Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Vince Velasquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 347	‐
VBR	# 652	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.53	‐
WHIP	1.49	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 436	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 310	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	2

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	47.0	3.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	45	1

Earned Runs	19	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	57	1

Walks	24	0

ERA	3.64	0.00

WHIP	1.47	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	25.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
		The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
		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
	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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