Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	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	# 285	# 302
VBR	# 319	# 1140

Projections

Runs	18	8
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	16	9
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.264	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 268	# 378

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	228	67

Runs	26	10

Hits	65	14

Singles	49	7

Doubles	11	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	18	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	7

Strikeouts	38	23

Batting Average	.285	.209

On Base Pct	.336	.290

Slugging Pct	.399	.433

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	144	63

Runs	18	8

Hits	38	14

Singles	27	8

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	16	9

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	6

Strikeouts	25	20

Batting Average	.264	.227

On Base Pct	.323	.301

Slugging Pct	.387	.421

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 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
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 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
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	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
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Nathan Lukes for Nelson Velazquez (2026)

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