Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Carlos Vargas (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 774	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	7	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	3.97
WHIP	1.24	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 214	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.3	5.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	5

Walks	2	2

ERA	3.83	3.97

WHIP	1.24	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 24th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Carlos Vargas (2026)

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