Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 378	# 300
VBR	# 1104	# 1137

Projections

Runs	8	7
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	6	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.223	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 425	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 358	# 376

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	149	74

Runs	24	10

Hits	36	16

Singles	24	8

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	21	12

Stolen Bases	11	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	11	7

Strikeouts	58	25

Batting Average	.242	.216

On Base Pct	.298	.289

Slugging Pct	.443	.432

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	56	54

Runs	8	7

Hits	12	12

Singles	9	7

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	6	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	4	5

Strikeouts	19	17

Batting Average	.223	.217

On Base Pct	.281	.289

Slugging Pct	.360	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Derek Hill went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in Monday's 6-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Derek Hill went 1-for-1 with a solo homer, a walk, and two runs scored in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	Derek Hill went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, two singles, and two RBI in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Derek Hill went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Derek Hill hit a two-run homer in his only at-bat during Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Danny Young
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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