Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 39	# 235
VBR	# 58	# 1118

Projections

Runs	30	10
Home Runs	9	2
RBI	28	10
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.246	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 256

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 258

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	# 273

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 200

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	397	232

Runs	72	36

Hits	95	62

Singles	47	48

Doubles	25	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	22	7

RBI	63	41

Stolen Bases	11	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	59	19

Strikeouts	81	35

Batting Average	.239	.267

On Base Pct	.345	.322

Slugging Pct	.474	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	78

Runs	30	10

Hits	48	19

Singles	27	13

Doubles	11	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	2

RBI	28	10

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	25	7

Strikeouts	41	17

Batting Average	.246	.244

On Base Pct	.338	.310

Slugging Pct	.451	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.682

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Dominic Smith went 1-for-4 with a three-run double in Thursday's 11-5 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Dominic Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
	Miguel Vargas is day-to-day with a left hand contusion after being hit by a pitch during Friday’s series opener against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Dominic Smith went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, a triple, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 21st
	Miguel Vargas went 3-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Dominic Smith went 4-for-4 with four singles and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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