Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Tyler Locklear (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 1075	# 1153

Projections

Runs	9	7
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	9	6
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.257	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	340	34

Runs	46	8

Hits	90	10

Singles	62	6

Doubles	17	3

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	56	6

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	22	4

Strikeouts	36	8

Batting Average	.265	.294

On Base Pct	.312	.375

Slugging Pct	.400	.471

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.846

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	79	50

Runs	9	7

Hits	20	11

Singles	15	8

Doubles	4	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	9	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	4

Strikeouts	10	14

Batting Average	.257	.230

On Base Pct	.304	.304

Slugging Pct	.370	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
News
	Ildemaro Vargas went 2-for-5 with four RBI in the Diamondbacks 10-4 win over the Padres on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Tyler Locklear went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Diamondbacks 10-6 win over the Cardinals on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Tyler Locklear will start at first base on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Arizona Diamondbacks are expected to promote Tyler Locklear to the major league roster ahead of Friday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Diamondbacks activated Tyler Locklear from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Tyler Locklear has had his rehab assignment moved up to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI			Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#51	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#113	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#121	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#100	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#173	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#173
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#426	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#426
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#339	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#339
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#141	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#425	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#393	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#393
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#212	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#212
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#117	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#87	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#397	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#397
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#319	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#319
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#313	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#313
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#242	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#242
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Tyler Locklear (2026)

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