Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Phil Maton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 333	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	‐
Wins	‐	‐
Saves	‐	‐
ERA	‐	‐
WHIP	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 280	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 439	# 440

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.2	16.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	34	24

Earned Runs	19	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	31	13

Walks	16	11

ERA	6.18	10.26

WHIP	1.81	2.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Phil Maton RP - CHC	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
News
	Phil Maton was scheduled to have a right knee debridement on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Phil Maton is scheduled to undergo season-ending right knee surgery this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 10th	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	It is unclear if Phil Maton will return this season. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	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
	Phil Maton was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 19th	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Phil Maton has been diagnosed with a partially torn right patellar tendon. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Phil Maton RP - CHC			Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#189
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (2-2)	#37
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#224
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS	Tanner Houck (0-1)

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Phil Maton (2026)

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