Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Paul Blackburn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 293	‐
VBR	# 583	# 706

Projections

Strikeouts	15	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.25
WHIP	1.38	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 383	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 198	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	60.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	2.08	‐

WHIP	1.02	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.2	12.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.44	4.25

WHIP	1.38	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	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
	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU

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Carlos Vargas for Paul Blackburn (2026)

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