Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Justin Bruihl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 665	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	12	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	3.97
WHIP	1.44	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 432	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 403	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	52.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	53	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	3.42	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.8	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	14	5

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	12	5

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.13	3.97

WHIP	1.44	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th	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
	Justin Bruihl RP - STL			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Justin Bruihl (2026)

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