Nelson Velázquez
RF | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 190LBS | Age: 24

Draft: 2017 | Rd: 5, #165, Chicago Cubs | P.J. Education (PR) HS

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 32 29 8 7 3 6 0 .241 .313 .621 .934
2 Seasons 238 214 28 45 9 32 5 .210 .290 .407 .697
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .241 3 6 0 .934
2 Seasons .210 9 32 5 .697

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 23 810 120 16 13.3 7.8 89.2 111.2 12.3 35.0 .209 .399 .291 .305 .405 43.6 31.6 9.2
2023 24 130 21 4 19.0 12.5 90.3 111.4 1.7 42.9 .287 .543 .389 .384 .485 52.4 25.0 9.4
Player 940 141 20 14.2 8.4 89.4 111.4 10.7 36.2 .220 .419 .305 .316 .417 44.9 30.7 9.2
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 43.3 29.2 20.0 7.5 39.2 40.8 20.0 4.2 29.2 24.2 17.5 9.2 13.3 7.8
2023 47.6 23.8 28.6 0.0 66.7 19.0 14.3 4.8 42.9 14.3 19.0 0.0 19.0 12.5
Player 44.0 28.4 21.3 6.4 43.3 37.6 19.1 4.3 31.2 22.7 17.7 7.8 14.2 8.4
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seamer 8.3 3 35 26.9 9 .444 1.111 .644 12.5 22.2 15.4 .443 .842 .543 71.4
2023 Slider -3.5 -1 30 23.1 6 .000 .000 .117 42.9 0.0 0.0 .213 .242 .285 0.0
2023 Sinker 2.0 1 26 20.0 11 .300 .800 .473 16.7 27.3 21.4 .297 .627 .416 71.4
2023 Changeup -6.9 -1 13 10.0 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 33.3 20.0 .101 .232 .136 50.0
2023 Sweeper -0.9 0 12 9.2 2 .000 .000 .350 66.7 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2023 Cutter -4.9 0 7 5.4 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Curveball -0.5 0 6 4.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Splitter 2.9 0 1 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -1.9 -4 225 27.8 55 .130 .261 .268 38.9 29.1 23.5 .226 .486 .368 70.0
2022 Slider -1.8 -3 159 19.6 40 .216 .351 .278 47.6 45.0 33.3 .159 .240 .213 15.8
2022 Sinker -2.2 -3 150 18.5 49 .191 .277 .242 23.1 20.4 34.5 .244 .412 .301 32.4
2022 Changeup -1.0 -1 85 10.5 19 .188 .188 .253 54.8 52.6 30.3 .075 .082 .168 16.7
2022 Curveball -0.9 -1 82 10.1 15 .083 .333 .273 28.0 26.7 15.4 .196 .445 .357 50.0
2022 Cutter 10.7 6 52 6.4 11 .545 1.182 .800 30.8 27.3 23.1 .347 .910 .528 50.0
2022 Sweeper -0.6 0 20 2.5 4 .250 .500 .313 25.0 0.0 0.0 .171 .334 .216 50.0
2022 Splitter 12.0 2 13 1.6 5 .200 .400 .250 60.0 60.0 30.0 .193 .231 .187 50.0
2022 Slurve -8.6 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .395 .462 .362 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 202 796 0 -8 5 3 -1
2023 32 130 0 -1 1 1 1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 810 47.2 74.2 70.3 23.6 40.4 42.6 41.7 47.4 36.2 6.9 87.3
2023 130 46.9 78.7 81.3 34.8 41.7 38.5 37.5 55.4 31.9 9.2 83.3
Player 940 47.2 74.8 71.9 25.2 40.7 42.0 41.2 48.5 35.5 7.2 86.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2022 74 74 91
2023 75 59
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 24.7 6 7.1 -1 4 5 3 50.0
2023 27.4 3 2.9 0 1 3 0 0.0
Player 25.6 9 10.0 -1 5 8 3 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 6 5 6 8 8 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 6 7 7 7 7 7 10 8 6 7 7 9 8 8 8
2023 3 0 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
Player 9 5 10 10 11 9 11 9 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 12 9 10 10 11 10 10 13 11 7 10 10 12 11 11 11
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.2 90.3 1.1
Launch Angle 12.3 1.7 -10.6
Barrel % 13.3 19.0 5.7
Hard Hit % 43.6 52.4 8.8
Sweet Spot % 35.0 42.9 7.9
xBA .209 .287 0.078
BA .205 .241 0.036
xwOBA .305 .384 0.079
wOBA .291 .389 0.098
xSLG .399 .543 0.144
SLG .373 .621 0.248
K% 31.6 25.0 -6.6
BB% 9.2 9.4 0.2
Swing % 47.4 55.4 8.0
Whiff% 36.2 31.9 -4.3
In Zone % 47.2 46.9 -0.3
Out of Zone % 52.8 53.1 0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 23.6 34.8 11.2
First Pitch Swing % 41.7 37.5 -4.2
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 59.4 -5.6
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2022 R 202 56 27.7 .277 .333
2023 R 32 0 0.0 .389

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 211 19.3 19.4% 4.7% 135 24.3 0.0% 16.3%
2023 15 15.3 46.7% 0.0% 20 17.5 0.0% 0.0%
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