Who Should I Trade?

Andruw Monasterio for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Andruw Monasterio 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 205	# 307
VBR	# 727	# 695

Projections

Runs	10	11
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	10
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.259	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	# 211

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 362

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 361

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Andruw Monasterio 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	329	217

Runs	46	29

Hits	89	59

Singles	61	31

Doubles	17	21

Triples	4	1

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	55	29

Stolen Bases	2	3

Caught Stealing	0	4

Walks	21	17

Strikeouts	34	50

Batting Average	.271	.272

On Base Pct	.317	.328

Slugging Pct	.410	.461

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.789

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Andruw Monasterio 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	85

Runs	10	11

Hits	23	21

Singles	16	14

Doubles	4	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	10

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	5	7

Strikeouts	11	22

Batting Average	.259	.247

On Base Pct	.306	.313

Slugging Pct	.379	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Andruw Monasterio 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - BOS
News
	Ildemaro Vargas went 2-for-5 with four RBI in the Diamondbacks 10-4 win over the Padres on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Andruw Monasterio went 1-for-2 in a win over the White Sox with an RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Andruw Monasterio went 3-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Andruw Monasterio went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a home run, a triple, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Andruw Monasterio went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox with a solo home run, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Andruw Monasterio started at shortstop and went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday’s 8-6 loss to the Rockies. It was his second consecutive start at the position with Marcelo Mayer opening the game on the bench due to a sore foot. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th
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			Andruw Monasterio 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#241	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#334
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Andruw Monasterio for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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