Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Rafael Flores (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1109	‐

Projections

Runs	13	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	11	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.218	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	50	15

Runs	9	2

Hits	9	4

Singles	5	2

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	10	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	4

Strikeouts	13	2

Batting Average	.180	.267

On Base Pct	.317	.421

Slugging Pct	.340	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.657	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	94	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.218	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.356	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	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
	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Pirates optioned C Rafael Flores to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ DET
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD

Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Rafael Flores (2026)

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