Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	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	# 152	‐
VBR	# 179	‐

Projections

Runs	21	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	20	‐
Stolen Bases	5	‐
Batting Average	.255	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 106	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 173	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 163	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 166	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	342	15

Runs	49	2

Hits	93	4

Singles	59	2

Doubles	19	1

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	58	2

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	27	4

Strikeouts	87	2

Batting Average	.272	.267

On Base Pct	.326	.421

Slugging Pct	.450	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	165	‐

Runs	21	‐

Hits	42	‐

Singles	27	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	20	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	11	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.305	‐

Slugging Pct	.408	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-2 in a 4-1 win over the Rays with a walk, one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Ezequiel Duran went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Astros with two home runs, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Ezequiel Duran went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ezequiel Duran 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ DET
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ezequiel Duran for Rafael Flores (2026)

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