Who Should I Trade?

Juan Soto for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	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	# 3	# 303
VBR	# 87	# 1135

Projections

Runs	23	9
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	4	1
Batting Average	.280	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 168	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	69

Runs	46	10

Hits	83	14

Singles	52	7

Doubles	8	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	21	4

RBI	52	12

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	63	7

Strikeouts	48	23

Batting Average	.283	.203

On Base Pct	.408	.282

Slugging Pct	.539	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.947	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	114	63

Runs	23	9

Hits	32	14

Singles	18	8

Doubles	5	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	26	6

Strikeouts	24	20

Batting Average	.280	.225

On Base Pct	.423	.301

Slugging Pct	.546	.423

On-base Plus Slugging	.969	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Juan Soto told reporters he does expect to play again this season. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Mets interim manager Andy Green said Juan Soto has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 calf strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Juan Soto is estimated to miss four to six weeks with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Juan Soto was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Juan Soto will undergo an MRI on Saturday on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Juan Soto LF,RF,DH - NYM			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ATL	Danny Young
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Juan Soto for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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