Drafted in the second round out of high school in the 2010 draft by the Houston Astros, the big-armed righty out of Pomona, California came to professional baseball with high expectations surrounding him. It took Vince Velasquez to the age of 23 before cracking a big-league club, recording an ERA above four in his first 19 MLB appearances in 2015 before coming to the Phillies.
Since coming over to Philadelphia, we’ve learned a lot about Velasquez; For one, we learned that his arm will play at the big-league level, and that his ceiling is high with the potential to be up in the rotation.