Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	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	# 27	‐
VBR	# 30	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	20	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.257	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	480	46

Runs	68	8

Hits	124	13

Singles	74	7

Doubles	24	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	26	4

RBI	90	10

Stolen Bases	12	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	53	8

Strikeouts	119	15

Batting Average	.258	.283

On Base Pct	.333	.389

Slugging Pct	.471	.587

On-base Plus Slugging	.804	.976

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	20	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	13	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.452	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a 9-8 win over the White Sox with a home run, four runs scored, two RBI, and two walks. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	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
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 in a 6-5 win over the Athletics with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in Sunday's10-2 win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-5 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in an 8-7 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-1)	#303	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#341
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#314	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#310	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#417
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#184
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#409	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#156	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#187	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#215	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#216
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Sal Stewart (2026)

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