Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Mason Englert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB	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	# 555	# 977

Projections

Strikeouts	28	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.57	4.27
WHIP	1.33	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	35.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	42	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	7

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	32.3	7.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	32	7

Earned Runs	16	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	28	6

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.57	4.27

WHIP	1.33	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Mason Englert allowed five runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four across five innings in Friday's 5-3 loss against the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Mason Englert will start in Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Mason Englert has been called up as the 27th man in Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Rays optioned RHP Mason Englert to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Mason Englert allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine across 5.2 innings in Sunday's 2-0 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Englert SP,RP - TB			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Mason Englert (2026)

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