Who Should I Trade?

Jose Caballero for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	# 302
VBR	# 155	# 1119

Projections

Runs	20	8
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	15	9
Stolen Bases	15	1
Batting Average	.224	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 233	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 141	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 178	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	306	70

Runs	36	10

Hits	72	15

Singles	50	8

Doubles	12	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	37	12

Stolen Bases	24	0

Caught Stealing	8	0

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	78	23

Batting Average	.235	.214

On Base Pct	.286	.291

Slugging Pct	.373	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	146	61

Runs	20	8

Hits	33	14

Singles	23	8

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	15	9

Stolen Bases	15	1

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	14	6

Strikeouts	41	19

Batting Average	.224	.228

On Base Pct	.301	.304

Slugging Pct	.345	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.646	.730

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Jose Caballero went 0-for-3 in a win over the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Jose Caballero went 2-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Jose Caballero went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with one RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Jose Caballero went 2-for-3 in Monday’s win over the Rays with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Jose Caballero went 1-for-3 in a win over the Twins with one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Caballero for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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