Who Should I Trade?

Matt Shaw for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	# 208
VBR	# 57	# 1185

Projections

Runs	25	4
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	24	4
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.245	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 122

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 145

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	# 308

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 259

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	427	130

Runs	77	20

Hits	100	32

Singles	50	20

Doubles	25	6

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	24	4

RBI	67	20

Stolen Bases	12	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	64	12

Strikeouts	92	27

Batting Average	.234	.246

On Base Pct	.340	.322

Slugging Pct	.466	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	.737

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	161	32

Runs	25	4

Hits	39	8

Singles	22	5

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	24	4

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	3

Strikeouts	35	7

Batting Average	.245	.252

On Base Pct	.339	.319

Slugging Pct	.451	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
News
	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	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Matt Shaw is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said on Tuesday that Matt Shaw recently underwent imaging, which showed "significant healing." Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Matt Shaw will not return before the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Matt Shaw (wrist) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
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			Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#313
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#430
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#410
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#193	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#149	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
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 (5-1)	#154
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Shaw for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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