Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	# 207
VBR	# 223	# 800

Projections

Runs	15	10
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	18	10
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.255	.257

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	# 206

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 126	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	# 188

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 285

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 109

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	334

Runs	34	46

Hits	68	90

Singles	49	62

Doubles	11	17

Triples	2	4

Home Runs	6	7

RBI	34	55

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	37	21

Strikeouts	60	36

Batting Average	.232	.270

On Base Pct	.319	.316

Slugging Pct	.345	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	116	87

Runs	15	10

Hits	30	22

Singles	18	16

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	18	10

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	5

Strikeouts	20	11

Batting Average	.255	.257

On Base Pct	.332	.302

Slugging Pct	.439	.376

On-base Plus Slugging	.771	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
News
	Vinnie Pasquantino is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Vinnie Pasquantino ramped up his hitting progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Ildemaro Vargas went 3-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-4 loss on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Royals placed 1B Vinnie Pasquantino on the 10-day injured list with right wrist soreness.p Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Ildemaro Vargas remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s series opener against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Vinnie Pasquantino left Tuesday's game with a sore right hand. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-4 in a 3-2 win over the Tigers with a run scored. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	Ildemaro Vargas is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Friday against the Nationals. 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
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC			Ildemaro Vargas 1B,2B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#244
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#45	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#133	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#420
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#396	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#134	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#327
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#323
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#360
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#228
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#221
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#431
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#267	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#406	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#114	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#107
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#49
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Ildemaro Vargas for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

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