Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Teoscar Hernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	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	# 68	# 302
VBR	# 53	# 1135

Projections

Runs	27	9
Home Runs	10	3
RBI	31	9
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.259	.226

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 54	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 54	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 115	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 79	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 65	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	255	70

Runs	42	10

Hits	63	15

Singles	44	8

Doubles	11	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	37	12

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	7

Strikeouts	79	23

Batting Average	.247	.214

On Base Pct	.318	.291

Slugging Pct	.384	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.720

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	190	63

Runs	27	9

Hits	49	14

Singles	30	8

Doubles	9	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	31	9

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	6

Strikeouts	56	20

Batting Average	.259	.226

On Base Pct	.317	.302

Slugging Pct	.462	.425

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.728

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Teoscar Hernandez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a home run, one run scored, four RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	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 Dodgers activated Teoscar Hernandez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Teoscar Hernandez will be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Teoscar Hernandez hit a a two-run homer on Friday in a rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow 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
	Teoscar Hernandez went deep in his first rehab game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Teoscar Hernandez LF,RF - LAD			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#249	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Teoscar Hernandez (2026)

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