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	# 34	‐
VBR	# 30	‐

Projections

Runs	27	‐
Home Runs	9	‐
RBI	29	‐
Stolen Bases	4	‐
Batting Average	.260	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	‐

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	417	19

Runs	58	2

Hits	106	4

Singles	60	2

Doubles	23	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	23	1

RBI	83	2

Stolen Bases	12	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	51	4

Strikeouts	105	3

Batting Average	.254	.211

On Base Pct	.335	.348

Slugging Pct	.475	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.810	.769

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


At Bats	183	‐

Runs	27	‐

Hits	48	‐

Singles	29	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	29	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	42	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.335	‐

Slugging Pct	.463	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	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	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Sal Stewart is not in the Reds lineup on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ STL
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)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
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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