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Player

Nelson Velázquez

HOULFBats RThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

428

Chase%

31.2%

Zone swing%

67.0%

Whiff%

36.5%

xwOBA

0.351

Barrel%

14.3%

Hard-hit%

63.5%

Avg EV

95.0 mph

Swing Decision Value

68

Decision

69

Contact

73

Damage

34

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball15135.3%36.6%36.0%0.289
Changeup6515.2%54.5%35.9%0.109
Sinker5011.7%21.4%30.4%0.621
Cutter409.3%31.6%27.8%0.470
Sweeper388.9%43.8%27.3%
Slider347.9%30.8%27.8%
Curveball296.8%12.5%7.1%0.359
Slurve112.6%0.0%20.0%
Splitter92.1%80.0%50.0%
Unknown10.2%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.