Judging by what they saw after acquiring Nelson Velazquez at the trade deadline last year, the Kansas City Royals expected big things from the outfielder this season.
Nelson Velazquez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Tuesday night, evening their three-game series at one apiece.
Nelson Velazquez and MJ Melendez homered, and Seth Lugo escaped several jams as the host Kansas City Royals blasted the Chicago White Sox 10-1 on Thursday evening.
Nelson Velazquez and MJ Melendez have Steamer projections that probably don’t match up to fan expectations. This is the time of year when I start missing baseball.
Nelson is a power hitter through and through Baseball is about scoring runs and preventing the other team from scoring runs, and everything a player does on a baseball field contributes (positively or negatively) to one of those two things.
Nelson Velazquez produced his second career multi-homer game and the Kansas City Royals capped a stunning three-game road series sweep of the reeling Houston Astros with a 6-5 victory on Sunday.
Nelson Velazquez homered to lead the Kansas City Royals past the visiting Cleveland Guardians, 6-2, completing a three-game sweep Wednesday afternoon. After a pair of first-inning Guardians errors, Velazquez pounded his 15th homer above the left-field bullpen for a 3-0 lead.
Since the Royals dealt Aroldis Chapman to the Texas Rangers for Cole Ragans and Romi Cabrea, it has been a quiet trade deadline for the Kansas City Royals.
Cuas, 29, bounced around the minors before cracking Kansas City’s roster last summer. He has made 92 appearances in middle relief over the past two seasons.
Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago Cubs placed center fielder Cody Bellinger on the paternity list, opening up an opportunity for rookie Nelson Velazquez to start in center field in the club's series opener against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field Tuesday night at 7:40 p.m.
After beginning the season at Triple-A Iowa, Chicago Cubs outfielder Nelson Velazquez made his presence known in his first start of the 2023 season last week.
Cubs OF Nelson Velazquez hit his first career grand slam in Tuesday's 14-9 win over the Mariners. Tuesday was Velazquez's first start of the 2023 season at the MLB level.
After a scorching start in Triple-A Iowa, OF Nelson Velazquez is heading to the majors while RHP Javier Assad is set to join Triple-A Iowa. The Chicago Cubs are finally making some changes to their big league roster.
Two people can see the exact same thing or, in this instance, read the exact same sentence and interpret it in two completely different ways. Knowing that, one may interpret this piece as either criticism, observation – or perhaps both.
Earlier this month, MLB Pipeline‘s new Cubs top 30 prospect list was announced. This season, the Cubs have seen four players from their 2021 top 30 come into the majors: Alfonso Rivas (#30), Nelson Velazquez (#29), Christopher Morel (#20) and Caleb Kilian (#14).
Considering how well Eric Lauer has pitched of late -- and against the Chicago Cubs all season -- the Milwaukee Brewers appear in good position to win a much-needed series.
The Cubs are coming off an unforgettable experience in the Field of Dreams Game last week and find themselves in a nice little stretch. Sure, the schedule has been favorable, but stringing together some wins is always good for morale as the season heads into its final stretch.
Nearly halfway through the month of August, the baseball world focused its attention on a matchup between two teams fighting near the bottom of the NL Central.
On May 30, the Cubs promoted former fifth-round draft pick Nelson Velazquez. For the first half of the season, keeping Velazquez on the bench was probably the right thing to do, as in 26 games, he is only hitting .227, with five walks compared to 24 strikeouts.
Timing can be fortuitous. I have been waiting for this moment, so here goes: On Sunday, Cubs rookie outfielder Nelson Velazquez struck out to end the top of the ninth inning and became the ‘ghost runner’ when the tenth inning began.
A fifth-round pick in the 2017 draft, Velazquez is ranked 15th on Baseball America’s list of the top 30 Cubs prospects.
According to Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic, Tennessee Smokies’ outfielder Nelson Velazquez is being promoted to Triple-A Iowa. A corresponding move has yet to be announced.
With MLB’s Rule 5 Draft looming, the Chicago Cubs selected the contracts of outfielder Nelson Velazquez and right-handed flamethrower Ethan Roberts. The Cubs’ 40-man roster now sits at 37.
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