Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Lucas Sims (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Lucas Sims 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	‐	# 706

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	10
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.25
WHIP	‐	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 423	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.60	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	14

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	12.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	12

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	10

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.25

WHIP	‐	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	Carlos Vargas threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Lucas Sims RP - CWS			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
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)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
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 (7-6)	#204	@ 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 (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Lucas Sims (2026)

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