Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Carter Baumler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1004

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.59
WHIP	‐	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 440	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	5.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	24	4

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	13	6

Walks	11	6

ERA	10.26	3.18

WHIP	2.10	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.59

WHIP	‐	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Carter Baumler was sent on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Royals signed Aaron Bummer to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Mon, Mar 30th		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Tue, Mar 31st		@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 5th		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, Apr 13th		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Wed, Apr 15th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Thu, Apr 16th		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Thu, Apr 23rd		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sun, Apr 26th		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Mon, Apr 27th		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th		vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Fri, May 1st		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sat, May 2nd		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sun, May 3rd		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#146
Tue, May 5th		@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Wed, May 6th		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Thu, May 7th		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222
Fri, May 8th		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, May 9th		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sun, May 10th		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, May 11th		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, May 12th		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, May 15th		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, May 16th		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Sun, May 17th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, May 18th		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Tue, May 19th		@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#227
Wed, May 20th		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Fri, May 22nd		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, May 23rd		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, May 24th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Mon, May 25th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 26th		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291
Wed, May 27th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Thu, May 28th		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Fri, May 29th		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sun, May 31st		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339
Tue, Jun 16th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Sat, Jun 20th		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 21st		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 22nd		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, Jun 28th		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Jun 29th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd		vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th		vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Sun, Jul 12th		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th		@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319
Sun, Jul 19th		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Mon, Jul 20th		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Tue, Jul 21st		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Wed, Jul 22nd		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 29th		@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Thu, Jul 30th		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th		vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164
Wed, Aug 5th		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 11th		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Wed, Aug 12th		@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Thu, Aug 13th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Fri, Aug 14th		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Sat, Aug 15th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Aug 16th		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Tue, Aug 18th		vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151
Wed, Aug 19th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Thu, Aug 20th		vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Fri, Aug 21st		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 22nd		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 23rd		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th		@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#274
Tue, Aug 25th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Wed, Aug 26th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Fri, Aug 28th		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 29th		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 30th		@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Aug 31st		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Tue, Sep 1st		vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Sep 3rd		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Sep 4th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Sat, Sep 5th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sun, Sep 6th		vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Wed, Sep 9th		@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Thu, Sep 10th		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Fri, Sep 11th		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Sep 12th		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Sep 13th		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Tue, Sep 15th		vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101
Wed, Sep 16th		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Thu, Sep 17th		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Fri, Sep 18th		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sat, Sep 19th		vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th		vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th		vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th		@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th		@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th		@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Carter Baumler (2026)

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