Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 201	‐
VBR	# 543	# 1097

Projections

Runs	13	10
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	13	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.261	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	314	184

Runs	45	21

Hits	85	44

Singles	60	30

Doubles	15	6

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	7	8

RBI	50	21

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	21

Strikeouts	30	53

Batting Average	.271	.239

On Base Pct	.318	.316

Slugging Pct	.405	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	111	89

Runs	13	10

Hits	29	19

Singles	21	12

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	13	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	8

Strikeouts	14	26

Batting Average	.261	.214

On Base Pct	.307	.282

Slugging Pct	.380	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.687	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a run, and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a home run in a 13-3 loss to the Orioles on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ildemaro Vargas is day-to-day with a bruised thigh, rib cage and neck. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela stole his first base of the season in a 6-2 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 23rd
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			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#262	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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