Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 205	‐
VBR	# 810	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	10	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.257	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 397

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	330	24

Runs	46	1

Hits	89	2

Singles	61	1

Doubles	17	1

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	55	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	2

Strikeouts	35	8

Batting Average	.270	.083

On Base Pct	.316	.154

Slugging Pct	.409	.125

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.279

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	16	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.302	‐

Slugging Pct	.376	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
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	The Braves signed Carlos Santana to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Diamondbacks released 1B Carlos Santana. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Diamondbacks activated Carlos Santana from the injured list and designated him for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Carlos Santana was hit by a pitch three times in the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Diamondbacks sent Carlos Santana to the Arizona Complex League to begin a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI			Carlos Santana 1B - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#244	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#243
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#267
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#157
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#171
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#229
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Santana for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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