Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	# 131
VBR	# 56	# 756

Projections

Runs	28	11
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	26	11
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.245	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 121

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	# 192

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	409	293

Runs	74	37

Hits	97	72

Singles	47	45

Doubles	25	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	24	16

RBI	66	44

Stolen Bases	11	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	60	23

Strikeouts	84	77

Batting Average	.237	.246

On Base Pct	.342	.306

Slugging Pct	.479	.451

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	179	80

Runs	28	11

Hits	44	20

Singles	25	13

Doubles	10	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	26	11

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	7

Strikeouts	38	20

Batting Average	.245	.247

On Base Pct	.338	.314

Slugging Pct	.451	.412

On-base Plus Slugging	.789	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer 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	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th
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			Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

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