Who Should I Trade?

Daulton Varsho for Matthew Lugo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daulton Varsho LF,CF - HOU	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 117	‐
VBR	# 151	# 1394

Projections

Runs	22	0
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	22	0
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.231	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 119	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 143	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 183	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daulton Varsho LF,CF - HOU	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	339	‐

Runs	39	‐

Hits	82	‐

Singles	54	‐

Doubles	19	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	27	‐

Stolen Bases	9	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	32	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.372	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.682	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daulton Varsho LF,CF - HOU	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	159	4

Runs	22	0

Hits	37	1

Singles	21	0

Doubles	8	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	22	0

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	0

Strikeouts	41	1

Batting Average	.231	.157

On Base Pct	.299	.191

Slugging Pct	.425	.213

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.404

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daulton Varsho LF,CF - HOU	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
News
	The Houston Astros are finalizing a deal to acquire center fielder Daulton Varsho from the Toronto Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals claimed Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Phillies have shown interest in Daulton Varsho. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Angels designated Matthew Lugo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Blue Jays are reportedly listening to trade offers on Daulton Varsho. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Angels optioned OF Matthew Lugo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
	Daulton Varsho is not in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Daulton Varsho went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daulton Varsho LF,CF - HOU			Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI

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Daulton Varsho for Matthew Lugo (2026)

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