Aaron Bummer
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Position:
LHP
Born:
09/21/93
Height:
6'3"
Weight:
200
B/T:
L/L
Acquired:
Drafted in the 19th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft (CHW).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| 1-5 with a 3.31 ERA in 28 game, and 5-for-5 in save opportunities, between Winston-Salem (High A), Birmingham (Double-A) and Charlotte (Triple-A), striking out 54 and walking 20 in 49 innings while allowing 44 hits for a .243 BAA. |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Contract purchased from Charlotte on July 27, when LHP Dan Jennings was traded to the Rays. MLB Debut Date: 07/27/17 |
Debut Details
| July 27, in a 6-3 loss to the Cubs. The fifth of six pitchers, he allowed one run on one hit in one inning, striking out one. Of 11 pitches thrown, seven were for strikes. Coming on to start the eighth inning in relief of right-handed reliever Tyler Clippard, he struck out Anthony Rizzo swinging and got Willson Contreras to ground out to third before Kyle Schwarber hit a solo homer to right. Jason Heyward then flew out to right to end the inning. |
Player Notes
| Bummer, drafted out of the University of Nebraska, had very few innings under his belt before his recall after suffering an elbow injury late in his 2014 debut season which required Tommy John surgery and sidelined him until part of the way through 2016. After having posted a 2.45 ERA in 16 games in relief at Great Falls (Rookie) in 2014 with 28 strikeouts against six walks in 22 innings, he came back to combine for a 1-2 record and 4.86 ERA in 15 games between theRookie Arizona League, Great Falls and Winston-Salem in '16, striking out 18 and walking seven in 16 2/3 innings. A non-roster invite to camp this past spring, he still ranked No. 21 on Baseball America's Top 30 coming into 2017 thanks to a fastball that sits consistently in the low-to-middle 90s, and has touched 99mph, and a plus slurve. |