Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Nick Castellanos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 300	# 352
VBR	# 1137	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.217	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	# 302

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 472

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	74	115

Runs	10	9

Hits	16	22

Singles	8	13

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	12	20

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	5

Strikeouts	25	34

Batting Average	.216	.191

On Base Pct	.289	.221

Slugging Pct	.432	.339

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.560

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	54	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.217	‐

On Base Pct	.289	‐

Slugging Pct	.390	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
News
	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	Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	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	Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	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	Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Nick Castellanos (2026)

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