Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Santiago Espinal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 300	‐
VBR	# 1136	‐

Projections

Runs	7	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	8	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.220	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 371

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	70	56

Runs	10	5

Hits	15	15

Singles	8	11

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	12	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	23	8

Batting Average	.214	.268

On Base Pct	.291	.276

Slugging Pct	.429	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.651

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	‐

Runs	7	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	8	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.220	‐

On Base Pct	.293	‐

Slugging Pct	.403	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - FA
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	Santiago Espinal has been granted his release by the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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 Rangers signed INF Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Santiago Espinal was designated for assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Santiago Espinal (2026)

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