Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 72	# 205
VBR	# 94	# 590

Projections

Runs	24	12
Home Runs	8	2
RBI	26	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.248	.258

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 206

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	427	324

Runs	49	46

Hits	103	87

Singles	69	61

Doubles	18	16

Triples	2	3

Home Runs	14	7

RBI	63	51

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	67	20

Strikeouts	115	34

Batting Average	.241	.269

On Base Pct	.354	.314

Slugging Pct	.391	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	167	106

Runs	24	12

Hits	41	27

Singles	25	19

Doubles	8	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	2

RBI	26	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	7

Strikeouts	47	13

Batting Average	.248	.258

On Base Pct	.345	.304

Slugging Pct	.447	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.791	.680

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ildemaro Vargas is day-to-day with a bruised thigh, rib cage and neck. 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
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Michael Busch (2026)

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