Aug 11th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Fri, Aug 14th		@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sun, Aug 16th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Mon, Aug 17th		@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Aug 21st		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Aug 23rd		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Mon, Aug 24th		vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th		vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Thu, Aug 27th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th		@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Sat, Aug 29th		@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#354
Mon, Aug 31st		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Sep 1st		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Fri, Sep 4th		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Sat, Sep 5th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sun, Sep 6th		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Mon, Sep 7th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Sep 8th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Sep 9th		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Fri, Sep 11th		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, Sep 12th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sun, Sep 13th		vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th		vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th		vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th		vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th		vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th		vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th		vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th		@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th		@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th		@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th		@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for A.J. Puk (2026)

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