Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Franco Aleman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 453	# 711

Projections

Strikeouts	17	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.74	4.25
WHIP	1.34	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 343	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	14.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	3.77	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.2	12.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	13	12

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.74	4.25

WHIP	1.34	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Franco Aleman RP - CLE			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Franco Aleman (2026)

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