Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 711	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.13	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 477	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	2

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	17.0	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	1

Earned Runs	9	0

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	11	0

ERA	4.76	0.00

WHIP	1.76	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.13	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	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
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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