Who Should I Trade?

Sawyer Gipson-Long for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET	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	# 826	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.12	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

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Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET	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
	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	8.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.12	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th	The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

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Sawyer Gipson-Long for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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