Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Jordan Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	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	# 558	# 929

Projections

Strikeouts	19	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.24	4.08
WHIP	1.48	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 395	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.19	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.6	5.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.24	4.08

WHIP	1.48	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The White Sox activated RHP Jordan Hicks from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jordan Hicks will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The White Sox placed Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list with a lat strain. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Jordan Hicks walked one and struck out one over 1 1/3 scoreless innings in Monday’s win over Marlins Chris Schommer Tue, Mar 31st	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander Jordan Hicks from the Boston Red Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, Feb 1st	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Hicks SP,RP - CWS			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Jordan Hicks (2026)

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