Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	‐
VBR	# 53	‐

Projections

Runs	20	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	23	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.275	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	456	30

Runs	65	4

Hits	132	7

Singles	82	3

Doubles	30	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	19	3

RBI	84	8

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	44	6

Strikeouts	84	9

Batting Average	.290	.233

On Base Pct	.356	.361

Slugging Pct	.485	.567

On-base Plus Slugging	.841	.928

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	146	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	23	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Batting Average	.275	‐

On Base Pct	.338	‐

Slugging Pct	.452	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 7-1 win over the Phillies with a double, one run scored, three RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	Rafael Flores went 2-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI in the Pirates 13-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 in loss to the Phillies with a double, one run scored, three RBI, one walk and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Alec Burleson went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Cardinals 7-4 win over the Rockies on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in win over the Yankees with three home runs, three runs scored, six RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to Cincinnati with a double, a run scored, one RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alec Burleson 1B,LF,RF,DH - STL			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#299	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#120	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#417
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#319	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#348
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#257	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#86	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#160
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#212	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#313	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#426
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#315
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#315	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#339
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#182
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#211	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#161	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#141	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#113	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#366
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#121	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#397
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#220	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#113	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#76	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#188
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#220	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#195
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#152
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#195	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ DET
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#239
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Alec Burleson for Rafael Flores (2026)

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