Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Nate Lavender (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 916	# 796

Projections

Strikeouts	5	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.97	3.85
WHIP	1.39	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


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Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

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Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.5	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	5

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.97	3.85

WHIP	1.39	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
News
	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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
	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Nate Lavender (2026)

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