JUST IN: “The Atlanta Braves has release some players” Coach Brian Snitker announced….

Atlanta Braves trade five player package for reliever Aaron Bummer from Chicago White Sox

Braves acquire reliever Aaron Bummer from White Sox for 5 players,  including Michael Soroka - The Athletic
The Braves sent several of their non-tender candidates to the White Sox for a lefty reliever

While you were sleeping, the Atlanta Braves announced a five player trade package going to the Chicago White Sox in a trade, getting lefty reliever Aaron Bummer in return.

Bummer, 30, struggled from a conventional stats perspective with a 6.79 ERA, but dealt with poor luck and had underlying peripherals that were significantly better than his final results.

His Fielding Independent Pitching – in essence, ERA reduced to only what a pitcher can actually control, like walks, home runs, strikeouts, and hit-by-pitch, was 3.58. He struckout twelve batters per nine innings, and excelled at preventing hard contact (2.7% barrel rate, 99th percentile) thanks to an elite 60.1% groundball rate.

He signed a five year, $16M contract extension in February of 2020, and will make $5.5M in 2024, the final season of that deal. Atlanta holds two club options for Bummer, $7.25M in 2025 and $7.5M in 2026, with a $1.25M buyout in 2025 and a $1M buyout in 2026.

(There’s also an escalator in the award that can raise Bummer’s salary as high as $10M in 2026 if he wins AL Reliever of the Year, per Spotrac – it’s unknown if that escalator is tied specifically to the American League award or just the Reliever of the Year award in general)

The acquisition of Bummer now gives Atlanta four lefties in their bullpen, with AJ Minter and Dylan Lee being joined by Bummer and 2021 postseason hero Tyler Matzek, returning from Tommy John surgery.

The package leaving Atlanta is full of players that ran the risk of being non-tendered by Friday’s deadline, with major leaguers Michael Soroka, Jared Shuster, and Nicky Lopez joined by prospects Braden Shewmake and Riley Gowens.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*