Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 302	‐
VBR	# 1137	# 1265

Projections

Runs	8	3
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.224	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 285

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	65	85

Runs	10	9

Hits	14	25

Singles	7	21

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	12

Stolen Bases	0	5

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	10

Strikeouts	23	25

Batting Average	.215	.294

On Base Pct	.297	.368

Slugging Pct	.446	.341

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	59	21

Runs	8	3

Hits	13	5

Singles	8	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	18	6

Batting Average	.224	.235

On Base Pct	.300	.295

Slugging Pct	.412	.328

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
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	The Brewers confirmed Brandon Lockridge will begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Brandon Lockridge will begin a minor-league rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	The Brewers have transferred outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Brandon Lockridge's return has been bumped back to late July. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Brewers outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) received a PRP injection on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Lockridge for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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