Vince Velasquez

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Vince Velasquez threw 13,068 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2022, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2022, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Curve (82mph), Change (88mph) and Sinker (92mph).


In 2022, compared to other RHP:
His fourseam fastball generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has essentially average velo, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slightly less natural movement than typical. His slider results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has short glove-side cut. His curve is much harder than usual, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves. His change is thrown extremely hard and has some natural sink to it. His sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has less armside run than typical and has little sinking action compared to a true sinker.