Who Should I Trade?

Ralphy Velazquez for Sal Stewart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 26	‐

Projections

Runs	24	‐
Home Runs	8	‐
RBI	26	‐
Stolen Bases	3	‐
Batting Average	.258	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 42	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 31	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 25	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	436	‐

Runs	63	‐

Hits	111	‐

Singles	63	‐

Doubles	23	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	25	‐

RBI	86	‐

Stolen Bases	12	‐

Caught Stealing	4	‐

Walks	52	‐

Strikeouts	110	‐

Batting Average	.255	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.479	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	‐

Runs	24	‐

Hits	42	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Batting Average	.258	‐

On Base Pct	.333	‐

Slugging Pct	.463	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.795	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN	Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
News
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 in a 6-5 win over the Athletics with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	The Guardians promoted 1B Ralphy Velazquez to Triple-A Columbus from Double-A Akron. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Sal Stewart went 1-for-5 in Sunday's10-2 win over the Pirates with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	The Guardians have reassigned first baseman Ralphy Velazquez to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Reds first baseman Sal Stewart went 2-for-5 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in an 8-7 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Sal Stewart went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Sal Stewart is not in the Reds lineup on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sal Stewart 1B,2B,3B,DH - CIN			Ralphy Velazquez 1B - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#334	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#140
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#202
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#174	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#378
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#250	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#279	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#414	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#253	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ralphy Velazquez for Sal Stewart (2026)

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