Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	# 244
VBR	# 58	# 272

Projections

Runs	30	23
Home Runs	9	4
RBI	28	20
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.246	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 239

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 243

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	# 187

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 359

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	392	186

Runs	72	26

Hits	95	39

Singles	47	31

Doubles	25	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	22	3

RBI	63	13

Stolen Bases	11	5

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	59	22

Strikeouts	78	46

Batting Average	.242	.210

On Base Pct	.349	.307

Slugging Pct	.480	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.828	.592

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	193	169

Runs	30	23

Hits	48	39

Singles	27	26

Doubles	11	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	28	20

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	25	21

Strikeouts	41	40

Batting Average	.246	.234

On Base Pct	.338	.330

Slugging Pct	.451	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Cronenworth for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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