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	# 205	# 237
VBR	# 727	# 1121

Projections

Runs	10	7
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	11	7
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.259	.247

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	# 248

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	# 258

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 200

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 273

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


At Bats	329	240

Runs	46	38

Hits	89	64

Singles	61	49

Doubles	17	6

Triples	4	1

Home Runs	7	8

RBI	55	43

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	20

Strikeouts	34	37

Batting Average	.271	.267

On Base Pct	.317	.322

Slugging Pct	.410	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.722

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


At Bats	88	57

Runs	10	7

Hits	23	14

Singles	16	10

Doubles	4	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	11	7

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	5

Strikeouts	11	12

Batting Average	.259	.247

On Base Pct	.306	.314

Slugging Pct	.379	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.697

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - 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	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd
	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
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 (4-8)	#128	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#241	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
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)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	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)	#203	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#265
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#271
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
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)	#40	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
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)	#208	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
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 (7-10)	#63
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)	#10
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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