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Nelson Velazquez

Astros
Number #30
Position LF
Bats R
Throws R
Age 27
Height 5' 11"
Weight 190 lbs
Birth Place Carolina, Puerto Rico
Born Dec 26, 1998

Key Insights

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The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Velazquez averages 21.4 degrees off the bat: 43.1% of his contact is in the air and 29.2% of it is on the ground.

65 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Velazquez averages 99.8 mph off the bat, against 93.3 with the bases empty.

15 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 50 without.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Velazquez hits it hardest up the middle: 96.7 mph on average there, against 90.2 the other way.

33 batted balls up the middle, 12 the other way.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Velazquez pulls 30.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

20 pulled, 33 up the middle and 12 the other way over 65 located batted balls.
His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Velazquez's fly balls travel 295 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 444.

33 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 26, 1998
Birth Place Carolina, Puerto Rico
Height 5' 11"
Weight 190 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R