Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	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	# 192	# 204
VBR	# 298	# 603

Projections

Runs	16	15
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	16	16
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.261	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 188	# 205

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	# 286

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 155	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	295	300

Runs	33	45

Hits	86	80

Singles	59	56

Doubles	24	14

Triples	0	3

Home Runs	3	7

RBI	41	49

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	30	18

Strikeouts	56	30

Batting Average	.292	.267

On Base Pct	.361	.312

Slugging Pct	.403	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	133

Runs	16	15

Hits	34	34

Singles	23	25

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	16	16

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	8

Strikeouts	28	17

Batting Average	.261	.256

On Base Pct	.323	.301

Slugging Pct	.396	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.672

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 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
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Troy Johnston (2026)

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