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Q&A with Lakewood starter Jon Velasquez

Lakewood starting pitcher Jon Velasquez was signed by the Phillies in late winter as an undrafted amateur free agent. The 23-year-old Bronx native began the season in the bullpen, but was quickly inserted into the BlueClaws' starting rotation after a solid start to the season, and 3 wins in relief. When asked, pitching coach Bob Milacki does not hesitate to point out Velsquez as a pitcher on the Lakewood roster that could excel at higher levels. Jon Velasquez took time out after his last start, to answer some questions for PhoulBallz.com. Here's how that went... -Jon, do you do any different kind of prep work between outings after you've had a poor performance or an outing with bad luck, versus when you're more sharp in a game? Basically, my last outing, I didn't feel was too bad, but I just didn't feel like I mixed my pitches enough. It was just a lot of fastballs, and ya know, not enough working in my other good pitch, which is my change up...like (I did) toda...

Cha Cha Now, Y'all

Yes, I linked to it yesterday, but after watching it again, it would be a disservice to not post the actual video. Above, you see BlueClaws players, Travis D'Arnaud, Moose Mattair, Jeremy Hamilton, Zach Collier, Jacob Diekman, Jon Velasquez and Ryan Ariall performing a little Cha Cha Slide during Sunday's rain delay. Turn it out!!