Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	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	# 12	‐
VBR	# 23	‐

Projections

Runs	31	‐
Home Runs	12	‐
RBI	32	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.255	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 12	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	395	19

Runs	70	2

Hits	106	4

Singles	53	2

Doubles	19	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	31	1

RBI	73	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	53	4

Strikeouts	111	3

Batting Average	.268	.211

On Base Pct	.358	.348

Slugging Pct	.567	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.925	.769

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	‐

Runs	31	‐

Hits	47	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	12	‐

RBI	32	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.347	‐

Slugging Pct	.508	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Ben Rice went 2-for-5 in Sunday’s 11-4 loss to the Phillies with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Ben Rice went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Ben Rice went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ben Rice went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 12-4 win over the Rays with two home runs, five RBI, three runs scored, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Ben Rice went 3-for-4 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rice C,1B,DH - NYY			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SF
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 (5-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rice for Rafael Flores (2026)

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