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Birth Date6-7-1992
Height6' 3"
Weight212 lbs
Age32 years, 5 months, 19 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.02015
2.72016
-0.12017
1.92018
0.72019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2015 HOU MLB 19 7 55.7 1 1 0 50 21 58 5 106 8.1 3.4 0.8 9.4 0% .310 1.28 3.42 4.37 109 4.97 116.2 0.0
2016 PHI MLB 24 24 131.0 8 6 0 129 45 152 21 89 8.9 3.1 1.4 10.4 37% .325 1.33 4.00 4.12 92 3.54 78.3 2.7
2017 PHI MLB 15 15 72.0 2 7 0 74 34 68 15 97 9.3 4.3 1.9 8.5 45% .303 1.50 5.53 5.13 112 5.66 120.5 -0.1
2018 PHI MLB 31 30 146.7 9 12 0 138 59 161 16 95 8.5 3.6 1.0 9.9 41% .316 1.34 3.71 4.85 95 4.20 93.9 1.9
2019 PHI MLB 33 23 117.3 7 8 0 120 43 130 26 100 9.2 3.3 2.0 10.0 37% .305 1.39 5.16 4.91 107 5.46 112.0 0.4
CareerMLB12299522.72734051120256983968.83.51.49.839%.3141.364.334.671014.60100.14.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2012 TCV A- NYP 9 9 45.7 4 1 0 37 17 51 2 94 7.3 3.4 0.4 10.1 0% .299 1.18 2.98 3.35 94 4.24 88.3
2013 QUD A MID 25 16 110.0 9 4 3 90 33 123 7 104 7.4 2.7 0.6 10.1 0% .292 1.12 2.98 3.19 80 2.88 62.6
2013 LNC A+ CAL 3 3 14.7 0 2 0 14 8 19 2 100 8.6 4.9 1.2 11.7 0% .353 1.50 4.98 6.14 100 4.94 107.4
2014 LNC A+ CAL 15 10 55.3 7 4 0 45 23 72 6 113 7.3 3.7 1.0 11.7 0% .312 1.23 3.95 3.74 76 2.53 53.5
2014 AST Rk GCL 3 3 8.7 0 1 0 5 2 19 0 5.2 2.1 0.0 19.7 0% .455 0.81 0.83 2.08 0 0.00 0.0
2015 HOU MLB AL 19 7 55.7 1 1 0 50 21 58 5 106 8.1 3.4 0.8 9.4 0% .310 1.28 3.42 4.37 109 4.97 116.2
2015 CCH AA TEX 9 5 33.0 4 0 0 20 13 45 2 109 5.5 3.5 0.5 12.3 0% .261 1.00 2.63 1.91 69 1.97 43.3
2016 PHI MLB NL 24 24 131.0 8 6 0 129 45 152 21 89 8.9 3.1 1.4 10.4 37% .325 1.33 4.00 4.12 92 3.54 78.3
2016 REA AA EAS 1 1 5.0 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 127 3.6 1.8 1.8 5.4 43% .077 0.60 5.35 1.80 111 3.28 72.3
2017 PHI MLB NL 15 15 72.0 2 7 0 74 34 68 15 97 9.3 4.3 1.9 8.5 45% .303 1.50 5.53 5.13 112 5.66 120.5
2017 CLR A+ FSL 1 1 5.0 0 1 0 2 1 5 1 87 3.6 1.8 1.8 9.0 18% .100 0.60 4.51 1.80 95 2.89 61.5
2017 REA AA EAS 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 86 9.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 63% .286 1.33 5.89 6.00 94 3.56 75.8
2017 LEH AAA INT 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 106 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 17% .167 1.00 4.84 4.50 122 5.13 109.2
2018 PHI MLB NL 31 30 146.7 9 12 0 138 59 161 16 95 8.5 3.6 1.0 9.9 41% .316 1.34 3.71 4.85 95 4.20 93.9
2019 PHI MLB NL 33 23 117.3 7 8 0 120 43 130 26 100 9.2 3.3 2.0 10.0 37% .305 1.39 5.16 4.91 107 5.46 112.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 976 0.4836 0.4877 0.7668 0.6949 0.2937 0.8445 0.5946 0.2332
2016 2206 0.5014 0.4606 0.7234 0.6221 0.2982 0.7863 0.5915 0.2766
2017 1266 0.5466 0.4803 0.7895 0.6445 0.2822 0.8430 0.6420 0.2105
2018 2471 0.5269 0.4553 0.7244 0.6244 0.2669 0.7847 0.5673 0.2756
2019 2119 0.4870 0.4884 0.7391 0.6986 0.2889 0.7989 0.6019 0.2609
Career90380.50940.47140.74130.65170.28470.80300.59470.2587

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-05-10 2014-07-28 Minors 79 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2010-08-25 2010-09-01 Minors 7 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2010-09-22

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 PIT $3,150,000
