Nelson Velazquez or Zach McKinstry

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Nelson Velazquez or Zach McKinstry Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	357	96

Runs	42	12

Hits	75	19

Singles	52	9

Doubles	15	4

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	4	6

RBI	26	18

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	41	8

Strikeouts	65	35

Batting Average	.210	.198

On Base Pct	.295	.262

Slugging Pct	.308	.427

On-base Plus Slugging	.603	.689

Nelson Velazquez or Zach McKinstry Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	365	163

Runs	49	20

Hits	87	36

Singles	56	22

Doubles	17	7

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	8	7

RBI	38	22

Stolen Bases	14	2

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	34	15

Strikeouts	88	48

Batting Average	.239	.222

On Base Pct	.304	.288

Slugging Pct	.379	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.687

Nelson Velazquez or Zach McKinstry Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - HOU
News
	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Sep 1st
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Astros re-signed OF Nelson Velázquez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Astros designated OF Nelson Velázquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	The Astros have activated outfielder Nelson Velazquez to the active roster ahead of Tuesday's game against the Giants. Brenton Kemp Tue, Aug 11th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	The Astros claimed OF Nelson Velázquez off waivers from the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
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Nelson Velazquez or Zach McKinstry Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET			Nelson Velazquez LF,RF,DH - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#343
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#394
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#162	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#222	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#297
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#180	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#162	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#141	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#195
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#183	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#190
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#384
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#254	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#183	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#150	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#357	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#302
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#332
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#227
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#187	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#206
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#146	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#389	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#387	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#47
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#231	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#6
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH