Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 255	‐
VBR	# 488	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.16	‐
WHIP	1.45	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 440

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.0	16.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	8	5

Hits Allowed	32	24

Earned Runs	20	19

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	54	13

Walks	21	11

ERA	4.00	10.26

WHIP	1.18	2.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.16	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
		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
		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 Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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