Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 315	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	19	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.257	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL7

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 105	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 135	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 220	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	322	15

Runs	53	2

Hits	92	4

Singles	68	2

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	60	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	35	4

Strikeouts	36	2

Batting Average	.286	.267

On Base Pct	.362	.421

Slugging Pct	.450	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	37	‐

Singles	27	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	19	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.345	‐

Slugging Pct	.384	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Liam Hicks went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with a double and one run scored in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Liam Hicks went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Liam Hicks went 1-for-4 with two walks and three runs scored in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Liam Hicks C,1B,DH - MIA			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Liam Hicks for Rafael Flores (2026)

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