Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Carlos Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 223	# 955

Projections

Strikeouts	26	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.66	4.41
WHIP	1.23	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	40.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	28	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	1.56	‐

WHIP	0.84	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.5	6.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	19	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	6

Walks	8	2

ERA	3.66	4.41

WHIP	1.23	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Bryan Baker allowed no hits and one walk while striking out one over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Saturday's 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians, picking up his 27th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 25th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and no walks while striking out one over a scoreless ninth inning in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 24th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Bryan Baker faced the minimum three batters in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros to pick up his 23rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#254	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#225	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Carlos Vargas (2026)

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