Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Rafael Devers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	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	# 58	# 205
VBR	# 62	# 546

Projections

Runs	27	13
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	29	13
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.249	.260

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 70	# 203

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 49	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	424	323

Runs	60	46

Hits	106	87

Singles	55	61

Doubles	27	16

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	23	7

RBI	62	51

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	47	20

Strikeouts	127	34

Batting Average	.250	.269

On Base Pct	.324	.315

Slugging Pct	.481	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.805	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	185	110

Runs	27	13

Hits	46	28

Singles	26	20

Doubles	10	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	29	13

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	25	7

Strikeouts	53	14

Batting Average	.249	.260

On Base Pct	.349	.306

Slugging Pct	.463	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.812	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Rafael Devers went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Padres with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Rafael Devers went 3-for-4 in a win over the Padres with with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 31st	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Rafael Devers went 3-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Rafael Devers went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Rafael Devers went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer 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
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Rafael Devers (2026)

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