Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	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	# 1008	# 929

Projections

Strikeouts	6	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	3.97
WHIP	1.50	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	30.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	9	‐

Hits Allowed	34	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	3.86	‐

WHIP	1.81	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.8	5.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	7	5

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	5

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.28	3.97

WHIP	1.50	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#137	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#204	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#327
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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