Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	‐
VBR	# 228	‐

Projections

Runs	17	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	19	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	424	25

Runs	59	2

Hits	108	5

Singles	67	3

Doubles	24	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	72	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	37	6

Strikeouts	98	7

Batting Average	.255	.200

On Base Pct	.316	.355

Slugging Pct	.429	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	132	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	33	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	19	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.326	‐

Slugging Pct	.420	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#285	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#298	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Bell for Rafael Flores (2026)

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