2022 CHA $3,000,000
2021 PHI $4,000,000
2020 PHI $3,600,000
2019 PHI $2,249,000
2018 PHI $559,000
2017 PHI $547,000
2016 PHI $516,000
2015 HOU $
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$17,621,000
8 yrTotal$17,621,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 86 dCAA1 year/$3.15M (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$3.15M (2023). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/6/22. Award bonuses: $325,000 for Cy Young ($150,000 for second in vote, $100,000 for third). $50,000 each for All Star, WS MVP. $25,000 each for Gold Glove, LCS MVP.
  • 1 year/$3M (2022). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 3/14/22.
  • 1 year/$4M (2021). Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Philadelphia 9/11/21. Released 9/14/21 (elected free agency). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 9/15/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Diego 9/18/21.
  • 1 year/$3.6M (2020). Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.249M (2019). Re-signed by Philadelphia 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$559,000 (2018). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/17.
  • 1 year/$516,000 (2016). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Houston 11/20/14. Re-signed by Houston 3/15. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Houston 12/9/15.
  • Drafted by Houston 2010 (2-58) (Garey HS, Pomona, Calif.). $655,830 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0.6 0 0 1 1 17.4 13 5 20 2 .261 1.04 2.74 3.08 0.1 0.0
80o 0.6 0 0 1 1 13.0 10 4 15 2 .273 1.11 3.07 3.44 -0.1 0.0
70o 0.5 0 0 1 1 9.9 8 3 11 1 .282 1.15 3.32 3.71 -0.3 0.0
60o 0.5 0 0 1 1 7.3 6 3 8 1 .289 1.20 3.52 3.94 -0.4 0.0
50o 0.5 0 0 1 1 5.0 4 2 6 1 .296 1.24 3.72 4.15 -0.5 -0.1
40o 0.5 0 0 1 1 2.7 2 1 3 0 .303 1.28 3.92 4.37 -0.6 -0.1
30o 0.5 0 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 .310 1.33 4.13 4.61 -0.7 -0.1
Weighted Mean0.500114.64251.2951.233.704.13-0.5-0.1

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DateQuestionAnswer
2020-07-23 19:00:00 (link to chat)Thoughts on arrietta and Vince Velasquez .arrietta post surgery and Velasquez with new pitches
(Quincy from Ames)		Count me among the many who have been waiting for an eternity for Velasquez to live up to his potential. I think I've rostered him on a fantasy team at some point every year for the past...four(?) seasons. (checks notes: Wow, that 16-strikeout game was in 2016). With reports of him adding a cutter over the offseason and him looking solid in Summer Camp, there's plenty of reason for optimism...again. But I'm going to be cautious until I see him put it together for more than a couple of starts in a row. He made 23 starts last year and didn't get out of the fifth inning in 10 of them. That's not great! As for Arrieta, count me out. He's dealt with shoulder stiffness during the build-up to the season, and while he can maybe be effective enough to be a back-of-the-rotation innings eater, I don't even know if he'll be consistently healthy enough to provide that. (Collin Whitchurch)
2016-05-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)Which group of players will the Astros regret trading more? Dealing away Vincent Velasquez and Mark Appel or Brett Phillips, Domingo Santana, and Josh Hader?
