Who Should I Trade?

Mickey Moniak for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	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	# 109	# 301
VBR	# 110	# 1135

Projections

Runs	21	8
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	22	8
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.262	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	252	70

Runs	37	10

Hits	70	15

Singles	37	8

Doubles	13	3

Triples	3	0

Home Runs	17	4

RBI	47	12

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	7

Strikeouts	68	23

Batting Average	.278	.214

On Base Pct	.319	.291

Slugging Pct	.556	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.874	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	143	59

Runs	21	8

Hits	37	13

Singles	22	8

Doubles	7	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	22	8

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	38	18

Batting Average	.262	.224

On Base Pct	.306	.299

Slugging Pct	.488	.416

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Mickey Moniak. 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
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-5 in Thursday's 14-4 win over the Marlins with a home run, a double, three runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Mickey Moniak went 3-for-4 in a 6-3 win over the Marlins with a home run, a triple, a double, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Mickey Moniak for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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