Aaron Bummer: Everything you need to know

Aaron Bummer

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/22	MIN	L 7-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/16	TB	W 11-2	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/13	NYY	W 7-6	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/9	MIN	W 9-8	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2/27	BOS	W 15-8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preseason Totals			5.1	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
5/18	MIA	L 12-0	1.0	1	5	0	0	0	3	6	6
5/14	CHC	L 2-0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/8	LAD	L 3-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/4	SEA	L 5-4	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
5/3	COL	W 11-6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	2
4/28	DET	W 5-2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
4/26	PHI	W 6-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
4/24	PHI	W 5-3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/21	WSH	L 11-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/20	WSH	W 7-4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/13	MIA	L 10-4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	3
4/11	CLE	L 6-0	0.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/10	CLE	W 11-5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/7	LAA	W 7-2	0.1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
4/6	LAA	L 6-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/30	ATH	W 4-0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/28	KC	W 6-2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regular Season Totals			12	12	9	1	0	0	17	15	13

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	0	15.1	1	1	0.0	13	10	1	0	18	15	13	0	0	0.281	6
Home	0	8.2	0	1	0.0	7	3	0	0	9	7	5	0	0	0.250	3
Away	0	6.2	1	0	0.0	6	7	0	0	9	8	8	0	0	0.321	3
Night	0	12.2	0	1	0.0	9	9	0	0	14	11	11	0	0	0.264	4
Day	0	2.2	1	0	0.0	4	1	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0.364	2
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	7	6	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0.273	2
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	6	4	1	0	9	11	0	0	0	0.290	4
March	0	1.2	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	0
April	0	8.2	0	1	0.0	6	4	0	0	9	7	5	0	0	0.257	3
May	0	5.0	1	0	0.0	5	6	0	0	8	8	8	0	0	0.364	3
Opponent
vs ATH	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs LAA	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs CHC	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs DET	0	1.2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0.333	1
vs KC	0	0.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs MIA	0	2.0	0	1	0.0	3	5	0	0	7	9	9	0	0	0.538	3
vs SEA	0	0.2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
vs COL	0	1.0	1	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0.600	1
vs PHI	0	2.1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0.273	1
vs LAD	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs WSH	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs CLE	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
Venue
@ Miami	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	5	0	0	3	6	6	0	0	0.500	2
@ Atlanta	0	8.2	0	1	0.0	7	3	0	0	9	7	5	0	0	0.250	3
@ Philadelphia	0	0.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
@ Seattle	0	0.2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
@ Colorado	0	1.0	1	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0.600	1
@ Washington	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ Los Angeles	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0

Aaron Bummer: Breaking News

The Cubs signed Bummer to a minor-league contract Wednesday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. Bummer was released by Atlanta last week after collecting a 7.63 ERA and 1.83 WHIP across his first 19 relief appearances this season. The lefty's velocity has been tumbling in the wrong direction in recent years, but the Cubs will stick him at Triple-A Iowa and see if they're able to coax more out of the 10-year veteran.

Atlanta released Bummer on Tuesday. Bummer was torched for six runs on three hits and five walks over one inning of work in Monday's loss to the Marlins, pushing his ERA and WHIP on the season to 7.63 and 1.83, respectively. The veteran lefty's velocity has trended in the wrong direction in recent years, as the 90.2 mph he's averaging on his sinker is more than five mph lower than the 95.4 mph he averaged back in 2021. Bummer's track record should still be enough to land him a fresh start in a new organization.

Bummer retired the only batter he faced Monday to record his third hold of the season in a win over the Nationals. The southpaw got the final out of the seventh inning after Bryce Elder was lifted following 98 pitches, getting James Wood to ground out with Atlanta ahead 7-4. Bummer already has more holds than he did in either 2025 or 2024, and while his 4.76 ERA and 1.59 WHIP through 5.2 innings look shaky, he's been tagged with runs in only one of his nine appearances. He's become the newest incarnation of a LOOGY, working less than an inning in six of those outings while frequently being called in for the final out or two of an inning against left-handed hitters.