Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	# 50
VBR	# 55	# 31

Projections

Runs	16	14
Home Runs	4	5
RBI	15	16
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.245	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 67

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	# 45

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	# 90

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 67

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 41	# 45

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 31

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	487	491

Runs	92	66

Hits	122	105

Singles	62	61

Doubles	30	20

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	29	24

RBI	76	72

Stolen Bases	13	3

Caught Stealing	2	3

Walks	83	63

Strikeouts	101	123

Batting Average	.251	.214

On Base Pct	.364	.301

Slugging Pct	.495	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.859	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	100	100

Runs	16	14

Hits	24	26

Singles	14	16

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	15	16

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	11

Strikeouts	21	22

Batting Average	.245	.257

On Base Pct	.344	.330

Slugging Pct	.441	.454

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.785

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS	Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD
News
	Miguel Vargas went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's win over the Rangers with two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th	Manny Machado went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 5-2 win over the Mets on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Miguel Vargas went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a home run, one double, one run scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	Manny Machado went 3-for-5 with four RBI in the Padres 9-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Tigers with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 5-3 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Manny Machado went 2-for-5 with two home runs in the Padres 8-3 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Braves on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,DH - CWS			Manny Machado 3B,DH - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294
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 (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Manny Machado for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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