Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Spencer Steer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	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	# 140	# 201
VBR	# 994	# 700

Projections

Runs	11	13
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	11	13
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.236	.258

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	# 205

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 149	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 285

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 152	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	340	313

Runs	54	45

Hits	81	85

Singles	50	60

Doubles	15	15

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	16	7

RBI	40	50

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	35	20

Strikeouts	86	30

Batting Average	.238	.272

On Base Pct	.319	.319

Slugging Pct	.424	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	114

Runs	11	13

Hits	19	29

Singles	12	21

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	11	13

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	7

Strikeouts	20	14

Batting Average	.236	.258

On Base Pct	.317	.303

Slugging Pct	.408	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Spencer Steer will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Reds are placing Spencer Steer on the injured list after suffering a hand/wrist injury on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Spencer Steer left Sunday's game early with an apparent hand injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Spencer Steer is back in the Reds lineup on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Spencer Steer is hitting in the cage on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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 Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Spencer Steer (2026)

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