Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Conine for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA	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	# 299	# 302
VBR	# 298	# 1140

Projections

Runs	20	8
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.232	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 226	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 322	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	103	65

Runs	16	10

Hits	27	14

Singles	15	7

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	16	12

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	7

Strikeouts	36	23

Batting Average	.262	.215

On Base Pct	.345	.297

Slugging Pct	.515	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.859	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	155	63

Runs	20	8

Hits	36	14

Singles	22	8

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	6

Strikeouts	54	20

Batting Average	.232	.227

On Base Pct	.308	.301

Slugging Pct	.409	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 8-6 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Griffin Conine went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Griffin Conine went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI in Thursday's 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Griffin Conine went 4-for-5 with a double, a walk, one run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 14-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Griffin Conine LF,RF,DH - MIA			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Conine for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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