Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	# 301
VBR	# 262	# 1126

Projections

Runs	18	8
Home Runs	6	3
RBI	19	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.239	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 199

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


At Bats	259	70

Runs	30	10

Hits	61	15

Singles	32	8

Doubles	12	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	43	12

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	26	7

Strikeouts	77	23

Batting Average	.236	.214

On Base Pct	.307	.291

Slugging Pct	.475	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.720

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


At Bats	128	59

Runs	18	8

Hits	31	14

Singles	18	8

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	19	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	6

Strikeouts	40	18

Batting Average	.239	.228

On Base Pct	.318	.305

Slugging Pct	.438	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.725

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-6 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Heriberto Hernandez LF,RF,DH - MIA			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#182	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#348	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
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 (9-5)	#19
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 (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Heriberto Hernandez for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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