Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	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	# 195	‐
VBR	# 622	‐

Projections

Runs	9	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	9	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.260	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 155	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	322	25

Runs	36	2

Hits	91	5

Singles	63	3

Doubles	25	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	43	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	30	6

Strikeouts	62	7

Batting Average	.283	.200

On Base Pct	.348	.355

Slugging Pct	.388	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	74	‐

Runs	9	‐

Hits	19	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	9	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.320	‐

Slugging Pct	.397	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#316	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#57	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#226	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#139	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#104
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#377	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#169	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#78	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#150	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Troy Johnston (2026)

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