Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 290	‐
VBR	# 391	# 992

Projections

Strikeouts	25	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.37
WHIP	1.26	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 204	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	13	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.9	7.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	23	7

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	25	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.79	4.37

WHIP	1.26	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#211
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Justin Slaten (2026)

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