(Okie from Muskogee)		The latter, which is weird to say, because I've been pretty slow to come on the Hader train. I have loved most of what Houston has done, but I think they're really going to come to regret that deal. (Christopher Crawford)
2016-04-14 20:00:00 (link to chat)Hey Scooter, what should we think about Vincent Velasquez after these 2 starts to the season?
(Jerry from Earth)		He's a great gamble, although there isn't much profit available with him because he's not exactly a secret and he hasn't been for a while. The stuff is obviously legit. His ultimate value this season will depend on his command & control and whether or not he can sustain his stuff over the course of a long season. And wins might be hard to come by in Philly, of course.

I live in Philly and most of the leagues I play in are Philly-based, so if anything, Velasquez went for a higher price or at a higher pick than he should have because everyone here watched him during spring training and fell in love with his upside. (Scooter Hotz)
2015-07-28 18:00:00 (link to chat)Could you rank these guys for future careers? Steven Matz, Carlos Rodon, Eduardo Rodriguez, Aaron Nola, Chi Chi Gonzalez, Vincent Velasquez. Any of these guys worry you and/or are they all in the same tier?
(ColeWhittier from Pasadena)		This is a tremendous and fun group of arms. Nola, Gonzalez, Rodon, Velasquez, E-Rod, Matz. The one who still scares me the most is Rodon. There's a good chance he doesn't fulfill his insane upside because of the command issues stemming from his delivery. While Matz and E-Rod are a tier below for me they are both very valuable arms that could be middle rotation stalwarts. (Mauricio Rubio)
2015-07-02 15:00:00 (link to chat)Hi Doug, could you rate these 5 Ps for future? Any stand out above the others? Joe Ross, Vincent Velasquez, Raisel Iglesias, Matt Wisler, Michael Lorenzen. Thanks!
(ColeWhittier from Pasadena)		Ross is an intriguing pitcher but his pitch selection is mirroring his brother's approach, including a high rate of SL's that simultaneously raises the injury risk and put the onus on his ability to bury the pitch. I really like Velasquez's delivery and the velo is legit. Iglesias is incredibly advanced for his age. Lorenzen has great stuff but was perhaps promoted before the command was honed, whereas Wisler holds the opposite profile of low ceiling but high floor. Long-term, give me Velasquez-Lorenzen-Wisler-Iglesias-Ross, but in the near-term I would go with Velasquez-Wisler-Ross-Iglesias-Lorenzen. Velasquez is above the others, and development will determine how the rest fall into place. (Doug Thorburn)
2014-11-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Vincent Velasquez what the ceiling on him and when can we expect to see him in the majors?
(OB1KENOBI from Tampa)		I can't go higher than a mid rotation ceiling given that the command is not likely to reach plus levels, but I think there's a decent chance he'll throw enough quality strikes to remain a starter. The stuff is quite loud and will allow him to succeed in some sort of a role if he stays healthy, even if it's not in the rotation. I think 2016 is probably the earliest we can expect to see him in the big leagues, but 2017 is more likely. More importantly for now; he looked healthy in the AFL after missing time in the middle of the season. (Todd Gold)
2014-01-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)I'm a bit surprised not to see both Vincent Velasquez and Lance McCullers off this list? Both had pretty good years and are expected to get better. Domingo Santana also should have a case as well. What made you not have them on the list?
(YP from Houston)		Other players offered a more convincing case. (Jason Parks on the Top 101 Prospects)
2014-01-29 19:00:00 (link to chat)Could you rank these pitchers in term of future fantasy value: C.J. Edwards, Miguel Almonte, Vincent Velasquez, Sean Manaea, and Alexander Reyes Thanks!
(Adam from Toronto )		Manaea, Almonte, Edwards, Reyes, Velasquez. (Ben Carsley)
2014-01-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)I hear mixed opinions on Vincent Velasquez. Is he a 2 starter or more of a back end guy for you?
(Matt473 from Austin)		I never got a#2 vibe from him when I saw him pitch in the NYPL, and the reports I've received from scouts that saw him in the MWL all considered him more of a #3/4 type. (Mark Anderson)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Vince Velasquez threw 13,863 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Slider (83mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Change (88mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (93mph) and Curve (81mph).