Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Spencer Steer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 140	# 301
VBR	# 843	# 1126

Projections

Runs	11	8
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	11	9
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.235	.228

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 149	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 152	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	340	70

Runs	54	10

Hits	81	15

Singles	50	8

Doubles	15	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	40	12

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	35	7

Strikeouts	86	23

Batting Average	.238	.214

On Base Pct	.319	.291

Slugging Pct	.424	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	78	59

Runs	11	8

Hits	18	14

Singles	11	8

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	11	9

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	6

Strikeouts	19	18

Batting Average	.235	.228

On Base Pct	.315	.305

Slugging Pct	.408	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.725

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Spencer Steer will be re-evaluated in two weeks. 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
	The Reds are placing Spencer Steer on the injured list after suffering a hand/wrist injury on Sunday. 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
	Spencer Steer left Sunday's game early with an apparent hand injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Spencer Steer is back in the Reds lineup on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Spencer Steer is hitting in the cage on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Spencer Steer 1B,2B,LF,RF - CIN			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Spencer Steer (2026)

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