Who Should I Trade?

Niko Kavadas for Rafael Flores (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL7

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	15

Runs	‐	2

Hits	‐	4

Singles	‐	2

Doubles	‐	1

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	1

RBI	‐	2

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	2

Batting Average	‐	.267

On Base Pct	‐	.421

Slugging Pct	‐	.533

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.954

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	The Angels reassigned INF Niko Kavadas to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 11th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
		The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
		The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
		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
		The Pirates optioned C Rafael Flores to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Niko Kavadas 1B,LF,RF - LAA			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ DET
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Niko Kavadas for Rafael Flores (2026)

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