Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	# 146
VBR	# 57	# 137

Projections

Runs	28	24
Home Runs	8	9
RBI	26	26
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.245	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	# 159

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	# 130

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	# 164

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	# 123

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 276

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	409	381

Runs	74	50

Hits	97	84

Singles	47	46

Doubles	25	18

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	24	20

RBI	66	58

Stolen Bases	11	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	60	46

Strikeouts	84	134

Batting Average	.237	.221

On Base Pct	.342	.310

Slugging Pct	.479	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.735

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	181	174

Runs	28	24

Hits	44	40

Singles	25	22

Doubles	10	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	9

RBI	26	26

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	21

Strikeouts	39	55

Batting Average	.245	.229

On Base Pct	.338	.321

Slugging Pct	.449	.431

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.752

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
News
	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	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-5 with three runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Angels with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Miguel Vargas is day-to-day with a left hand contusion after being hit by a pitch during Friday’s series opener against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Spencer Torkelson went 1-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

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