Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 38	# 177
VBR	# 42	# 165

Projections

Runs	22	16
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	15
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.243	.255

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 101

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 163

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 139

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	448	399

Runs	82	55

Hits	107	107

Singles	51	68

Doubles	28	23

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	27	13

RBI	71	65

Stolen Bases	12	9

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	67	31

Strikeouts	94	104

Batting Average	.239	.268

On Base Pct	.344	.322

Slugging Pct	.487	.439

On-base Plus Slugging	.830	.761

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	141	125

Runs	22	16

Hits	34	32

Singles	19	21

Doubles	8	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	15

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	19	8

Strikeouts	30	32

Batting Average	.243	.255

On Base Pct	.338	.305

Slugging Pct	.444	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Miguel Vargas went 4-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with two home runs, one double, three runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Ezequiel Duran went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with two doubles, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Ezequiel Duran went 4-for-4 in loss to the Giants with a home run, a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	Miguel Vargas went 0-for-6 in Thursday’s 12-11 loss to the Red Sox with one walk, one stolen base, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
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			Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#207	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#97	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#278	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#74	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#167	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#148	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#96	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#66	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#245
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#308
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#135	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#321
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#421	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#175	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#116
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#321
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#56
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#196
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#233
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#226
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#285
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#77	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#204	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#229	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#243
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#387
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#108	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#380
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#106
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#188	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#191
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#247
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#61
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#394	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#185	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#93	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#113	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#92	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#263	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#403
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#102	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#170	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#262	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#54	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#81	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#133
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#93	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#136
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#26	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#195
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#38
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#225
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#209	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#250
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#147	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#156
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#179
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#149	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#183
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#162	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#314
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#140
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#22
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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