Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Connor Phillips (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 384

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.89
WHIP	‐	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 440	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	27.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	24	21

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	13	28

Walks	11	28

ERA	10.26	5.53

WHIP	2.10	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	1.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.89

WHIP	‐	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Reds recalled RHP Connor Phillips from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 22nd
	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. 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	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Royals signed Aaron Bummer to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
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	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75
Wed, Apr 1st		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, Apr 6th		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Tue, Apr 7th		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th		vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sun, Apr 12th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th		vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Thu, Apr 16th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th		@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#285
Tue, Apr 21st		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#207
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Sat, Apr 25th		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th		vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Thu, Apr 30th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, May 1st		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#84
Sun, May 3rd		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#197
Tue, May 5th		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278
Thu, May 7th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Fri, May 8th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#225
Sat, May 9th		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Sun, May 10th		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Tue, May 12th		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, May 14th		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Fri, May 15th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71
Sat, May 16th		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58
Sun, May 17th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Tue, May 19th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, May 20th		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Sat, May 23rd		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Mon, May 25th		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Tue, May 26th		@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Wed, May 27th		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#235
Fri, May 29th		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148
Sat, May 30th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sun, May 31st		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Sun, Jun 7th		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th		@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th		@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86
Sat, Jun 13th		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#49
Sun, Jun 14th		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 16th		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st		@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#125
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Wed, Jun 24th		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th		@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Wed, Jul 1st		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 3rd		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 5th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 7th		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th		vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Jul 10th		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 12th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th		@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Sun, Jul 19th		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342
Mon, Jul 20th		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th		@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Thu, Aug 6th		vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339
Fri, Aug 7th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Aug 9th		@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#227
Tue, Aug 11th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Aug 12th		@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Thu, Aug 13th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sat, Aug 15th		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 16th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Tue, Aug 18th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Thu, Aug 20th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Fri, Aug 21st		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 24th		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Aug 28th		@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Sat, Aug 29th		@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Aug 30th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Tue, Sep 1st		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Sat, Sep 5th		vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Sun, Sep 6th		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Mon, Sep 7th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#98
Tue, Sep 8th		@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Wed, Sep 9th		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Sep 11th		@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Sat, Sep 12th		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Mon, Sep 14th		vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Tue, Sep 15th		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Wed, Sep 16th		vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#23
Thu, Sep 17th		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Fri, Sep 18th		vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82
Sat, Sep 19th		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#50
Sun, Sep 20th		vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#157
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Thu, Sep 24th		@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Fri, Sep 25th		@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Sat, Sep 26th		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67
Sun, Sep 27th		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Connor Phillips (2026)

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