Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 302
VBR	# 216	# 1151

Projections

Runs	23	9
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	25	10
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.229	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 124	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	60

Runs	56	10

Hits	79	14

Singles	45	7

Doubles	15	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	18	4

RBI	59	12

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	49	6

Strikeouts	96	19

Batting Average	.259	.233

On Base Pct	.366	.309

Slugging Pct	.492	.483

On-base Plus Slugging	.858	.792

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	155	64

Runs	23	9

Hits	36	15

Singles	20	9

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	25	10

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	22	6

Strikeouts	51	20

Batting Average	.229	.229

On Base Pct	.335	.306

Slugging Pct	.433	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.767	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Jake Bauers went 0-for-2 in Saturday's loss to the Pirates with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Pirates with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer 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
	Jake Bauers went 2-for-4 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Jake Bauers went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Jake Bauers went 3-for-6 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jake Bauers 1B,LF,RF - MIL			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bauers for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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