Who Should I Trade?

Ceddanne Rafaela for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 66	# 302
VBR	# 51	# 1119

Projections

Runs	28	8
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	25	9
Stolen Bases	7	1
Batting Average	.260	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 55	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 78	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 86	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 59	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 129	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	397	70

Runs	50	10

Hits	110	15

Singles	70	8

Doubles	26	3

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	11	4

RBI	49	12

Stolen Bases	13	0

Caught Stealing	6	0

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	86	23

Batting Average	.277	.214

On Base Pct	.318	.291

Slugging Pct	.441	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,CF - BOS	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	204	61

Runs	28	8

Hits	53	14

Singles	34	8

Doubles	11	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	25	9

Stolen Bases	7	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	6

Strikeouts	47	19

Batting Average	.260	.228

On Base Pct	.302	.304

Slugging Pct	.423	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.730

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

Ceddanne Rafaela for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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