Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Otto Kemp (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 302	‐
VBR	# 1151	# 1376

Projections

Runs	9	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	10	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.229	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	60	25

Runs	10	0

Hits	14	2

Singles	7	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	19	10

Batting Average	.233	.080

On Base Pct	.309	.148

Slugging Pct	.483	.080

On-base Plus Slugging	.792	.228

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	64	16

Runs	9	2

Hits	15	3

Singles	9	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	10	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	20	5

Batting Average	.229	.208

On Base Pct	.306	.282

Slugging Pct	.427	.336

On-base Plus Slugging	.733	.618

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
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	The Phillies optioned Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	The Phillies optioned INF/OF Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	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	Otto Kemp was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	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	The Phillies optioned INF/OF Otto Kemp to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Otto Kemp 1B,3B,LF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Jun 20th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Otto Kemp (2026)

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