Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	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	# 12	# 205
VBR	# 32	# 590

Projections

Runs	28	12
Home Runs	11	2
RBI	29	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.255	.258

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	# 203

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	405	324

Runs	70	46

Hits	106	87

Singles	53	61

Doubles	19	16

Triples	3	3

Home Runs	31	7

RBI	73	51

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	55	20

Strikeouts	115	34

Batting Average	.262	.269

On Base Pct	.353	.314

Slugging Pct	.553	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.906	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	169	106

Runs	28	12

Hits	43	27

Singles	23	19

Doubles	8	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	29	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	7

Strikeouts	43	13

Batting Average	.255	.258

On Base Pct	.347	.304

Slugging Pct	.509	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Sunday’s 11-4 loss to the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer 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
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 12-4 win over the Rays with two home runs, five RBI, three runs scored, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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