Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1176	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	4	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.212	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 258	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	174	65

Runs	20	10

Hits	46	17

Singles	34	8

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	6

RBI	21	14

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	9

Strikeouts	33	22

Batting Average	.264	.262

On Base Pct	.333	.351

Slugging Pct	.391	.585

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.936

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	6	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Batting Average	.212	‐

On Base Pct	.279	‐

Slugging Pct	.323	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.602	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Rafael Flores hit two home runs off the bench on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in an 11-3 loss to the Rays on Friday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 9-4 win over the Rangers on Wednesday with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 3-1 win over the Royals on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hedges C - CLE			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Rafael Flores (2026)

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