Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B,3B,DH - ARI	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 412	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	6	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.246	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	RET

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B,3B,DH - ARI	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	419	‐

Runs	55	‐

Hits	104	‐

Singles	72	‐

Doubles	18	‐

Triples	5	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	66	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.289	‐

Slugging Pct	.380	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.669	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B,3B,DH - ARI	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	47	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Batting Average	.246	‐

On Base Pct	.291	‐

Slugging Pct	.356	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.647	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B,3B,DH - ARI	Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
News
	Ildemaro Vargas went 1-for-5 with a home room and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 10-3 win over the Braves on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Chris Taylor announced on social media that he is officially retiring. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Chris Taylor changed his mind on retirement and has been placed on the minor league injured list with a left forearm fracture. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Chris Taylor has announced his retirement after 12 big league seasons. He played primarily with the Dodgers, but also spent time with the Mariners and Angels. David Leisering Fri, May 22nd
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Angels re-signed utility man Chris Taylor to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Veteran utilityman Chris Taylor has re-signed with the Los Angeles Angels. It's unclear whether the deal is a major league contract or a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Thu, Feb 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B,3B,DH - ARI			Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#371
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Taylor for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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