Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 300	‐
VBR	# 1137	# 870

Projections

Runs	7	10
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	8	11
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.217	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	74	130

Runs	10	17

Hits	16	26

Singles	8	16

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	8

RBI	12	17

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	3

Walks	7	15

Strikeouts	25	36

Batting Average	.216	.200

On Base Pct	.289	.281

Slugging Pct	.432	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	54	85

Runs	7	10

Hits	12	20

Singles	7	13

Doubles	2	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	8	11

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	5	7

Strikeouts	17	21

Batting Average	.217	.231

On Base Pct	.289	.292

Slugging Pct	.390	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
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			Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Jun 20th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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