Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 302
VBR	# 108	# 1146

Projections

Runs	28	9
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	30	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.253	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 89	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	335	60

Runs	46	10

Hits	87	14

Singles	52	7

Doubles	17	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	37	12

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	25	6

Strikeouts	104	19

Batting Average	.260	.233

On Base Pct	.318	.309

Slugging Pct	.466	.483

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.792

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	202	62

Runs	28	9

Hits	51	14

Singles	31	8

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	30	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	6

Strikeouts	55	19

Batting Average	.253	.230

On Base Pct	.319	.307

Slugging Pct	.451	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Orioles with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Jac Caglianone was scratched from the Royals lineup on Sunday with left groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Jac Caglianone was a late scratch from the Royals starting lineup on Sunday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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