Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 391	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	10	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.212	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 244	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 249	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 432	‐

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


At Bats	263	64

Runs	26	10

Hits	47	17

Singles	32	8

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	6

RBI	19	14

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	32	9

Strikeouts	79	22

Batting Average	.179	.266

On Base Pct	.274	.356

Slugging Pct	.297	.594

On-base Plus Slugging	.571	.950

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


At Bats	76	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	16	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Batting Average	.212	‐

On Base Pct	.293	‐

Slugging Pct	.381	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.674	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Wells C - NYY	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Austin Wells went 1-for-2 in Saturday's 5-4 win over Atlanta with a double, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Rafael Flores hit two home runs off the bench on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Austin Wells went 2-for-4 in Monday’s 13-7 loss to the Cardinals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	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 Wells went 1-for-2 in a win over the Phillies with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Austin Wells went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Austin Wells went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	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 Wells C - NYY			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Wells for Rafael Flores (2026)

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