Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
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Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.0	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	1

Earned Runs	5	0

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	5	1

Walks	4	0

ERA	22.50	0.00

WHIP	5.00	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st	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
	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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