Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Randal Grichuk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 300	‐
VBR	# 1136	# 1167

Projections

Runs	7	6
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	8	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.220	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 267

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	70	158

Runs	10	24

Hits	15	41

Singles	8	19

Doubles	3	12

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	9

RBI	12	24

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	7

Strikeouts	23	39

Batting Average	.214	.260

On Base Pct	.291	.293

Slugging Pct	.429	.519

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.812

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	47

Runs	7	6

Hits	12	11

Singles	7	7

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	8	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	3

Strikeouts	17	11

Batting Average	.220	.238

On Base Pct	.293	.285

Slugging Pct	.403	.423

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
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	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Randal Grichuk went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a solo home run, one double, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	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	Randal Grichuk delivered the heavy lifting even as Chicago let this one slip away. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 6th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Randal Grichuk provided a quick jolt, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-4 loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st
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			Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Mon, May 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 22nd				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 24th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Jun 20th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Randal Grichuk (2026)

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