Who Should I Trade?

Jake Fraley for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	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	# 360	# 301
VBR	# 1106	# 1152

Projections

Runs	11	9
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	10	10
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.236	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 343	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 330	# 377

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	82	57

Runs	6	10

Hits	19	14

Singles	10	7

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	5	12

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	25	16

Batting Average	.232	.246

On Base Pct	.300	.323

Slugging Pct	.390	.509

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.832

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	64

Runs	11	9

Hits	20	15

Singles	14	9

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	10	10

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	6

Strikeouts	21	20

Batting Average	.236	.229

On Base Pct	.313	.306

Slugging Pct	.367	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.680	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Jake Fraley is back in St. Pete with his rehab assignment paused. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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 Fraley was pulled off his rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Rays outfielder Jake Fraley returned to his rehab assignment and went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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 Fraley is starting a rehab assignment at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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 Fraley began a rehab assignment in the Florida Complex League on Saturday. 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
	Jake Fraley LF,RF - TB			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, May 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Fraley for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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