Who Should I Trade?

Jared Young for Rafael Flores (2026)

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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	# 423	‐

Projections

Runs	17	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	18	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.237	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

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	157	15

Runs	18	2

Hits	40	4

Singles	25	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	19	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	35	2

Batting Average	.255	.267

On Base Pct	.330	.421

Slugging Pct	.440	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.954

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


At Bats	129	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	31	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	18	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.314	‐

Slugging Pct	.421	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	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
	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd	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
	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st	The Pirates optioned C Rafael Flores to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
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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 (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs DET
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)	#388
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
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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