Rafael Flores

Bats R Throws R6'4" 232 lbBorn 2000 Anaheim, USADebut 2025Team PITContract 1 y (26) 2026: $423,873

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 76.2FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.03 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	118	107	26	5	0	4	9	34	0	0.243	0.307	0.401	0.708	0.158	0.310	28.5	7.8	96.2	0.31
2027	194	172	39	7	0	6	19	56	1	0.226	0.306	0.377	0.683	0.151	0.302	29.0	9.7	90.1	0.37

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 33 HIT+ the next season; 4 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Kelvin Moore	1982	83.6	81.1	136
2	Sam Travis	2018	74.4	62.5	157
3	Ron Cash	1974	86.0	did not play
4	Geronimo Berroa	1989	80.3	-126.6	5
5	Bob Unglaub	1905	58.2	did not play
6	Russ Morman	1986	84.3	did not play
7	Pat Tabler	1982	65.6	113.9	492
8	Jack Sanford	1941	42.5	did not play
9	Luis de los Santos	1991	53.3	did not play
10	Brad Eldred	2005	87.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			194		39	7	6		1	19	56	0.226	0.306	0.377	0.683	90.1
2026*	PIT	19	56	10	15	2	6		0	8	15	0.312	0.411	0.729	1.140	165.4
2025	PIT	7	17	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	7	0.200	0.294	0.333	0.627	76.9
Career		7	17	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	7	0.200	0.294	0.333	0.627	76.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	56	91.0	11.5	21.2	51.5	34.1	24.8	0.270	0.603	0.413	26.1
2025	17	94.8	14.0	12.5	62.5	48.8	40.5	0.257	0.493	0.361

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PIT	1B	6	33	19	4	0	4	1.000	+1.9
2025	PIT	C	1	9	9	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	276	4 HR, 0 SB	0.228	0.704
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	49	1 HR, 0 SB	0.211	0.677
2025	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	157	6 HR, 0 SB	0.281	0.822
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	206	7 HR, 0 SB	0.266	0.791
2025	AA	Somerset Patriots	Bat	370	15 HR, 6 SB	0.287	0.842
2024	AA	Somerset Patriots	Bat	273	15 HR, 6 SB	0.274	0.878
2024	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Bat	233	6 HR, 2 SB	0.285	0.869
2023	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Bat	434	8 HR, 3 SB	0.259	0.712

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.474	0.468	0.534	0.339
2025	0.217	0.356	0.533	0.145

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.