There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Velazquez's sinker leaves the bat at 91.7 mph, against 84.5 off his slider.
269 and 165 of them thrown.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Velazquez's stuff spins at 1,920 rpm, 4th percentile in the league.
981 pitches in 2019. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 720th in MLB.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35.9% of the contact against Velazquez with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 43% with the bases empty.
285 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 696 with the bases empty.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .367 expected average against them, against .322 on his breaking balls.
294 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40.7% of the contact against Velazquez is on the ground and 33.3% of it is in the air.
150 tracked batted balls allowed.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Velazquez works off the plate, with only 41.6% of his pitches in the zone, 28th percentile.
981 pitches in 2019. 28th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 540th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Velazquez averages 88.1 mph across his arsenal, 37th percentile in the league.
981 pitches in 2019. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 477th in MLB.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Velazquez's sinker leaves the bat at 91.7 mph, against 84.5 off his slider.
269 and 165 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
His ball is straighter than it should be
Velazquez's stuff spins at 1,920 rpm, 4th percentile in the league.
981 pitches in 2019. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 720th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
35.9% of the contact against Velazquez with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 43% with the bases empty.
285 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 696 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .367 expected average against them, against .322 on his breaking balls.
294 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
40.7% of the contact against Velazquez is on the ground and 33.3% of it is in the air.
150 tracked batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He cannot find the zone often enough
Velazquez works off the plate, with only 41.6% of his pitches in the zone, 28th percentile.
981 pitches in 2019. 28th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 540th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Velazquez averages 88.1 mph across his arsenal, 37th percentile in the league.
981 pitches in 2019. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 477th in MLB.
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Career team 2017–2019