Who Should I Trade?

Eric Wagaman for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 202	‐
VBR	# 547	# 1289

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.256	.203

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 321

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	37

Runs	45	3

Hits	82	6

Singles	58	4

Doubles	14	0

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	49	4

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	4

Strikeouts	30	10

Batting Average	.269	.162

On Base Pct	.315	.262

Slugging Pct	.403	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.586

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	17

Runs	15	2

Hits	34	3

Singles	24	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	17	4

Batting Average	.256	.203

On Base Pct	.301	.262

Slugging Pct	.371	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.672	.558

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
News
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Eric Wagaman was called up to the big-league squad by the New York Mets on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Mets optioned Eric Wagaman to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Eric Wagaman came off the bench and went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Thursday’s extra-inning loss to the Cubs. Pinch-hitting for MJ Melendez in the sixth inning, he sent a two-run shot to left field to produce the Mets’ first runs of the game. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 26th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Wagaman was recently called up to provide a bat against left-handed pitching and made two plate appearances against Andrew Abbott on Wednesday before being pulled in the seventh inning. Bruno Mulé Thu, May 28th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ildemaro Vargas is day-to-day with a bruised thigh, rib cage and neck. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Eric Wagaman was selected to the Mets' Major League roster as part of a series of moves on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
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			Eric Wagaman 1B,LF - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC

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Eric Wagaman for Ildemaro Vargas (2026)

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