Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	George Klassen SP - LAA	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 856	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.76	‐
WHIP	1.51	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Klassen SP - LAA	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	2

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	4.2	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	1

Earned Runs	6	0

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	1

Walks	10	0

ERA	11.57	0.00

WHIP	3.64	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Klassen SP - LAA	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	14.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.76	‐

WHIP	1.51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Klassen SP - LAA	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Angels optioned RHP George Klassen to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	George Klassen left Saturday’s start against the Reds with a right index fingernail contusion. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	George Klassen lasted just 2.2 innings in his major league debut on Sunday after allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out four. The Angels went on to defeat the Mariners, 8-7, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Angels selected the contract of RHP George Klassen from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Angels have reassigned right-hander George Klassen to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st	The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Klassen SP - LAA			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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