Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	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	# 38	‐
VBR	# 53	‐

Projections

Runs	22	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	21	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.242	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 29	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	452	40

Runs	83	6

Hits	108	12

Singles	51	7

Doubles	28	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	28	4

RBI	72	10

Stolen Bases	12	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	68	7

Strikeouts	95	12

Batting Average	.239	.300

On Base Pct	.344	.404

Slugging Pct	.491	.625

On-base Plus Slugging	.835	1.029

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.337	‐

Slugging Pct	.442	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Tigers with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Rafael Flores went 2-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI in the Pirates 13-1 win over the Marlins on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Miguel Vargas went 4-for-5 in a win over the Tigers with two home runs, one double, three runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Miguel Vargas went 0-for-6 in Thursday’s 12-11 loss to the Red Sox with one walk, one stolen base, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Miguel Vargas 1B,3B - CWS			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#143	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#119
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#175	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#228	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#138	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#153	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#338
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#252	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#174	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#281
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#184
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#66	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#354
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#406
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#93	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#254	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#19	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#20	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#84	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189

Who Should I Trade?

Miguel Vargas for Rafael Flores (2026)

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