Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 404	‐

Projections

Runs	13	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	14	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.241	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	202	25

Runs	26	2

Hits	53	5

Singles	34	3

Doubles	10	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	25	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	6

Strikeouts	43	7

Batting Average	.262	.200

On Base Pct	.338	.355

Slugging Pct	.436	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	99	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	24	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Batting Average	.241	‐

On Base Pct	.317	‐

Slugging Pct	.428	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Jared Young went 3-for-5 with a triple, one run scored and an RBI in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Jared Young went 1-for-2 with a walk, one run scored, two RBI and two stolen bases in Thursday's 13-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#212	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#252	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ DET
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Rafael Flores (2026)

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