Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1259	‐

Projections

Runs	2	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	2	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.218	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 371	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	14	22

Runs	0	2

Hits	4	5

Singles	3	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	6

Strikeouts	2	5

Batting Average	.286	.227

On Base Pct	.333	.393

Slugging Pct	.357	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.802

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	12	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	3	‐

Singles	2	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	2	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Batting Average	.218	‐

On Base Pct	.263	‐

Slugging Pct	.334	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.597	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Ryan Mountcastle underwent an MRI that revealed a pulled oblique strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Ryan Mountcastle is no longer starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Ryan Mountcastle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ryan Mountcastle resumed running in Florida. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Ryan Mountcastle's timeline to return is “June, pushing into July." Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH - BAL			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#335
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#229	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#206	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#279
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#326
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#213
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#187
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Ryan Mountcastle (2026)

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