Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Cooper Criswell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 326	‐
VBR	# 650	# 926

Projections

Strikeouts	11	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.34
WHIP	1.37	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 295	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 336	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	30.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.52	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	6.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	13	7

Earned Runs	6	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.03	4.34

WHIP	1.37	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Criswell allowed no runs and only two hits through three inninings, while picking up the save in Seattle's 8-0 win over the Guardians. Robert Finkelstein Sun, Mar 29th	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
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Cooper Criswell (2026)

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