Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Gordon Graceffo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 154	# 325
VBR	# 383	# 801

Projections

Strikeouts	27	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.56	4.66
WHIP	1.23	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 92	# 404

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 287	# 261

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	42

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	49.1

Wins	1	6

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	16	4

Hits Allowed	18	32

Earned Runs	10	18

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	49	28

Walks	23	22

ERA	2.62	3.28

WHIP	1.19	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	20.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	4

Hits Allowed	15	21

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	27	16

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.56	4.66

WHIP	1.23	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
News
	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th	The Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd
		Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Vesia RP - LAD			Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Gordon Graceffo (2026)

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