Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 207	# 293
VBR	# 800	# 527

Projections

Runs	10	13
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	10	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.257	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	# 379

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 174

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	334	135

Runs	46	20

Hits	90	36

Singles	62	23

Doubles	17	6

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	7	7

RBI	55	20

Stolen Bases	2	6

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	21	23

Strikeouts	36	41

Batting Average	.270	.267

On Base Pct	.316	.373

Slugging Pct	.407	.467

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.840

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	95

Runs	10	13

Hits	22	23

Singles	16	14

Doubles	4	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	10	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	10

Strikeouts	11	25

Batting Average	.257	.239

On Base Pct	.302	.316

Slugging Pct	.376	.391

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.707

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
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	Endy Rodriguez is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Endy Rodríguez was scratched from Saturday’s lineup because of left hip discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Endy Rodriguez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 4-2 loss on Wednesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Endy Rodriguez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 4-2 loss against the Brewers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Pirates activated Endy Rodriguez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
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			Endy Rodriguez C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#244	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#380
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#160
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#337
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#420	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#157
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#221
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Endy Rodriguez for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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