Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Ingle for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cooper Ingle C - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

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


At Bats	21	136

Runs	1	16

Hits	2	38

Singles	2	22

Doubles	0	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	10

RBI	2	22

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	15

Strikeouts	12	42

Batting Average	.095	.279

On Base Pct	.208	.351

Slugging Pct	.095	.544

On-base Plus Slugging	.304	.895

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


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Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

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On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cooper Ingle C - CLE	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	The Guardians optioned Cooper Ingle to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Rafael Flores went 4-for-4 in the Pirates 5-1 loss on Tuesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 16th
	The Guardians selected the contract of Cooper Ingle. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Rafael Flores went 3-for-5 with a home run in the Pirates 9-3 win over the White Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 9th
	Cooper Ingle was placed on the 7-day minor league injured list due to right hip inflammation. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th	Rafael Flores went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 6-2 win over the Cardinals on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	The Guardians have reassigned catcher Cooper Ingle to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th	Rafael Flores hit two home runs off the bench on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
		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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cooper Ingle C - CLE			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#346
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#80	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#114	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#118	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#79
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#61
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#185	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#239
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#31	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#31	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#295	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#273	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#141	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#168	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#332
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#141	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#120	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#6
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#297	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#208	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#232
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#198
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#249	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#146
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#196	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#230
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#243	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#158	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#204
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#237	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#65	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#22	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#286
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#288	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#172
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#230	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#38	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#104	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#141	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#33
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#358	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#342
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#230
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	@ DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#251
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#237	@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#261
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#275
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-2)	#77
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#51

Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Ingle for Rafael Flores (2026)

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