Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 46	# 202
VBR	# 49	# 567

Projections

Runs	26	14
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	30	14
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.276	.258

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 204

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	405	309

Runs	56	45

Hits	116	83

Singles	74	59

Doubles	26	14

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	15	7

RBI	71	49

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	34	19

Strikeouts	69	30

Batting Average	.286	.269

On Base Pct	.345	.314

Slugging Pct	.467	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.812	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	198	120

Runs	26	14

Hits	55	31

Singles	36	22

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	30	14

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	7

Strikeouts	33	15

Batting Average	.276	.258

On Base Pct	.336	.302

Slugging Pct	.450	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to Cincinnati with a double, a run scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in a 7-0 win over the Reds with a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with two doubles and one run scored. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels with one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in loss to the Diamondbacks with one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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