Who Should I Trade?

Jonatan Clase for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 303	‐
VBR	# 1135	# 1230

Projections

Runs	9	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	9	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.225	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	69	22

Runs	10	4

Hits	14	6

Singles	7	4

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	12	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	3

Strikeouts	23	8

Batting Average	.203	.273

On Base Pct	.282	.360

Slugging Pct	.420	.546

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.906

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	63	30

Runs	9	4

Hits	14	6

Singles	8	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	9	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	20	9

Batting Average	.225	.214

On Base Pct	.301	.282

Slugging Pct	.423	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.630

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
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 Blue Jays placed Jonatan Clase on the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Jonatan Clase was a late scratch from Tuesday’s lineup against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Blue Jays outfielder Jonatan Clase went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and an additional run scored in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	The Blue Jays have recalled outfielder Jonatan Clase from Triple-A Buffalo. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Blue Jays have optioned outfielder Jonatan Clase to Triple-A Buffalo. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
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			Jonatan Clase LF,CF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jonatan Clase for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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