Who Should I Trade?

Abimelec Ortiz for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 204	‐
VBR	# 603	# 1201

Projections

Runs	15	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	16	5
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.256	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 340

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	300	2

Runs	45	0

Hits	80	1

Singles	56	0

Doubles	14	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	49	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	30	0

Batting Average	.267	.500

On Base Pct	.312	.500

Slugging Pct	.403	1.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	1.500

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	38

Runs	15	5

Hits	34	9

Singles	25	5

Doubles	6	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	16	5

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	17	10

Batting Average	.256	.224

On Base Pct	.301	.297

Slugging Pct	.372	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.672	.695

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
News
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Nationals optioned Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Nationals optioned INF Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ildemaro Vargas is day-to-day with a bruised thigh, rib cage and neck. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI			Abimelec Ortiz 1B,OF - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#177	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

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