Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fernandez for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 330	‐
VBR	# 1276	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.228	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 260	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 464	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	165	22

Runs	23	2

Hits	42	5

Singles	32	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	15	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	7	6

Strikeouts	40	5

Batting Average	.255	.227

On Base Pct	.289	.393

Slugging Pct	.352	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.802

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	13	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.228	‐

On Base Pct	.275	‐

Slugging Pct	.333	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.609	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	The Diamondbacks optioned Jose Fernandez to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Jose Fernandez went 2-for-4 with a stolen base on Saturday as the Diamondbacks lost to the Rockies, 4-2. David Leisering Sun, May 17th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jose Fernandez went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and three runs scored on Sunday, helping the Diamondbacks to an 11-7 victory over the Padres. David Leisering Sun, Apr 26th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Jose Fernandez hit cleanup for the Diamondbacks on Sunday and went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI as the Diamondbacks defeated the Phillies, 4-3, in Philadelphia. David Leisering Sun, Apr 12th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Jose Fernandez went 0-for-4, but stole his first career base on Sunday as the Diamondbacks defeated the Braves, 6-5, in 10 innings. David Leisering Mon, Apr 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
	Jose Fernandez 1B,3B,SS,DH - ARI			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#241	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#335
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#381	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#213
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#187
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ DET
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#279
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Fernandez for Rafael Flores (2026)

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