Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Jeimer Candelario (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 205	‐
VBR	# 798	‐

Projections

Runs	11	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	12	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.260	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	329	18

Runs	46	3

Hits	89	2

Singles	61	0

Doubles	17	2

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	55	0

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Batting Average	.271	.111

On Base Pct	.315	.200

Slugging Pct	.410	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	26	‐

Singles	18	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.382	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
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	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
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			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#361
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#286	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#131
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Sun, Aug 30th				vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Jeimer Candelario (2026)

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