Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Joel Payamps (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	9	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	3.97
WHIP	1.26	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	9.39	‐

WHIP	1.70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.7	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	8	5

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	5

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.14	3.97

WHIP	1.26	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
		The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
		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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joel Payamps RP - ATL			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Joel Payamps (2026)

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