Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 301
VBR	‐	# 1126

Projections

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

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 102	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 377

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	180	70

Runs	20	10

Hits	36	15

Singles	22	8

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	29	12

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	7

Strikeouts	65	23

Batting Average	.200	.214

On Base Pct	.281	.291

Slugging Pct	.389	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	59

Runs	‐	8

Hits	‐	14

Singles	‐	8

Doubles	‐	3

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	3

RBI	‐	9

Stolen Bases	‐	1

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	6

Strikeouts	‐	18

Batting Average	‐	.228

On Base Pct	‐	.305

Slugging Pct	‐	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.725

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Brent Rooker underwent successful left knee arthroscopic surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Brent Rooker is set to undergo season-ending left knee surgery to address cartilage damage. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Brent Rooker is away from the Athletics on Tuesday being re-evaluated at Stanford for his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Brent Rooker has started a running and hitting progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Brent Rooker remains held out of baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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