Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 204	# 237
VBR	# 716	# 742

Projections

Runs	16	13
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	16	13
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.251	.248

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	# 255

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	# 258

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 200

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 274

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	300	220

Runs	45	35

Hits	80	58

Singles	56	44

Doubles	14	6

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	7	7

RBI	49	39

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	18

Strikeouts	30	34

Batting Average	.267	.264

On Base Pct	.312	.318

Slugging Pct	.403	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	138	102

Runs	16	13

Hits	35	25

Singles	25	18

Doubles	6	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	16	13

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	9

Strikeouts	17	22

Batting Average	.251	.248

On Base Pct	.295	.312

Slugging Pct	.364	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.695

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
News
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Dominic Smith went 1-for-4 with a three-run double in Thursday's 11-5 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Dominic Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Dominic Smith went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, a triple, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 21st
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ildemaro Vargas is day-to-day with a bruised thigh, rib cage and neck. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Dominic Smith went 4-for-4 with four singles and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
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			Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
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 (7-8)	#64
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 (10-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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