Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Matt Strahm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 300	‐
VBR	# 526	# 941

Projections

Strikeouts	18	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.41
WHIP	1.26	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 413	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	34.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	13	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	6.75	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.0	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	16	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.05	4.41

WHIP	1.26	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Strahm RP - KC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Matt Strahm took the loss on Sunday, allowing five runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one against the Orioles. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Matt Strahm struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Matt Strahm allowed one earned run on one hit with no walks and no strikeouts in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Matt Strahm threw 10 pitches in a scoreless appearance in Thursday's 8-6 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 5th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	The Royals activated Matt Strahm from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	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
	Matt Strahm RP - KC			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Matt Strahm (2026)

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