Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Vince Velasquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 111	‐
VBR	# 392	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	54	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.73	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 160	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	2

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	102.2	3.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	1

Earned Runs	47	0

Home Runs Allowed	15	0

Strikeouts	86	1

Walks	32	0

ERA	4.12	0.00

WHIP	1.25	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	65.7	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	68	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.73	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Bryce Elder allowed five runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 28th	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Bryce Elder gave up eight runs on 12 hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Bryce Elder allowed six runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out two over four-plus innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 15th	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on just two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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