Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Zach Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 302	# 384
VBR	# 1140	# 1338

Projections

Runs	8	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.227	.192

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 378	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 199	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	67	51

Runs	10	4

Hits	14	8

Singles	7	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	12	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	23	21

Batting Average	.209	.157

On Base Pct	.290	.189

Slugging Pct	.433	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.722	.542

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	63	16

Runs	8	2

Hits	14	3

Singles	8	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Batting Average	.227	.192

On Base Pct	.301	.259

Slugging Pct	.421	.312

On-base Plus Slugging	.723	.570

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - STL	Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
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	Zach Cole was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 4th
	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	The Astros recalled Zach Cole from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Zach Cole went 1-for-3 in a 4-1 win over the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
	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	Zach Cole went 1-for-1 in a 10-0 win over the Reds with a pinch-hit three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th
	The Cardinals selected the contract of Nelson Velazquez from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Zach Cole went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
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			Zach Cole LF,CF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Tue, May 5th				vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Nelson Velazquez for Zach Cole (2026)

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