Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 293	‐
VBR	# 393	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.80	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 389	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	# 440

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	60	21

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	83.0	16.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	11	5

Hits Allowed	56	24

Earned Runs	15	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	68	13

Walks	32	11

ERA	1.63	10.26

WHIP	1.06	2.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.80	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	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
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY			Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#239
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#331
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#33
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#208
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#261
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#268
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#146
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#232
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#80
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#79
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#74
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#50
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#142
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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