Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Tyler Soderstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	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	# 50	‐
VBR	# 52	‐

Projections

Runs	25	‐
Home Runs	9	‐
RBI	28	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.261	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 41	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	359	19

Runs	51	2

Hits	88	4

Singles	47	2

Doubles	23	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	1

RBI	50	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	48	4

Strikeouts	78	3

Batting Average	.245	.211

On Base Pct	.338	.348

Slugging Pct	.457	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.795	.769

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	177	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	46	‐

Singles	27	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	28	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Batting Average	.261	‐

On Base Pct	.340	‐

Slugging Pct	.477	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.817	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Tyler Soderstrom went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-4 in Saturday's win over the Nationals with a home run, three runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Tyler Soderstrom went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Nationals with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Tyler Soderstrom went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Tyler Soderstrom is not in the Athletics lineup on Thursday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Tyler Soderstrom 1B,LF - ATH			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Rafael Flores for Tyler Soderstrom (2026)

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