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82birds wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 22:33 pm

Hoosier59 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 20:15 pm

Melville wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 20:09 pm

brock118 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 19:51 pm Cards signed Nelson Velasquez to minors league deal. Good signing for minors.

Better not be Bloom's RH hitting outfield bat which he recently referenced as wanting to add.

You could be on to something Mel. As I said, I don’t know anything about him, but if he’s cheap he's an option.

that's all DeWitt cares about;

brock118 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 19:51 pm Cards signed Nelson Velasquez to minors league deal. Good signing for minors.

KeeptheRamsinSTL wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 07:27 am

brock118 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 19:51 pm Cards signed Nelson Velasquez to minors league deal. Good signing for minors.

Nelson Velázquez has 31 home runs in 552 at bats. Jordan Walker has 27 home runs in 947 at bats.

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 11:54 am It's a good signing. Our ML outfield isn't the only thing that is a mess. Short of Joshua Baez, the minor league OF is destitute of prospects. I would be glad to have him at Memphis and if the need arises, would much rather call him up and give him a look as opposed to signing a Ryan Vilade or Garrett Hampson. Maybe he wouldn't work out, but his ceiling is definitely higher than the things the Cardinals have been trying. Is he going to "make" the rebuild? No. Could he be solid? It's possible.

RamFan08NY wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 17:02 pm

Talkin' Baseball wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 11:54 am It's a good signing. Our ML outfield isn't the only thing that is a mess. Short of Joshua Baez, the minor league OF is destitute of prospects. I would be glad to have him at Memphis and if the need arises, would much rather call him up and give him a look as opposed to signing a Ryan Vilade or Garrett Hampson. Maybe he wouldn't work out, but his ceiling is definitely higher than the things the Cardinals have been trying. Is he going to "make" the rebuild? No. Could he be solid? It's possible.

Very good signing. Zero risk, nothing but reward can come from this one.

FrankTheTank wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 16:32 pm Good signing, they got a couple hits!

Melville wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 20:09 pm

brock118 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 19:51 pm Cards signed Nelson Velasquez to minors league deal. Good signing for minors.

Better not be Bloom's RH hitting outfield bat which he recently referenced as wanting to add.

stlgolf wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 11:40 am Is this a Yadi Puerto Rico hire?

Cardinals1964 wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 18:59 pm

Melville wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 20:09 pm

brock118 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 19:51 pm Cards signed Nelson Velasquez to minors league deal. Good signing for minors.

Better not be Bloom's RH hitting outfield bat which he recently referenced as wanting to add.

He’s certainly an improvement over Hampson and Siani. Things are looking up.

Melville wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 20:09 pm

brock118 wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026 19:51 pm Cards signed Nelson Velasquez to minors league deal. Good signing for minors.

Better not be Bloom's RH hitting outfield bat which he recently referenced as wanting to add.

cardstatman wrote: ↑27 Jan 2026 19:37 pm Nelson Velazquez just might be the mirror image of Nolan Gorman. They are remarkably similar.

MLB stats (Gorman has 2.57 times as many plate appearances so I scaled his number back to Velazquez's plate appearances for rate comparisons)

Velazquez vs Gorman
PA 615 vs 615 (1581 PA / 2.57)
AB 552 vs 547 (1405 AB / 2.57)
R 86 vs 75 (193 / 2.57)
2B 21 vs 23 (59 / 2.57)
3B 4 vs 0 (1 / 2.57)
HR 31 vs 29 (74 / 2.57)
RBI 87 vs 81 (207 / 2.57)
SB 7 vs 6 (15 / 2.57)
CS 2 vs 2 (4 / 2.57)
BB 52 vs 63 (162 / 2.57)
SO 177 vs 209 (538 / 2.57)
TB 239 vs 229 (589 / 2.57)

.212 .286 .433 .719 vs .218 .300 .419 .719