Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	# 165
VBR	# 56	# 1224

Projections

Runs	28	3
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	26	3
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.246	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 228

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 160

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 172

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	# 205

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 100

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	411	285

Runs	74	49

Hits	97	72

Singles	47	37

Doubles	25	17

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	24	17

RBI	67	48

Stolen Bases	11	6

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	61	39

Strikeouts	86	63

Batting Average	.236	.253

On Base Pct	.341	.353

Slugging Pct	.477	.498

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.851

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	178	26

Runs	28	3

Hits	44	7

Singles	25	4

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	26	3

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	3

Strikeouts	38	6

Batting Average	.246	.259

On Base Pct	.338	.333

Slugging Pct	.451	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.768

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Curtis Mead is scheduled to go for follow-up imaging in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-3 in Friday's 6-1 win over the Rays with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Curtis Mead has been given a tentative timetable to return of 6-8 weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Curtis Mead reportedly suffered a broken wrist. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Miguel Vargas went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with two doubles, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Red Sox are placing Curtis Mead on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Curtis Mead was removed from Monday’s game against the Athletics with a left wrist contusion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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