Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 194	# 302
VBR	# 357	# 1119

Projections

Runs	17	8
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	16	9
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.242	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 168	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 225	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 189	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	241	70

Runs	28	10

Hits	54	15

Singles	31	8

Doubles	11	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	4

RBI	33	12

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	7	7

Strikeouts	57	23

Batting Average	.224	.214

On Base Pct	.260	.291

Slugging Pct	.415	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	134	61

Runs	17	8

Hits	32	14

Singles	20	8

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	16	9

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	31	19

Batting Average	.242	.228

On Base Pct	.292	.304

Slugging Pct	.400	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.692	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	The Guardians activated LF Angel Martínez from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Guardians outfielder Angel Martinez (foot) will play five innings for Triple-A Columbus in a rehab assignment on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Angel Martinez took batting practice on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Angel Martinez has begun playing catch and hitting off a tee. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Angel Martinez (foot) has been placed on the 10-day IL ahead of Tuesday's game in Milwaukee. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Angel Martinez 2B,LF,CF,RF - CLE			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ATL	Danny Young
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Martinez for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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