Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	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	# 71	# 302
VBR	# 92	# 1136

Projections

Runs	29	9
Home Runs	8	3
RBI	27	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.250	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	395	69

Runs	63	10

Hits	99	14

Singles	72	7

Doubles	20	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	28	12

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	83	7

Strikeouts	98	23

Batting Average	.251	.203

On Base Pct	.386	.282

Slugging Pct	.354	.420

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.702

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	194	63

Runs	29	9

Hits	48	14

Singles	30	8

Doubles	10	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	27	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	28	6

Strikeouts	52	20

Batting Average	.250	.225

On Base Pct	.349	.301

Slugging Pct	.431	.423

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Taylor Ward (2026)

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