Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 39	# 388
VBR	# 64	# 1287

Projections

Runs	31	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	29	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.246	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	# 449

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	385	69

Runs	72	7

Hits	93	16

Singles	45	10

Doubles	25	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	22	2

RBI	63	10

Stolen Bases	11	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	58	5

Strikeouts	78	21

Batting Average	.242	.232

On Base Pct	.347	.312

Slugging Pct	.483	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.830	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	199	14

Runs	31	2

Hits	49	3

Singles	28	2

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	29	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	1

Strikeouts	42	4

Batting Average	.246	.231

On Base Pct	.340	.299

Slugging Pct	.451	.338

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Rockies optioned OF Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Sterlin Thompson went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on Wednesday in the Rockies' 8-6 loss to the Cubs. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Rockies recalled OF Sterlin Thompson from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	Sterlin Thompson was in the Rockies clubhouse on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Miguel Vargas went 3-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Rockies optioned Sterlin Thompson to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
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			Sterlin Thompson 1B,LF - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Sterlin Thompson (2026)

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