Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Luke Little (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luke Little RP - CHC	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	# 1032	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	6	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	3.97
WHIP	1.61	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 446	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	1.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	9.00	‐

WHIP	2.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	5.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	5	5

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	6	5

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.21	3.97

WHIP	1.61	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luke Little RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Cubs optioned Luke Little to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Cubs recalled Luke Little from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Cubs optioned LHP Luke Little to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th	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
	Luke Little RP - CHC			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Luke Little (2026)

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