Who Should I Trade?

Michael Massey for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	# 300
VBR	# 343	# 1137

Projections

Runs	15	7
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	16	8
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.249	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 207	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	74

Runs	36	10

Hits	74	16

Singles	46	8

Doubles	20	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	38	12

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	7

Strikeouts	51	25

Batting Average	.262	.216

On Base Pct	.297	.289

Slugging Pct	.418	.432

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	54

Runs	15	7

Hits	33	12

Singles	21	7

Doubles	7	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	16	8

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	5

Strikeouts	26	17

Batting Average	.249	.217

On Base Pct	.291	.289

Slugging Pct	.394	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Michael Massey went 1-for-2 in a win over Detroit with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis 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
	Michael Massey went 3-for-5 in a win over the Padres with three hits, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Michael Massey went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 16-12 win over the Mets with a double, four runs scored, two RBI, two walks and one strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Michael Massey went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to the Cardinals with two RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Michael Massey went 1-for-4 in a 6-2 win over the Nationals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Michael Massey 2B,LF - KC			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
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 (10-5)	#17
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Massey for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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