Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Isbel for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 322	# 302
VBR	# 807	# 1132

Projections

Runs	14	8
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	11	9
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.237	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 235	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	164	63

Runs	16	10

Hits	40	14

Singles	29	7

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	11	12

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	7

Strikeouts	41	21

Batting Average	.244	.222

On Base Pct	.298	.306

Slugging Pct	.354	.460

On-base Plus Slugging	.651	.766

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	61

Runs	14	8

Hits	26	14

Singles	18	8

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	11	9

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	25	19

Batting Average	.237	.231

On Base Pct	.286	.308

Slugging Pct	.355	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	The Royals are expected to send Kyle Isbel on a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow 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
	Kyle Isbel participated in a full team workout on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Kyle Isbel will not be going on a rehab assignment as expected on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Kyle Isbel began swinging on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th	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
	Kyle Isbel was diagnosed with a Grade 3 tear of a portion of his left plantar fasciitis. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th	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
	Kyle Isbel CF - KC			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Isbel for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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