Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 955	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	4.48
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


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Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	6.3	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	6	3

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.41	4.48

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Darren McCaughan (2026)

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