Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Arenado for Will Wagner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 146	‐
VBR	# 160	# 1352

Projections

Runs	13	0
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.250	.094

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 174	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 147	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	423	35

Runs	63	5

Hits	102	9

Singles	60	8

Doubles	20	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	21	0

RBI	65	0

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	43	10

Strikeouts	100	7

Batting Average	.241	.257

On Base Pct	.319	.422

Slugging Pct	.442	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	4

Runs	13	0

Hits	26	0

Singles	17	0

Doubles	5	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Batting Average	.250	.094

On Base Pct	.316	.152

Slugging Pct	.405	.117

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.269

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
News
	Nolan Arenado went 2-for-5 in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Padres have optioned infielder Will Wagner to Triple-A El Paso. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Nolan Arenado is back in the Diamondbacks lineup on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Padres recalled Will Wagner from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Nolan Arenado is not in the Diamondbacks lineup on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Padres activated INF Will Wagner from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Nolan Arenado said he believes he strained his intercostal muscle Sunday and will undergo an MRI. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Padres placed INF Will Wagner on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Nolan Arenado was removed from Sunday's game early due to left trunk discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Padres infielder Will Wagner (oblique) has not done any baseball activity since the beginning of March and will almost certainly begin the season on the injured list. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nolan Arenado 3B,DH - ARI			Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#23	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#227
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#227
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#130	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#225	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#437	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#198
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#225
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#137	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#277	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#365	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#243
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#396	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#47	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#255
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#359
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#191
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#299	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#26
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#25	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#245
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#226
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#144	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 30th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Nolan Arenado for Will Wagner (2026)

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