Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 741	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.21	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 440

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	16.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	5

Hits Allowed	42	24

Earned Runs	23	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	41	13

Walks	13	11

ERA	5.35	10.26

WHIP	1.42	2.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.21	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Jake Bird is being traded along with three other prospects to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#335
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#353
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#199
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#423
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#86
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Jake Bird (2026)

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