Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	18	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	0	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	0	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.111	‐

On Base Pct	.200	‐

Slugging Pct	.222	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.422	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Projections


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Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
News
	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th	The Guardians promoted 1B Ralphy Velazquez to Triple-A Columbus from Double-A Akron. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th	The Guardians have reassigned first baseman Ralphy Velazquez to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA			Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#221	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#202
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#320	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#161	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

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