Who Should I Trade?

Quinn Mathews for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Quinn Mathews SP - STL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 631	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.13	‐
WHIP	1.48	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Quinn Mathews SP - STL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	0

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	0.00

WHIP	‐	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Quinn Mathews SP - STL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	14.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	13	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.13	‐

WHIP	1.48	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Quinn Mathews SP - STL	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
		The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
		Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
		The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
		The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
		The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Quinn Mathews SP - STL			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
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 (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 5th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 18th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Quinn Mathews for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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