Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Jake Bauers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 108	# 205
VBR	# 244	# 727

Projections

Runs	16	10
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	17	11
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.230	.259

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 84	# 206

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 137	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 183	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	347	329

Runs	68	46

Hits	93	89

Singles	55	61

Doubles	16	17

Triples	2	4

Home Runs	20	7

RBI	65	55

Stolen Bases	8	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	56	21

Strikeouts	105	34

Batting Average	.268	.271

On Base Pct	.373	.317

Slugging Pct	.499	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.871	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	106	88

Runs	16	10

Hits	24	23

Singles	14	16

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	17	11

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	5

Strikeouts	35	11

Batting Average	.230	.259

On Base Pct	.333	.306

Slugging Pct	.428	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.685

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Jake Bauers told reporters he will be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Jake Bauers is hopeful to be back in the Brewers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Jake Bauers remains out of the lineup on Thursday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Jake Bauers was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates due to abdominal soreness. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#241
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#155	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#202	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Jake Bauers (2026)

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