Andrew Velazquez

Bats B Throws R5'9" 170 lbBorn 1994 Bronx, USADebut 2018Team KCDraft 2012 R7 #243 Arizona Diamondbacks, Fordham Prep School (NY)

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 45.8FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.29 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2027	81	73	16	3	0	2	5	24	4	0.214	0.267	0.326	0.593	0.112	0.262	29.0	6.3	59.7	-0.15

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 47 HIT+ the next season; 4 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Lou Guisto	1923	45.8	did not play
2	J. R. Phillips	1998	54.6	50.1	40
3	Joshua Fuentes	2021	53.9	did not play
4	Brian Banks	1999	72.3	did not play
5	Doug Howard	1976	38.7	did not play
6	Dan Briggs	1981	58.7	-37.2	50
7	Jim Adduci	1988	39.2	131.7	19
8	Mike Brumley	1990	49.8	43.3	132
9	Bert Adams	1919	29.3	did not play
10	John Somerlott	1911	33.2	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			81		16	3	0	2		4	5	24	0.214	0.267	0.326	0.593	59.7
2026*	KCA	6	15	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	2	0.067	0.067	0.067	0.133	-81.0
2023	LAA	54	94	12	14	3	0	2	3	13	10	30	0.173	0.264	0.284	0.548	50.3
2022	LAA	125	349	37	63	8	0	9	28	17	15	119	0.196	0.236	0.304	0.540	47.6
2021	NYY	28	68	11	15	4	1	1	6	4	1	23	0.224	0.235	0.358	0.594	56.3
2020	BAL	40	77	11	10	1	1	0	3	4	10	23	0.159	0.274	0.206	0.480	42.3
2019	CLE	15	24	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	13	0.087	0.125	0.174	0.299	-27.7
2018	TB	13	12	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.300	0.417	0.400	0.817	139.2
Career		275	624	77	107	19	2	12	40	40	38	211	0.189	0.244	0.293	0.537	47.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	15	84.4	19.2	0.0	23.1	14.3	52.4	0.167	0.200	0.160
2023	94	87.7	8.9	4.0	24.0	35.5	27.8	0.145	0.234	0.223	28.4
2022	349	88.0	8.2	6.6	34.0	34.3	29.3	0.203	0.331	0.253	29.1
2021	68	90.2	9.5	13.6	43.2	34.6	26.8	0.207	0.373	0.253	29.4
2020	77	82.4	6.7	4.5	15.9	29.4	31.9	0.155	0.234	0.242	28.3
2019	24	92.1	18.2	0.0	50.0	37.7	27.3	0.128	0.198	0.161	27.1
2018	12	88.0	14.5	0.0	0.0	38.1	31.0	0.142	0.170	0.235	27.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2023	LAA	SS	39	233	32	43	6	9	0.926	-4.3
2023	LAA	2B	10	22	6	7	0	2	1.000	+0.9
2023	LAA	OF	3	10	1	0	0	0	1.000
2022	LAA	SS	124	906	106	271	8	44	0.979	+10.2
2021	NYY	SS	28	180	25	54	3	5	0.963	-1.5
2020	BAL	SS	30	171	25	54	0	8	1.000	-0.5
2020	BAL	OF	9	26	5	0	0	0	1.000
2020	BAL	2B	2	13	4	5	0	2	1.000	+0.7
2019	CLE	2B	5	37	11	11	0	3	1.000	+0.7
2019	TB	3B	4	13	2	3	1	0	0.833	+0.2
2019	CLE	OF	3	5	0	0	0	0
2018	TB	3B	4	15	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2018	TB	OF	4	8	2	0	0	0	1.000
2018	TB	2B	2	3	1	0	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2018	TB	SS	2	9	0	6	0	0	1.000	+0.8

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	230	3 HR, 13 SB	0.270	0.703
2026	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	63	0 HR, 8 SB	0.259	0.643
2026	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	167	3 HR, 5 SB	0.274	0.725
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	368	5 HR, 25 SB	0.242	0.649
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	473	16 HR, 33 SB	0.242	0.692
2023	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	64	0 HR, 1 SB	0.217	0.516
2023	AAA	nan	Bat	156	3 HR, 8 SB	0.209	0.635
2023	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	92	3 HR, 7 SB	0.203	0.729
2022	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	20	1 HR, 2 SB	0.313	1.138
2021	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	306	7 HR, 29 SB	0.273	0.813
2019	AAA	nan	Bat	187	4 HR, 3 SB	0.264	0.743
2019	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	46	0 HR, 1 SB	0.244	0.639
2019	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	141	4 HR, 2 SB	0.271	0.779
2019	Rk	nan	Bat	33	2 HR, 0 SB	0.517	1.507
2019	Rk	AZL Indians Red	Bat	24	2 HR, 0 SB	0.545	1.583
2018	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	461	12 HR, 29 SB	0.258	0.726

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.082	0.300	0.000
2023	0.234	0.236	0.305	0.203
2022	0.270	0.253	0.257	0.260
2021	0.222	0.276	0.313	0.208
2020	0.341	0.205	0.250	0.229
2019	0.244	0.078	0.058	0.208
2018	0.417	0.356	0.445	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000