Who Should I Trade?

Jonathon Long for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 34	‐
VBR	# 61	‐

Projections

Runs	32	1
Home Runs	10	0
RBI	30	1
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.247	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 33	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	371	‐

Runs	69	‐

Hits	90	‐

Singles	44	‐

Doubles	24	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	21	‐

RBI	61	‐

Stolen Bases	11	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	58	‐

Strikeouts	73	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.351	‐

Slugging Pct	.483	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.833	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	206	4

Runs	32	1

Hits	51	1

Singles	29	1

Doubles	11	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	30	1

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	1

Strikeouts	44	1

Batting Average	.247	.143

On Base Pct	.341	.250

Slugging Pct	.453	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	.393

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
News
	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 Cubs reassigned INF Jonathon Long to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Cubs infielder Jonathon Long has turned a corner in his recovery from a left elbow sprain, according to manager Craig Counsell. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	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	Cubs infield prospect Jonathon Long (left elbow sprain) is coming along slower than hoped in his recovery from a Cactus League game injury on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 25th
	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	Jonathon Long left Saturday’s Cactus League game against the Rangers with a left elbow sprain. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 22nd
	Miguel Vargas went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a three-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
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			Jonathon Long 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#38	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#238	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jonathon Long for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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