Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Tyler Locklear (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 63	# 592

Projections

Runs	31	12
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	29	12
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.246	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 32	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	385	22

Runs	72	4

Hits	93	6

Singles	45	4

Doubles	25	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	22	1

RBI	63	6

Stolen Bases	11	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	58	3

Strikeouts	78	3

Batting Average	.242	.273

On Base Pct	.347	.370

Slugging Pct	.483	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.830	.825

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	199	89

Runs	31	12

Hits	49	22

Singles	28	14

Doubles	11	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	29	12

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	26	8

Strikeouts	42	26

Batting Average	.246	.245

On Base Pct	.340	.318

Slugging Pct	.451	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Astros with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Miguel Vargas went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with two doubles, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Tyler Locklear will start at first base on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Miguel Vargas is back in the White Sox lineup on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Miguel Vargas is day-to-day with a left hand contusion after being hit by a pitch during Friday’s series opener against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Diamondbacks activated Tyler Locklear from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Miguel Vargas went 3-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Tyler Locklear 1B - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#246
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Tyler Locklear (2026)

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