Austin Barnes or Rafael Flores
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| Austin Barnes C - FA  | Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | ‐ | 10 |
| Runs | ‐ | 2 |
| Hits | ‐ | 4 |
| Singles | ‐ | 2 |
| Doubles | ‐ | 1 |
| Triples | ‐ | 0 |
| Home Runs | ‐ | 1 |
| RBI | ‐ | 2 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | ‐ | 0 |
| Walks | ‐ | 2 |
| Strikeouts | ‐ | 1 |
| Batting Average | ‐ | .400 |
| On Base Pct | ‐ | .500 |
| Slugging Pct | ‐ | .800 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | ‐ | 1.300 |
| Austin Barnes C - FA | Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 39 | 86 |
| Runs | 4 | 10 |
| Hits | 8 | 21 |
| Singles | 7 | 14 |
| Doubles | 1 | 5 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 0 | 3 |
| RBI | 3 | 10 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 4 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 10 | 24 |
| Batting Average | .210 | .243 |
| On Base Pct | .278 | .313 |
| Slugging Pct | .270 | .408 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .548 | .722 |
| Austin Barnes C - FA | Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT | |
| News | ||
| The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd | The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th | |
| The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th | The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th | |
| Rafael Flores went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double, two runs scored, and three runs batted in on Thursday in an 8-6 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Fri, Jun 12th | ||
| The Pirates optioned C Rafael Flores to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Austin Barnes C - FA | Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-8) | #35 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ NYM | David Peterson (4-7) | #85 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (6-6) | #30 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (11-1) | #22 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #343 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-5) | #93 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (6-9) | #42 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (4-9) | #72 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #202 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #330 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #96 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs SD | Michael King (6-7) | #51 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (5-8) | #29 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (5-4) | #97 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #118 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (5-4) | #76 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #286 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #189 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (10-2) | #63 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (8-2) | #89 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (7-5) | #19 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (8-5) | #31 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-8) | #98 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | #107 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-5) | #5 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | #154 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (10-4) | #6 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (8-2) | #59 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs STL | Dustin May (5-6) | #53 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #129 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (10-6) | #140 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (1-1) | #175 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs CIN | Brady Singer (3-9) | #148 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-6) | #209 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CIN | Chase Burns (11-1) | #22 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3) | #114 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (8-3) | #77 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #136 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (8-6) | #86 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (6-8) | #55 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (2-8) | #90 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #426 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #431 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | ||||
| Fri, May 15th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-6) | #52 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (11-4) | #4 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-1) | #7 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-6) | #120 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (4-7) | #80 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ STL | Dustin May (5-6) | #53 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-8) | #23 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | #229 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (6-4) | #10 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (4-2) | #88 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #225 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #118 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (7-5) | #194 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-3) | #47 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #100 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-6) | #110 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (4-9) | #185 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-5) | #138 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (4-6) | #267 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (6-6) | #227 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (4-2) | #186 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (5-6) | #125 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (4-5) | #287 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (10-2) | #83 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (10-5) | #57 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs MIA | Lake Bachar (1-0) | #192 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (9-1) | #41 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (7-6) | #151 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ATH | Jack Perkins (2-5) | #116 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-7) | #243 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (2-8) | #296 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4) | #432 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #426 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (7-8) | #17 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (7-6) | #12 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-3) | #34 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-5) | #93 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (11-1) | #22 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (3-9) | #148 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-6) | #52 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (11-4) | #4 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-1) | #7 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ PHI | Alan Rangel (0-2) | #310 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (10-2) | #63 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ WSH | Carson Palmquist (0-1) | #298 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (5-4) | #76 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ATL | Hurston Waldrep (0-1) | #241 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (5-4) | #153 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (5-6) | #125 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs MIL | Shane Drohan (4-3) | #91 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (2-4) | #126 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (10-4) | #28 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (3-9) | #45 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (8-5) | #43 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ NYY | |||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs ARI | |||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CIN | |||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ MIL | |||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ MIA | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ MIA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIA | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BOS | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs DET | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs DET | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ LAD | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ LAD | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ LAD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SD | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ STL | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ STL | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ STL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SF | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SF | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs LAA | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs LAA | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs LAA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ CWS | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ CHC | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ CHC | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ CHC | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs KC | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs KC | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs KC | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs STL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ DET | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ DET | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ DET | |||||
