Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Trent Thornton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 317	‐
VBR	# 601	# 977

Projections

Strikeouts	16	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.53	4.27
WHIP	1.38	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 247	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	30.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.03	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	7.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	22	7

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	16	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.53	4.27

WHIP	1.38	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	Trent Thornton underwent X-rays on his left heel following Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The results came back negative for any structural damage. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Cubs placed Trent Thornton on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Trent Thornton has agreed to a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. The righthander will receive an invite to Spring Training as part of the deal. David Leisering Wed, Jan 28th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Cubs signed RHP Trent Thornton to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
		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
	Trent Thornton RP - CHC			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Trent Thornton (2026)

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