Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	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	# 452	‐

Projections

Runs	15	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	16	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.256	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	102	15

Runs	10	2

Hits	25	4

Singles	17	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	22	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	4

Strikeouts	15	2

Batting Average	.245	.267

On Base Pct	.257	.421

Slugging Pct	.363	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.620	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	‐

Runs	15	‐

Hits	33	‐

Singles	22	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	16	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Batting Average	.256	‐

On Base Pct	.299	‐

Slugging Pct	.406	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a triple, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cubs with three runs scored and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Blaze Jordan went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a double and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 25th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Blaze Jordan went 2-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a home run, a triple, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th	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
	Blaze Jordan was called up by the St. Louis Cardinals and will make his MLB debut on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th	The Pirates optioned C Rafael Flores to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blaze Jordan 1B,3B - STL			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
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 (12-2)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Blaze Jordan for Rafael Flores (2026)

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