Who Should I Trade?

Nathaniel Lowe for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 291	‐
VBR	# 593	‐

Projections

Runs	14	0
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	15	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.000

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 251	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 271	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	223	‐

Runs	23	‐

Hits	57	‐

Singles	32	‐

Doubles	13	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	12	‐

RBI	33	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	26	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Batting Average	.256	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.475	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.809	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	103	1

Runs	14	0

Hits	26	0

Singles	17	0

Doubles	4	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	15	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	29	0

Batting Average	.249	.000

On Base Pct	.338	.000

Slugging Pct	.419	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.000

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
News
	Nathaniel Lowe went 3-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	The Guardians promoted 1B Ralphy Velazquez to Triple-A Columbus from Double-A Akron. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Guardians have reassigned first baseman Ralphy Velazquez to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Braves with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
	Reds first baseman Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo home run in an 8-1 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-5 in a win over the Phillies with two doubles, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathaniel Lowe 1B,DH - CIN			Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Nathaniel Lowe for Ralphy Velazquez (2026)

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