Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Josue Briceno (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 760	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	10	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.259	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	336	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	90	‐

Singles	62	‐

Doubles	17	‐

Triples	4	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	55	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	21	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.314	‐

Slugging Pct	.405	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	83	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.259	‐

On Base Pct	.306	‐

Slugging Pct	.376	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
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	Tigers catching/first base prospect Josue Briceno (wrist) played in his first rehab game with Single-A Lakeland on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Briceno (wrist) hit .266/.383/.500 with 20 home runs across 100 games between High-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie last season. He sustained a wrist injury during Grapefruit League play over the weekend. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
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			Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#242	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs MIL	DL Hall (1-0)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#426
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Josue Briceno (2026)

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