Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Nick Loftin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 302	# 286
VBR	# 1145	# 1112

Projections

Runs	9	11
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	9	10
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.229	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	# 388

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Stats


At Bats	61	193

Runs	10	27

Hits	14	46

Singles	7	26

Doubles	3	15

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	12	31

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	21

Strikeouts	20	29

Batting Average	.230	.238

On Base Pct	.304	.324

Slugging Pct	.475	.389

On-base Plus Slugging	.780	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	62	87

Runs	9	11

Hits	14	21

Singles	8	14

Doubles	3	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	9	10

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	9

Strikeouts	19	16

Batting Average	.229	.240

On Base Pct	.307	.316

Slugging Pct	.430	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	.687

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
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 Loftin went 3-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Mets with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a strikeout. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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 Loftin went 3-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with two runs scored, two RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	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 Loftin is expected to be available off the bench for the Royals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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 Loftin left Saturday’s game in the ninth inning after being hit by a thrown ball. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Nick Loftin went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's win over the Rays with a home run, four runs scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Nick Loftin 2B,3B,LF - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Nick Loftin (2026)

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