Nelson Velazquez

Bats R Throws R6'0" 200 lbBorn 1998 Carolina, P.R.Debut 2022Team HOUDraft 2017 R5 #165 Chicago Cubs, P.J. Education (PR) HS

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 79.3FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.07 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2027	140	125	28	5	0	6	12	40	1	0.221	0.294	0.406	0.700	0.185	0.305	28.8	8.7	93.2	0.32

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 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 106 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Del Gainer	1912	100.1	105.9	403
2	Hal McRae	1971	95.1	120.2	105
3	Steve Bilko	1954	90.9	did not play
4	Ricky Jordan	1990	101.1	109.0	322
5	Chris Carter	2012	102.9	113.5	585
6	Andres Galarraga	1986	94.0	111.3	606
7	Brian Downing	1976	97.8	126.4	214
8	Carlos Martinez	1991	84.2	82.1	241
9	Matt LaPorta	2010	92.9	95.9	385
10	Brian Hunter	1993	86.5	86.3	278

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			140		28	5	0	6		1	12	40	0.221	0.294	0.406	0.700	93.2
2026*	HOU	37	88	10	16	4	0	4		0	7	26	0.205	0.273	0.410	0.683	84.0
2024	KC	64	230	31	41	8	1	8	27	2	19	61	0.200	0.274	0.366	0.640	78.7
2023	KC	53	179	35	38	6	0	17	34	0	14	51	0.235	0.302	0.586	0.888	134.6
2022	CHC	77	206	20	38	7	3	6	26	5	19	65	0.205	0.286	0.373	0.659	85.6
Career		194	615	86	117	21	4	31	87	7	52	177	0.212	0.286	0.433	0.719	97.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	88	94.6	17.6	13.0	63.0	37.6	30.9	0.256	0.495	0.355	27.6
2024	230	88.2	17.4	8.8	38.1	35.5	25.6	0.213	0.403	0.307	27.5
2023	179	91.0	14.4	21.4	49.1	33.7	29.4	0.249	0.570	0.370	27.2
2022	206	89.2	12.3	13.7	43.6	36.5	23.6	0.207	0.415	0.307	28.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%
2024	KC	OF	21	140	32	0	1	0.970
2023	KC	OF	37	268	70	0	1	0.986
2022	CHC	OF	67	436	89	2	4	0.958

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	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	163	7 HR, 4 SB	0.232	0.764
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	131	6 HR, 4 SB	0.202	0.675
2025	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	79	5 HR, 1 SB	0.284	0.883
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	210	11 HR, 5 SB	0.234	0.757
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	225	7 HR, 6 SB	0.239	0.771
2023	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	330	16 HR, 7 SB	0.253	0.802
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	23	0 HR, 2 SB	0.045	0.132
2023	AAA	nan	Bat	353	16 HR, 9 SB	0.239	0.756
2022	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	138	6 HR, 7 SB	0.211	0.705
2022	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	94	9 HR, 5 SB	0.288	1.094
2021	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	137	8 HR, 5 SB	0.290	0.939
2021	A+	South Bend Cubs	Bat	288	12 HR, 12 SB	0.261	0.777
2019	A	South Bend Cubs	Bat	285	4 HR, 5 SB	0.286	0.762
2019	Rk	AZL Cubs 2	Bat	21	2 HR, 0 SB	0.316	1.065
2018	A	South Bend Cubs	Bat	120	0 HR, 3 SB	0.188	0.438
2017	Rk	AZL Cubs	Bat	125	8 HR, 5 SB	0.239	0.877

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.302	0.264	0.283	0.305
2024	0.336	0.262	0.299	0.271
2023	0.303	0.420	0.470	0.235
2022	0.335	0.285	0.251	0.350

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