Nelson Velázquez
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 190LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 5, #165, Chicago Cubs | P.J. Education (PR) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 206 185 20 38 6 5 .205 .286 .373 .659
2023 179 162 35 38 17 0 .235 .302 .586 .888
2024 81 74 11 18 2 1 .243 .309 .378 .687
3 Seasons 466 421 66 94 25 6 .223 .296 .456 .752
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .205 6 5 .659
2023 .235 17 0 .888
2024 .243 2 1 .687
3 Seasons .223 25 6 .752
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Hits Spray Chart

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 24 704 112 24 21.4 13.4 91.0 111.4 14.4 31.3 .255 .575 .369 .374 .498 49.1 28.5 7.8
2024 25 339 47 3 6.4 3.7 90.1 108.5 13.2 36.2 .232 .407 .309 .309 .428 42.6 33.3 8.6
Player 1853 279 43 15.4 9.2 90.1 111.4 13.3 33.7 .231 .469 .324 .332 .447 45.7 30.7 8.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 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 38.4 41.1 16.1 4.5 45.5 27.7 26.8 4.5 29.5 26.8 15.2 2.7 21.4 13.4
2024 42.6 31.9 21.3 4.3 40.4 38.3 21.3 2.1 29.8 23.4 27.7 10.6 6.4 3.7
Player 41.2 34.4 18.6 5.7 41.9 35.1 22.9 3.9 29.4 25.1 18.3 6.8 15.4 9.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 86 25.4 24 .364 .545 .419 29.5 20.8 21.7 .350 .685 .458 64.7
2024 Slider 0.5 0 75 22.1 18 .235 .353 .278 40.0 22.2 16.0 .282 .415 .323 23.1
2024 Cutter -1.6 -1 53 15.6 13 .182 .182 .246 44.4 38.5 35.7 .076 .085 .167 33.3
2024 Sweeper -3.9 -2 41 12.1 9 .000 .000 .156 62.5 55.6 41.7 .010 .010 .163 0.0
2024 Sinker 0.9 0 36 10.6 7 .429 1.000 .593 11.1 42.9 30.0 .346 .770 .468 50.0
2024 Changeup -3.1 -1 24 7.1 6 .000 .000 .000 66.7 66.7 50.0 .019 .029 .020 0.0
2024 Curveball -2.8 -1 21 6.2 2 .000 .000 .000 55.6 0.0 0.0 .201 .222 .186 100.0
2024 Split-Finger 26.1 1 3 0.9 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 50.0 50.0 .420 .503 .398 0.0
2023 Slider -2.7 -5 179 25.4 41 .111 .139 .182 52.3 36.6 21.7 .145 .189 .212 19.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 5.4 9 166 23.6 46 .333 .978 .559 16.7 21.7 16.7 .363 .964 .547 68.6
2023 Sinker 5.1 6 111 15.8 37 .313 .781 .485 18.6 21.6 25.8 .312 .668 .448 58.3
2023 Changeup -1.2 -1 81 11.5 22 .136 .273 .214 52.2 54.5 40.0 .137 .251 .163 50.0
2023 Curveball 0.3 0 51 7.2 8 .143 .571 .338 38.9 25.0 12.5 .333 .989 .562 60.0
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 47 6.7 14 .182 .182 .343 12.5 14.3 14.3 .198 .246 .302 33.3
2023 Cutter 1.6 1 36 5.1 5 .500 1.250 .580 53.3 20.0 20.0 .182 .564 .247 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 1.2 0 33 4.7 6 .200 .800 .450 33.3 16.7 7.1 .309 .824 .507 25.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -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 -3 151 18.6 40 .216 .351 .278 45.0 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 9.7 5 55 6.8 11 .545 1.182 .800 33.3 27.3 23.1 .347 .910 .528 50.0
2022 Sweeper 0.3 0 25 3.1 4 .250 .500 .313 40.0 0.0 0.0 .171 .334 .216 50.0
2022 Split-Finger 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 179 704 5 -5 6 4 10
2024 81 339 -3 -4 2 2 -3
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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 704 46.9 73.6 74.9 29.4 46.4 43.0 36.9 50.1 33.7 7.2 88.2
2024 339 41.9 64.8 79.3 28.4 25.0 44.0 33.3 43.7 41.2 7.7 92.3
Player 1,853 46.1 72.4 73.5 26.7 39.6 43.0 38.4 47.8 36.0 7.2 88.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 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 71 48 44
2024 45 35 58 69 29 33 47 68 57 64 8 47 2 41 42
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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 26.3 17 17.2 0 2 8 10 58.8
2024 27.3 2 2.2 0 2 1 1 50.0
Player 26.0 25 26.5 -2 8 14 14 56.0

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 17 15 16 15 17 18 18 17 15 17 17 17 19 18 18 18 18 17 18 17 18 18 19 18 16 16 17 18 19 16 15
2024 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2
Player 25 21 25 25 27 26 28 27 22 25 25 26 28 27 27 29 26 26 27 27 27 28 31 28 24 25 26 29 30 27 25
! 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 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.2 91.0 1.8 90.1 -0.9
Launch Angle 12.3 14.4 2.1 13.2 -1.2
Barrel % 13.3 21.4 8.1 6.4 -15.0
Hard Hit % 43.6 49.1 5.5 42.6 -6.5
Sweet Spot % 35.0 31.3 -3.7 36.2 4.9
xBA .209 .255 0.046 .232 -0.023
BA .205 .235 0.030 .243 0.008
xwOBA .305 .374 0.069 .309 -0.065
wOBA .291 .369 0.078 .309 -0.060
xSLG .399 .575 0.176 .407 -0.168
SLG .373 .586 0.213 .378 -0.208
K% 31.6 28.5 -3.1 33.3 4.8
BB% 9.2 7.8 -1.4 8.6 0.8
Swing % 47.4 50.1 2.7 43.7 -6.4
Whiff% 36.2 33.7 -2.5 41.2 7.5
In Zone % 47.2 46.9 -0.3 41.9 -5.0
Out of Zone % 52.8 53.1 0.3 58.1 5.0
Out of Zone Swing % 23.6 29.4 5.8 28.4 -1.0
First Pitch Swing % 41.7 36.9 -4.8 33.3 -3.6
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 60.9 -4.1 60.5 -0.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 202 62 30.7 .258 .371
2023 Shades R 179 11 6.1 .377 .245
2024 Shades R 81 5 6.2 .296 .514
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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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 157 15.8 35.7% 0.0% 118 18.4 10.2% 0.0%
2024 98 15.1 45.9% 1.0% 48 18.2 4.2% 0.0%
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