Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	‐
VBR	# 236	‐

Projections

Runs	17	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	16	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.266	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	25

Runs	37	2

Hits	72	5

Singles	49	3

Doubles	12	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	37	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	43	6

Strikeouts	45	7

Batting Average	.269	.200

On Base Pct	.377	.355

Slugging Pct	.433	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.810	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	122	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	32	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	16	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Batting Average	.266	‐

On Base Pct	.357	‐

Slugging Pct	.422	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Spencer Horwitz went 1-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 4-3 win over the Brewers on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Pirates activated INF Spencer Horwitz from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Spencer Horwitz suffered a concussion on his rehab assignment and will remain on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Spencer Horwitz will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Spencer Horwitz has started a running program. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#380	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#380
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#341
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#382	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#382
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#159
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#162	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#102
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#160	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#160
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#337	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#337
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#366
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#155
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#346
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#139
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#197	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#218
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#198	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#44
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#280
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#101
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#157	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#157
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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