Who Should I Trade?

Ralphy Velazquez for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1284	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.184	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	55	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	12	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	12	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Batting Average	.218	‐

On Base Pct	.283	‐

Slugging Pct	.455	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	5	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	1	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.184	‐

On Base Pct	.225	‐

Slugging Pct	.245	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.470	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
News
	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Guardians promoted 1B Ralphy Velazquez to Triple-A Columbus from Double-A Akron. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th	The Guardians have reassigned first baseman Ralphy Velazquez to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD			Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#198
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#161
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#210	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch		@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ralphy Velazquez for Ryan Ward (2026)

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