Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Rafael Flores (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.243	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL7

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	22	15

Runs	4	2

Hits	4	4

Singles	2	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	4

Strikeouts	8	2

Batting Average	.182	.267

On Base Pct	.280	.421

Slugging Pct	.364	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.644	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	19	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	5	‐

Singles	3	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.317	‐

Slugging Pct	.459	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
		The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
		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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs SF
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 (4-9)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Rafael Flores (2026)

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