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	# 38	# 207
VBR	# 56	# 803

Projections

Runs	18	6
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	17	5
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.244	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 122

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 145

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 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	473	130

Runs	88	20

Hits	116	32

Singles	56	20

Doubles	30	6

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	29	4

RBI	74	20

Stolen Bases	12	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	78	12

Strikeouts	99	27

Batting Average	.245	.246

On Base Pct	.357	.322

Slugging Pct	.497	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.854	.737

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


At Bats	117	42

Runs	18	6

Hits	29	10

Singles	16	7

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	17	5

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	16	4

Strikeouts	25	10

Batting Average	.244	.234

On Base Pct	.342	.309

Slugging Pct	.443	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	.691

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC
News
	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	Matt Shaw is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Matt Shaw is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	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 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	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Matt Shaw will not return before the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
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 (13-5)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#109	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#162	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#96	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#236	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#99	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
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)	#143
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Shaw for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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