Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 54	# 1135

Projections

Runs	24	8
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	22	9
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.243	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	439	197

Runs	79	23

Hits	102	45

Singles	50	30

Doubles	26	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	8

RBI	68	21

Stolen Bases	12	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	66	22

Strikeouts	93	59

Batting Average	.232	.228

On Base Pct	.339	.305

Slugging Pct	.467	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	72

Runs	24	8

Hits	37	15

Singles	21	10

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	22	9

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	7

Strikeouts	33	21

Batting Average	.243	.213

On Base Pct	.339	.279

Slugging Pct	.448	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.631

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Miguel Vargas went 0-for-6 in Thursday’s 12-11 loss to the Red Sox with one walk, one stolen base, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a run, and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-3 in Friday's 6-1 win over the Rays with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a home run in a 13-3 loss to the Orioles on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela stole his first base of the season in a 6-2 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#303
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#155	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#339	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#166	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#171	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#292
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#348	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#98	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#236
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#212	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#425	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#198	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#236	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#165
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#195	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#71	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#276
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#100	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#87	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#186	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#157	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#391
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#183
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#121
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#152	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#67	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#62
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#121
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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