Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 148	# 202
VBR	# 239	# 547

Projections

Runs	19	15
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	19	16
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.250	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 133	# 204

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 172	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 175	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 100	# 109

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


At Bats	284	305

Runs	49	45

Hits	72	82

Singles	37	58

Doubles	17	14

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	17	7

RBI	48	49

Stolen Bases	6	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	39	19

Strikeouts	62	30

Batting Average	.254	.269

On Base Pct	.352	.315

Slugging Pct	.500	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.852	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	141	131

Runs	19	15

Hits	35	34

Singles	22	24

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	19	16

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	8

Strikeouts	32	17

Batting Average	.250	.256

On Base Pct	.323	.301

Slugging Pct	.418	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	The Red Sox added Curtis Mead to their active roster. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Curtis Mead is expected to be active for the Red Sox on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Boston Red Sox are trading left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Curtis Mead went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a double, a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Curtis Mead went 1-for-3 in win over the Athletics with two walks, one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Curtis Mead 1B,2B,3B,DH - BOS			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Curtis Mead for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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