Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Owen Caissie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 242	# 302
VBR	# 368	# 1136

Projections

Runs	15	9
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	16	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.233	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 221	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 230	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	218	69

Runs	30	10

Hits	52	14

Singles	28	7

Doubles	12	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	50	12

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	96	23

Batting Average	.239	.203

On Base Pct	.297	.282

Slugging Pct	.459	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	115	63

Runs	15	9

Hits	27	14

Singles	16	8

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	16	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	6

Strikeouts	42	20

Batting Average	.233	.225

On Base Pct	.305	.301

Slugging Pct	.408	.423

On-base Plus Slugging	.713	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	The Marlins sent Owen Caissie on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Owen Caissie took batting practice on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Owen Caissie has been able to hit, increase defensive work and run without issues. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Owen Caissie has resumed baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Owen Caissie is expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a mild right calf strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Owen Caissie (2026)

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