Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Tyler Austin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 302	‐
VBR	# 1137	# 1219

Projections

Runs	8	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	9	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.224	.238

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	65	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Batting Average	.215	‐

On Base Pct	.297	‐

Slugging Pct	.446	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	59	31

Runs	8	4

Hits	13	8

Singles	8	5

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	9	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	18	8

Batting Average	.224	.238

On Base Pct	.300	.306

Slugging Pct	.412	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
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	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 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	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	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
	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
	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
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Tyler Austin (2026)

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