Who Should I Trade?

Joe Boyle for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 318	‐
VBR	# 602	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.26	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 249	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 476	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	15.2	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	1

Earned Runs	9	0

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	16	1

Walks	6	0

ERA	5.17	0.00

WHIP	1.09	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	18.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.26	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Rays activated RHP Joe Boyle from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Joe Boyle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 4th	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Joe Boyle threw a live batting practice session on Thursday and is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 2nd	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Joe Boyle played catch from 90 feet this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Rays right-hander Joe Boyle (elbow) is throwing from 90 feet and is hoping to throw a bullpen session by the end of April. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 20th	The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Boyle for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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