Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Parker Meadows (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 301	# 358
VBR	# 1135	# 1263

Projections

Runs	8	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	8	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.224	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	# 349

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 320

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Parker Meadows CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	70	36

Runs	10	3

Hits	15	9

Singles	8	7

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	23	10

Batting Average	.214	.250

On Base Pct	.291	.308

Slugging Pct	.429	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Parker Meadows CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	59	32

Runs	8	4

Hits	13	7

Singles	8	5

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	8	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	18	9

Batting Average	.224	.220

On Base Pct	.299	.299

Slugging Pct	.416	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.649

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Parker Meadows CF - DET
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	Parker Meadows is continuing to complete rehab daily. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	Parker Meadows underwent surgery on Monday to repair a radial fracture in left forearm. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	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	The Tigers transferred OF Parker Meadows to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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 Tigers placed OF Parker Meadows on the 10-day injured list with a left radius fracture and a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Parker Meadows left Thursday's game early on a cart following a collision with Riley Greene in the outfield. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 9th
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			Parker Meadows CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Parker Meadows (2026)

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