Overall, his 125 Unadjusted Contact Score (based on actual results) drops sharply to a 94 Adjusted Contact Score. As always, he was a ground ball machine, and he coupled that with an ability to mute fly ball contact authority (83 Adjusted Fly Ball Contact Score). He's a pop up machine, and did a very good job of controlling fly ball authority (74 Adjusted Fly Ball Contact Score). A subpar K/BB ratio combined with a strong overall 87 Adjusted Contact Score mark him as a little better than league average starter when healthy. Velasquez muted fly ball authority (73 Adjusted Fly Ball Contact Score) and was very unlucky on liners (144 Unadjusted vs. 101 Adjusted Contact Score).

Source: Forbes December 14, 2018 15:34 UTC