The Braves made a significant six-player trade just before the clock struck midnight on Thursday, acquiring veteran lefty reliever Aaron Bummer from the Chicago White Sox for Michael Soroka, Jared Shuster, Nicky Lopez, Braden Shewmake and Riley Gowens.
Bummer, 30, has some of the nastiest stuff from the left side in the majors. Command has been an issue — he walked 13.5 percent of batters faced in 2023 and has a career 11.1 percent walk rate — but his Statcast profile shows a 99th percentile barrel rate, 97th percentile ground ball rate, and 87th percentile whiff and strikeout rate.