Vince Velasquez (SP, PHI) - Week Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Vince Velasquez is set to come off the 10-day DL on Tuesday and face the Mets after missing the minimum thanks to a nasty comebacker off of his pitching arm. The key phrases here are “face the Mets” and “missing the minimum”.

You should not worry too much about rust for pitchers who miss under three weeks and owning pitchers that face the Mets is a very good strategy. Rostering Velasquez means that you are accepting a certain degree of volatility, but he has a Jon Gray-ish thing going with the 10.9 K/9 and 3.57 SIERA underneath the 4.69 ERA.

If it makes you feel better, his ERA plummets to 3.83 if you remove the 10-run shellacking from June 8 against Milwaukee. It is highly unlikely that Velasquez is hit hard by the Mets and his strikeout upside makes him a player to roster in all formats.