Nelson Velazquez or William Contreras

Baseball Stats Comparison

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News & Notes
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Nelson Velazquez or William Contreras Player Statistics
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	344	57

Runs	48	10

Hits	97	14

Singles	74	7

Doubles	14	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	53	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	32	6

Strikeouts	52	16

Batting Average	.282	.246

On Base Pct	.344	.323

Slugging Pct	.401	.509

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.832

Nelson Velazquez or William Contreras Player Projections
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	526	163

Runs	78	20

Hits	140	36

Singles	92	22

Doubles	28	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	19	7

RBI	76	22

Stolen Bases	6	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	68	15

Strikeouts	116	48

Batting Average	.267	.222

On Base Pct	.352	.288

Slugging Pct	.435	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.786	.687

Nelson Velazquez or William Contreras Player Notes
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	William Contreras is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-5 in the doubleheader against the Brewers with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	William Contreras went 2-for-3 in Friday's 6-2 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-2 in win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and one walk. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
	William Contreras went 3-for-3 in Wednesday’s win over the Reds with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-4 in a 9-2 win over the Mets with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 11th
	William Contreras went 4-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a three-run home run and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-3 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one walk, two runs scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	William Contreras went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Phillies with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
	William Contreras took a small step back in 2025, with his OPS dipping to .754 as his ISO fell to .140 despite continued growth in plate discipline (career-best 12.7% BB rate, sub-19% K rate). His contact quality stayed well above league average (91.1 mph EV, 48.6% hard-hit. The 2026 projections point to a rebound toward his established .360+ OBP profile with mid-20s homer upside, supported by premium volume at a scarce catcher position. Given his durability, lineup role, and stable skills, Contreras profiles as a high-floor catcher with bounce-back upside and remains one of the safest investments at the position. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Nelson Velazquez or William Contreras Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	William Contreras C,DH - MIL			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#178
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#178	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#197
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#144	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#88	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#208
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#177
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#190
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67	@ LAA
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT