Welcome to the first installment of By the Numbers, where I will be taking an analytic deep-dive into the data of various Phillies. In doing so, I will hopefully answer questions on why the player in question is performing the way he is.
First up is RHP Vince Velasquez. Velasquez arrived in Philadelphia in 2016 as a promising young pitcher who was recently acquired in the Ken Giles trade. Since then, he has struggled to stay afloat in the rotation after a few fledgling seasons. Those struggles reached their peak in 2019.
So, why did Velasquez have so many issues last season?