Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 302	‐
VBR	# 1136	‐

Projections

Runs	9	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	9	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.225	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	69	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.203	‐

On Base Pct	.282	‐

Slugging Pct	.420	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	63	7

Runs	9	1

Hits	14	2

Singles	8	1

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	9	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	20	3

Batting Average	.225	.231

On Base Pct	.301	.333

Slugging Pct	.423	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
News
	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	Twins outfield prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez (thumb) has been throwing from 105 feet and has begun hitting off a tee and in soft toss. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Emmanuel Rodriguez will have sutures removed from his thumb on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Emmanuel Rodriguez was back in the Triple-A St. Paul dugout on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	Emmanuel Rodriguez will be forced to undergo surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Minnesota Twins have placed Emmanuel Rodriguez on the minor league 7-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Emmanuel Rodriguez CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Emmanuel Rodriguez for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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