Who Should I Trade?

Ernie Clement for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 128	‐
VBR	# 167	‐

Projections

Runs	25	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	22	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.273	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 115	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	393	15

Runs	46	2

Hits	117	4

Singles	84	2

Doubles	24	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	33	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	4

Strikeouts	39	2

Batting Average	.298	.267

On Base Pct	.323	.421

Slugging Pct	.425	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	204	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	56	‐

Singles	39	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	9	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.273	‐

On Base Pct	.305	‐

Slugging Pct	.396	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox with one double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ernie Clement is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Ernie Clement for Rafael Flores (2026)

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