Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	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	# 236	‐
VBR	# 1124	‐

Projections

Runs	11	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.249	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 254	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 258	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 274	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 200	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	229	15

Runs	35	2

Hits	61	4

Singles	47	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	41	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	4

Strikeouts	35	2

Batting Average	.266	.267

On Base Pct	.322	.421

Slugging Pct	.393	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	88	‐

Runs	11	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	8	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Batting Average	.249	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.381	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Dominic Smith went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Dominic Smith went 1-for-4 with a three-run double in Thursday's 11-5 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Dominic Smith went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Dominic Smith went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, a triple, and two runs scored in Wednesday's 9-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 21st	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
	Dominic Smith went 4-for-4 with four singles and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	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
	Dominic Smith 1B,DH - ATL			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Dominic Smith for Rafael Flores (2026)

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