Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 302	‐
VBR	# 1119	‐

Projections

Runs	8	0
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	9	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.228	.000

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	70	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.214	‐

On Base Pct	.291	‐

Slugging Pct	.429	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	61	2

Runs	8	0

Hits	14	0

Singles	8	0

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	9	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Batting Average	.228	.000

On Base Pct	.304	.000

Slugging Pct	.425	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	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
	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
	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
	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
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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