Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Jose Butto (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 977	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	6

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	5

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	22.50

WHIP	‐	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Jose Butto (2026)

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