Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Carlos Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 931	# 941

Projections

Strikeouts	8	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.56	4.41
WHIP	1.41	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	8	6

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	5

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.56	4.41

WHIP	1.41	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alek Jacob RP - SD	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	Vargas is not eligible to return until late May, and it remains unclear whether he has resumed throwing or is still shut down. He has been out all season with a right lat strain. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alek Jacob RP - SD			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Apr 24th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Carlos Vargas (2026)

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