Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 779

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.99
WHIP	‐	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 354

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 440	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	16.2	10.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	24	18

Earned Runs	19	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	13	8

Walks	11	2

ERA	10.26	10.45

WHIP	2.10	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	1.6

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	3.99

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Royals signed Aaron Bummer to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Bummer RP - FA	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#150
Tue, Mar 31st		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th		@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 25th		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 27th		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Tue, Apr 28th		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Wed, Apr 29th		@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Sun, May 3rd		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Mon, May 4th		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#367
Tue, May 5th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Wed, May 6th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Thu, May 7th		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, May 9th		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Sun, May 10th		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10
Tue, May 12th		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Thu, May 14th		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Sat, May 16th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365
Mon, May 18th		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Tue, May 19th		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Fri, May 22nd		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sat, May 23rd		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362
Sun, May 24th		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Tue, May 26th		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Thu, May 28th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, May 29th		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sat, May 30th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, May 31st		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th		vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Wed, Jun 10th		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Fri, Jun 12th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Wed, Jun 17th		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)
Fri, Jun 19th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd		@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 1st		vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th		@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Jul 17th		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th		@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th		@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Sat, Aug 1st		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th		vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Aug 5th		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329
Sat, Aug 8th		@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Sun, Aug 9th		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Tue, Aug 11th		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Wed, Aug 12th		@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258
Thu, Aug 13th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Sun, Aug 16th		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Tue, Aug 18th		vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125
Wed, Aug 19th		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158
Fri, Aug 21st		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#84
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Aug 25th		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Wed, Aug 26th		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Aug 30th		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Tue, Sep 1st		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sun, Sep 6th		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Mon, Sep 7th		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 9th		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 11th		vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#277
Sat, Sep 12th		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Sep 14th		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137
Wed, Sep 16th		vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Fri, Sep 18th		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Sep 19th		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Sep 20th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Thu, Sep 24th		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Fri, Sep 25th		@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th		@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th		@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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