Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Tyler Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 268	# 300
VBR	# 564	# 1137

Projections

Runs	12	7
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	9	8
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.267	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 232	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	# 199

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	252	74

Runs	29	10

Hits	63	16

Singles	53	8

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	23	12

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	4	0

Walks	11	7

Strikeouts	34	25

Batting Average	.250	.216

On Base Pct	.320	.289

Slugging Pct	.318	.432

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.722

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	87	54

Runs	12	7

Hits	23	12

Singles	17	7

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	9	8

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	5

Strikeouts	13	17

Batting Average	.267	.217

On Base Pct	.337	.289

Slugging Pct	.368	.390

On-base Plus Slugging	.705	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
News
	Tyler Freeman went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman (concussion) has been reinstated from the seven-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	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
	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	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
	Tyler Freeman exited Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers after being hit on the side of the batting helmet by a 98.2 mph cutter from Jacob Misiorowski. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th	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
	Tyler Freeman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Wednesday as the Rockies suffered a 10-4 loss to the Angels. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th	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
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Tyler Freeman (2026)

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