Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Miguel Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 38	# 72
VBR	# 49	# 89

Projections

Runs	21	18
Home Runs	6	6
RBI	20	19
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.244	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 42

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	# 66

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 133

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


At Bats	460	476

Runs	84	53

Hits	110	116

Singles	53	79

Doubles	28	20

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	28	15

RBI	72	64

Stolen Bases	12	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	69	70

Strikeouts	97	124

Batting Average	.239	.244

On Base Pct	.344	.351

Slugging Pct	.487	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.831	.740

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


At Bats	136	127

Runs	21	18

Hits	33	31

Singles	19	19

Doubles	8	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	20	19

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	16

Strikeouts	29	35

Batting Average	.244	.248

On Base Pct	.340	.342

Slugging Pct	.447	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.785

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	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	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th
	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	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
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			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#229	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#110	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#275	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
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)	#145
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Miguel Vargas (2026)

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