Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 201
VBR	# 312	# 727

Projections

Runs	18	14
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	18	14
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.251	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 121	# 205

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	# 285

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	274	311

Runs	36	45

Hits	70	84

Singles	43	60

Doubles	10	14

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	16	7

RBI	43	50

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	19

Strikeouts	72	30

Batting Average	.256	.270

On Base Pct	.319	.315

Slugging Pct	.475	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	.717

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	132	119

Runs	18	14

Hits	33	31

Singles	21	22

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	18	14

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	7

Strikeouts	33	15

Batting Average	.251	.257

On Base Pct	.320	.301

Slugging Pct	.420	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.674

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

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Ildemaro Vargas for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

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