Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 609	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	12	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	3.97
WHIP	1.31	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 233	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 404	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	33.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.91	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.9	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	11	5

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	5

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.93	3.97

WHIP	1.31	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	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
	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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