Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	# 898	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.55	‐
WHIP	1.59	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	# 440

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	16.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	5

Hits Allowed	35	24

Earned Runs	21	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	47	13

Walks	28	11

ERA	4.05	10.26

WHIP	1.35	2.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.55	‐

WHIP	1.59	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Aaron Bummer RP - FA
News
	The Angels activated RHP Sam Bachman from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 16th	Aaron Bummer has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Sam Bachman threw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th	The Royals optioned Aaron Bummer to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Sam Bachman pitched in a Arizona Bridge League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 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 Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Royals recalled LHP Aaron Bummer from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. 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
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Aaron Bummer RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#140
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#195
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#275
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#47
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#148
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#362
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#246
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#89
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#229
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#184
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#371
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#222
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#224
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#288
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#363
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#211
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#296
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#211
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#76
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#123
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#222
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#104
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#181
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#332
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#118
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#155
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#180
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#369
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#92
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#140
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#203
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#222
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#118
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#155
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#15
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#233
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#269
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#146
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#135
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#53
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#98
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Riley Cornelio (3-2)	#217
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#58
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#66
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#244
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#363
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#60
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#58
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#11

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Bummer for Sam Bachman (2026)

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