Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	# 204
VBR	# 260	# 546

Projections

Runs	17	13
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	16	13
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.265	.260

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	# 205

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 166	# 285

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	246	319

Runs	36	46

Hits	69	87

Singles	47	61

Doubles	11	16

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	10	7

RBI	33	51

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	20

Strikeouts	40	32

Batting Average	.281	.273

On Base Pct	.386	.319

Slugging Pct	.455	.408

On-base Plus Slugging	.842	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	121	110

Runs	17	13

Hits	32	28

Singles	21	20

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	16	13

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	7

Strikeouts	24	14

Batting Average	.265	.260

On Base Pct	.356	.306

Slugging Pct	.420	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.776	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	The Pirates activated INF Spencer Horwitz from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow 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
	Spencer Horwitz suffered a concussion on his rehab assignment and will remain on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Spencer Horwitz will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Spencer Horwitz has started a running program. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Spencer Horwitz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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