Who Should I Trade?

Jhostynxon Garcia for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 302	‐
VBR	# 1119	# 1286

Projections

Runs	8	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.228	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	70	42

Runs	10	2

Hits	15	8

Singles	8	7

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	23	12

Batting Average	.214	.191

On Base Pct	.291	.227

Slugging Pct	.429	.214

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.442

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	61	23

Runs	8	3

Hits	14	5

Singles	8	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	19	7

Batting Average	.228	.225

On Base Pct	.304	.289

Slugging Pct	.425	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.633

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	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	The Pirates recalled OF Jhostynxon Garcia from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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	The Pirates optioned Jhostynxon Garcia to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Jhostynxon Garcia is expected to be called up from Triple-A ahead of Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 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	Jhostynxon Garcia has concluded his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Garcia slashed .405/.463/.595 with two home runs, five RBI and three steals across 41 plate appearances in 17 Grapefruit League games but was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis Saturday. He won't be part of Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Jhostynxon Garcia LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jhostynxon Garcia for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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